Staenis

Key results

Key lessons learned

1. We developed a handy online floor-building tool that helps do-it-yourselfers choose the desired floor structure. Anyone looking for a floor structure can thus also come into contact with circular alternatives to the standard 'screed'.
2. Circular floor structures with the Staenis grid are nowadays installed every day in Belgium. This has a positive impact on the environment: the circular floor structure in combination with the Staenis grid produces about 22.75 kg/m² less CO2.
3. Do-it-yourselfers who are not consciously looking for a circular floor structure also choose our circular solutions, because it is an easier, dryer and lighter system than the standard, more polluting screed.
4. Our floor construction system is used in De Potterij, the new circular city lab in Mechelen. The floor is used there on a daily basis and it is the ideal place for interested parties to study the circular alternative up close.

1. The load-bearing capacity per m² of the Staenis grating without filler is sufficient, but we noticed from a construction site that the limited point load caused local sagging. We quickly responded to this problem and adapted the product moulds in our design, which significantly improved the grid's load-bearing capacity.
2. For a smooth installation and long service life of the circular floor construction, it is important that the filler used is dry (so that the wooden cladding does not absorb moisture) and the cladding is flat.
3. As long as legislation does not tighten up on the current polluting systems such as sprayed PUR and standard 'screed', the transition to circular floor structures will be (too) slow. A compulsory transitional phase could, for example, be an interesting solution.
4. Although the Staenis grid was initially developed for use by professionals, our target audience currently consists of 80% do-it-yourselfers. The installation of our system is so user-friendly that any do-it-yourselfer can easily install it himself.