DIY houses


If you want to do part of the building yourself

Even if you would like to do a lot of the work yourself, a Fuhrberger Fachwerk house is a good choice.

The Fuhrberger team can put together a building package for you. The following list gives you a basic overview of the percentage weights of the individual building subsections and construction phases. For individual information please contact the employees of the Fuhrberger Zimmerei directly.

4.0% Planning (planning application, detailed design, construction management, Blower Door Test)
2.0% Civil Engineering (earth moving, footprint lay out, utilities)
7.0% Foundation
37.0% Carpentry (construction, wall construction, wood siding)
8.0% Windows (and outside doors and outside window sills)
7.0% Roofers (and gutter work)
5.0% Mason (Brick insets)
3.0% Plumbing
6.0% Heating (installation gas, in-floor heating)
3.0% Electric
7.5% Drywall (including attic stairs and interior window sills)
4.0% Tiles (bathrooms, utility/laundry room)
2.0% Flooring (oak floorboards on the ground floor)
1.5% Interior doors
2.0% Stairs (ground floor – top floor)
1.0% Miscellaneous (construction fence, scaffolding, toilets, rubbish containers)
100 %