The Fixpod is a plastic connector element specifically designed for the production of timber elements and modular timber construction. It requires only an existing drilled hole with a diameter of 25, 30 or 45 mm, into which the user presses the self-locking Fixpod M20, M25 or M40 flush with the surface using their thumb, with the funnel facing upwards. Next, the conduit is inserted from the back towards the stop edge, thus fastening the conduit with the locking mechanism. In other words: Insert the Fixpod, click the conduit in, and you’re done.
Insert the Fixpod, click the conduit in, and you’re done.
On the construction site, the prepared elements are then assembled flush, after which workers can immediately start inserting the electrical wiring in both directions. As an additional feature, the Fixpod can be used not only at element joints but also at any wall and ceiling outlets.
From practice, for practice
The Fixpod was developed by Sascha Müller, who has dedicated his professional career to working with wood as a building material. After an apprenticeship as a carpenter and numerous further training courses, Müller worked in sales and project management for a large timber construction company for ten years where he specialized in element production and modular construction. During this time, he focused on the efficiency of individual processes and the optimization of the entire process chain.
He saw room for improvement, for example, in the installation of electrical conduits, specifically their junctions which are often difficult and dangerous to handle. “Since there was no adequate solution to this problem, I started working on it myself. Eventually, I developed the Fixpod, had it tested, and launched it on the market,” Müller recalls, whose customer base today includes major Swiss companies such as Hector Egger Holzbau, Krattiger Holzbau, S. Müller Holzbau, Renggli, Stamm Bau, Blumer Lehmann, Kost Holzbau, and Häring. In Austria, Holzbau Saurer, Holzbau Longin, and Pod Bau are the first companies to successfully use the Fixpod in numerous projects.
Optimization potential of over 50%
According to Müller, who also serves as managing director of the network organization Lignum Ost in Switzerland, a certain degree of prefabrication of elements or modules in the factory is a prerequisite for the effective use of the Fixpod, which can then further increase that degree of prefabrication. “When you look at the process as a whole, the Fixpod optimizes costs and processes by over 50%,” Müller states, citing an impressive figure.
Developing solutions that offer real added value for the timber construction sector will always be my overarching goal.
Meticulous planning and precise drilling are crucial. Thanks to CAD programs combined with CNC machines, this is generally not a problem. Furthermore, the Fixpod’s special geometry enables tolerance compensation of up to 8 mm.
Advancing timber construction
Müller has his Fixpod manufactured by a partner company based in the Black Forest. “It is important to me to produce regionally and to have the opportunity to drive forward new developments and improvements,” Müller tells us. In 2024, he launched the Fixcouple M25 coupling sleeve, a complementary product also tested by the VDE Institute. The smaller Fixcouple M20 will follow in the spring of 2026.
Müller’s online shop also offers a leveling device for element and module assembly which can lift up to 40 t, as well as various Stexon connectors for repositioning walls. “As with Fixpod, these are also high-quality products that I have specifically selected,” Müller explains and adds: “In terms of products, I prefer quality over quantity. I only want to offer solutions that provide real added value for the timber construction sector. That has always been my overarching goal – and always will be.”
