Building houses from wood is currently experiencing a veritable revival. But timber construction is timeless. And universal. From Australia to Europe, everywhere people recognise the tremendous qualities timber has to offer as a building material. Timber is even the favourite building material in the USA. This revivial that timber is experiencing is not in the least surprising. Timber has huge possibilities and you can do all kinds of things with it: Rural, Rustic, Long Island, Presbytery, Modern, Colonial, Provence style or your very own design. De Backer construction company from Zandhoven (Antwerp, Belgium) puts this versatility of timber construction into practice everyday. Each year our 80 employees construct 300 extremely solid houses using a centuries-old blockhouse system, with which we are market leader in Belgium.

Thanks to our 20 years of experience, at De Backer we know that building a house requires thorough preparation, efficient planning and reliable organisation. By only using materials of the highest quality, we guarantee almost unlimited possibilities when it comes to designing a house. During the designing our designers and engineers combine original ideas with extensive specialist know-how without losing sight of your budget.

In addition our constructions are approved technically. De Backer has technical approval (ATG) for both the construction and the wood-treatment method. Our houses and wood-treatment plants are regularly checked by an independent body.