Wood Construction
rothoblaas is a name to be reckoned in the wood construction sector for the past 20 years and has consolidated its position by offering practical and creative solutions to satisfy its customers' needs.

Since inception, the company's mission was and continues to be, to bring innovation into the wood construction sector through continuous research and development of its products and services, with the aim of augmenting life quality and environmental sustainability.

rothoblaas products are subjected to strict quality controls abide by European and international regulations. The company provide products for the wood construction in possession of CE marking or ETA certification (European Technical Approval) and perform quality controls in the establishment of production and at its headquarter in order to guarantee its clients high quality products.

Recently, rothoblaas has introduced the new Catalogue Terraces and Facades incorporating information on large range of new products for the construction of terraces and facades.

Hidden fasteners for wood decks

Wood Deck
A wood deck is one of the few architectural elements that can significantly enhance your home, your balcony or ones garden. The warm and pleasant feeling that wood provides under ones feet is unlike that of any other material.

The durability of the wood deck depends not only on the correct choice of raw material but also on the attention paid to construction details. Direct contact of the wood with the ground underneath the deck structure, water stagnation and the use of unsuitable fasteners that do not allow for wood movements, must be avoided.

The company's aim is to provide the right solution for the best construction of a wood deck. In order to get this goal, rothoblaas propose two different fixing systems for terraces timber cladding: Terralock and Flat.

Terralock

Terralock Fasteners
The Terralock hidden fastener helps lengthen the durability of the deck while providing for very pleasant appearance. Its overall height of 8 mm favours icroventilation between the boards and the substructure's joists, while the use of hidden screws for fastening preserves the boards' surface. Terralock offers an excellent board stability this is due to the fastener's very high mechanical strength. It is allow the assembly on inclined subframe (board angel up to 45°). Its slotted holes allowing for wood movement (swelling and shrinking).

Terralock fasteners are available in stainless steel or aluminium and in two formats.

Such a variety provides for versatile uses, even in the case of decks having complex shapes. Terralock fasteners ensure rapid and accurate assembly due to the assembly stop and allows for easy replacement of any single damaged board.

Flat

Fasteners
The fastener's special shape ensures assembly independently from board groove position, while the surface ribbing improves techanical strength. Flat ensures quick assembly by requiring only one screw for fastening and thanks to the integrated spacing tongue that provides for accurate spacing. Can be used with boards of different thickness and variable groove position. The Flat hidden fastener helps lengthen the durability of the deck while providing for very pleasant appearance.

The use of wood for the construction of external facades is becoming increasingly common. This choice in fact allows to combine the best aesthetic results with thermal performance. As a construction material, wood is ideal because of its multitude of colors and shades, of its capability to meet the most varied architectural requirements and because of its ability to transform a simple wall into a designer element. The facade, when ventilated, also helps to improve the insulation of the building and to enhance performance, both in winter and in summer. However, it is important to focus on construction detail, so as to ensure durability of the facade, thus preventing its premature deterioration due to stagnant water and rot, while assuring static strength, considering the movement and swelling of the wood, as well as aesthetic continuity.

Vertilock

Vertilock
The Vertilock 60 hidden fastener helps lengthen the durability of the wood deck due to the overall height 8 mm between the boards and the substructure's joists that favours micro-ventilation under boards while providing for very pleasant appearance. They are available in stainless steel or aluminium, and also in black version that reduces the fastener visibility. Vertilock 60 ensure rapid and accurate assem- bly thanks to the end stop, that also allows for easy replacement of any single damaged board.

rothoblaas intends to provide a technical consultancy service for designers and customers to train, assist and support users by supplying static figures, reference regulations and certifications as well as assisting during project phases.