diff --git a/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxassembler.hh b/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxassembler.hh
index 4f73f263b296cf967eac3586765e6d0d3473618c..01984abd420567387c90235d934cf971a4b95e8c 100644
--- a/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxassembler.hh
+++ b/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxassembler.hh
@@ -49,30 +49,16 @@ class BoxAssembler
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(VertexMapper)) VertexMapper;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(ElementMapper)) ElementMapper;
 
-    typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(FVElementGeometry)) FVElementGeometry;
-
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(SolutionVector)) SolutionVector;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(JacobianMatrix)) JacobianMatrix;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(PrimaryVariables)) PrimaryVariables;
-    typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(BoundaryTypes)) BoundaryTypes;
 
-    enum{dim = GridView::dimension};
+    enum{ dim = GridView::dimension };
     typedef typename GridView::template Codim<0>::Entity Element;
     typedef typename GridView::template Codim<0>::Iterator ElementIterator;
-    typedef typename GridView::IntersectionIterator IntersectionIterator;
-
-    typedef typename GridView::template Codim<dim>::Entity Vertex;
     typedef typename GridView::template Codim<dim>::EntityPointer VertexPointer;
-    typedef typename GridView::template Codim<dim>::Iterator VertexIterator;
-
-    typedef SolutionVector Vector;
-    typedef JacobianMatrix Matrix;
-    typedef Matrix RepresentationType;
-
-    enum {
-        numEq = GET_PROP_VALUE(TypeTag, PTAG(NumEq))
-    };
 
+    enum { numEq = GET_PROP_VALUE(TypeTag, PTAG(NumEq)) };
     typedef Dune::FieldMatrix<Scalar, numEq, numEq> MatrixBlock;
     typedef Dune::FieldVector<Scalar, numEq> VectorBlock;
 
@@ -545,7 +531,7 @@ public:
     /*!
      * \brief Return constant reference to global Jacobian matrix.
      */
-    const Matrix& matrix() const
+    const JacobianMatrix& matrix() const
     { return *matrix_; }
 
     /*!
@@ -566,7 +552,7 @@ private:
         int nVerts = gridView_().size(dim);
 
         // allocate raw matrix
-        matrix_ = new Matrix(nVerts, nVerts, Matrix::random);
+        matrix_ = new JacobianMatrix(nVerts, nVerts, JacobianMatrix::random);
 
         // find out the global indices of the neighboring vertices of
         // each vertex
@@ -790,7 +776,7 @@ private:
 
             // set main diagonal entries for the vertex
             int vIdx = vertexMapper_().map(*vp);
-            typedef typename Matrix::block_type BlockType;
+            typedef typename JacobianMatrix::block_type BlockType;
             BlockType &J = (*matrix_)[vIdx][vIdx];
             for (int j = 0; j < BlockType::rows; ++j)
                 J[j][j] = 1.0;
@@ -819,7 +805,7 @@ private:
     Problem *problemPtr_;
 
     // the jacobian matrix
-    Matrix *matrix_;
+    JacobianMatrix *matrix_;
     // the right-hand side
     SolutionVector residual_;
 
diff --git a/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxelementboundarytypes.hh b/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxelementboundarytypes.hh
index dc38f6cfb9de9b861d21c7c8b2dd1678914d8154..9201346f819aa3019ddf32f41f8acd1c47e6286a 100644
--- a/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxelementboundarytypes.hh
+++ b/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxelementboundarytypes.hh
@@ -49,18 +49,15 @@ class BoxElementBoundaryTypes : public std::vector<typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTa
     typedef std::vector<BoundaryTypes> ParentType;
 
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(Problem)) Problem;
-
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(GridView)) GridView;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(FVElementGeometry)) FVElementGeometry;
 
     enum { dim = GridView::dimension };
-
     typedef typename GridView::template Codim<0>::Entity Element;
-    typedef typename GridView::template Codim<dim>::Entity Vertex;
     typedef typename GridView::template Codim<dim>::EntityPointer VertexPointer;
     typedef typename GridView::IntersectionIterator IntersectionIterator;
-
     typedef typename GridView::ctype CoordScalar;
+
     typedef typename Dune::GenericReferenceElements<CoordScalar, dim> ReferenceElements;
     typedef typename Dune::GenericReferenceElement<CoordScalar, dim> ReferenceElement;
 
diff --git a/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxelementvolumevariables.hh b/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxelementvolumevariables.hh
index d3bfb36a06425d5e4ed99bd77b1acdab3055ebd1..4e94ab304c41c0d9c699bd750eee51f789fea47a 100644
--- a/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxelementvolumevariables.hh
+++ b/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxelementvolumevariables.hh
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ namespace Dumux
 template<class TypeTag>
 class BoxElementVolumeVariables : public std::vector<typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(VolumeVariables)) >
 {
-    typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(VolumeVariables)) VolumeVariables;
-    typedef std::vector<VolumeVariables> ParentType;
-
-    typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(Scalar)) Scalar;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(Problem)) Problem;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(FVElementGeometry)) FVElementGeometry;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(SolutionVector)) SolutionVector;
@@ -54,7 +50,6 @@ class BoxElementVolumeVariables : public std::vector<typename GET_PROP_TYPE(Type
 
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(GridView)) GridView;
     typedef typename GridView::template Codim<0>::Entity Element;
-    typedef typename GridView::IntersectionIterator IntersectionIterator;
 
     enum { dim = GridView::dimension };
     enum { numEq = GET_PROP_VALUE(TypeTag, PTAG(NumEq)) };
diff --git a/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxfvelementgeometry.hh b/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxfvelementgeometry.hh
index 034b546120ddc3e33f8a46f127f8ff9c129a163b..168f5aa6b89a2fa6c5ed81d9c6161011f3601e36 100644
--- a/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxfvelementgeometry.hh
+++ b/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxfvelementgeometry.hh
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ namespace Dumux
 {
 namespace Properties
 {
-NEW_PROP_TAG(Grid);
 NEW_PROP_TAG(GridView);
 NEW_PROP_TAG(Scalar);
 }
@@ -302,25 +301,23 @@ public:
 template<class TypeTag>
 class BoxFVElementGeometry
 {
-    typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(Grid)) Grid;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(GridView)) GridView;
+    enum{dim = GridView::dimension};
 
     typedef BoxFVElementGeometry<TypeTag>   ThisType;
 
     /** \todo Please doc me! */
-    friend class _BoxFVElemGeomHelper<ThisType, Grid::dimension>;
+    friend class _BoxFVElemGeomHelper<ThisType, dim>;
 
-    typedef _BoxFVElemGeomHelper<ThisType, Grid::dimension> BoxFVElemGeomHelper;
+    typedef _BoxFVElemGeomHelper<ThisType, dim> BoxFVElemGeomHelper;
 
-    enum{dim = Grid::dimension};
     enum{maxNC = (dim < 3 ? 4 : 8)};
     enum{maxNE = (dim < 3 ? 4 : 12)};
     enum{maxNF = (dim < 3 ? 1 : 6)};
     enum{maxCOS = (dim < 3 ? 2 : 4)};
     enum{maxBF = (dim < 3 ? 8 : 24)};
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(Scalar)) Scalar;
-    typedef typename Grid::ctype CoordScalar;
-  //typedef Scalar CoordScalar;
+    typedef typename GridView::ctype CoordScalar;
     typedef typename GridView::Traits::template Codim<0>::Entity Element;
     typedef typename Element::Geometry Geometry;
     typedef Dune::FieldVector<CoordScalar,dim> FV;
@@ -345,14 +342,6 @@ class BoxFVElementGeometry
 
     Scalar pyramidVolume (const FV& p0, const FV& p1, const FV& p2, const FV& p3, const FV& p4)
     {
-        /*
-          FV a = p2 - p0;
-          FV b = p3 - p1;
-          FV h = p4 - p0;
-          FV n = crossProduct(a, b);
-          return 1.0/6.0*(n*h);
-        */
-
         FV a(p2); a -= p0;
         FV b(p3); b -= p1;
 
@@ -366,18 +355,6 @@ class BoxFVElementGeometry
 
     Scalar prismVolume (const FV& p0, const FV& p1, const FV& p2, const FV& p3, const FV& p4, const FV& p5)
     {
-        /*
-          FV a = p4 - p0;
-          FV b = p1 - p3;
-          FV c = p1 - p0;
-          FV d = p2 - p0;
-          FV e = p5 - p0;
-          FV m = crossProduct(a, b);
-          FV n = m + crossProduct(c, d);
-
-          return fabs(1.0/6.0*(n*e));
-        */
-
         FV a(p4); a -= p0;
         FV b(p1); b -= p3;
         FV m;
diff --git a/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxlocaljacobian.hh b/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxlocaljacobian.hh
index 4ff8b60bc80e8ef0515dee5e2e31e2583f3086b6..a9c74008f43888b69b7d74dabccd1ed208ac46da 100644
--- a/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxlocaljacobian.hh
+++ b/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxlocaljacobian.hh
@@ -69,43 +69,24 @@ template<class TypeTag>
 class BoxLocalJacobian
 {
 private:
-    typedef BoxLocalJacobian<TypeTag> ThisType;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(LocalJacobian)) Implementation;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(LocalResidual)) LocalResidual;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(Problem)) Problem;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(Model)) Model;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(GridView)) GridView;
+    typedef typename GridView::template Codim<0>::Entity Element;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(JacobianAssembler)) JacobianAssembler;
 
     enum {
         numEq = GET_PROP_VALUE(TypeTag, PTAG(NumEq)),
-
         dim = GridView::dimension,
-        dimWorld = GridView::dimensionworld,
 
         Red = JacobianAssembler::Red,
         Yellow = JacobianAssembler::Yellow,
         Green = JacobianAssembler::Green
     };
 
-
-    typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(Scalar)) Scalar;
-    typedef typename GridView::Grid::ctype CoordScalar;
-
-    typedef Dune::FieldVector<Scalar, dim>       LocalPosition;
-    typedef Dune::FieldVector<Scalar, dimWorld>  GlobalPosition;
-
-    typedef typename GridView::template Codim<0>::Entity Element;
-    typedef typename GridView::template Codim<0>::Iterator ElementIterator;
-    typedef typename Element::EntityPointer ElementPointer;
-
-    typedef typename Dune::GenericReferenceElements<CoordScalar, dim> ReferenceElements;
-    typedef typename Dune::GenericReferenceElement<CoordScalar, dim> ReferenceElement;
-
-    typedef typename GridView::IntersectionIterator IntersectionIterator;
-    typedef typename Element::Geometry Geometry;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(FVElementGeometry)) FVElementGeometry;
-
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(VertexMapper)) VertexMapper;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(ElementSolutionVector)) ElementSolutionVector;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(PrimaryVariables)) PrimaryVariables;
@@ -114,6 +95,7 @@ private:
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(ElementVolumeVariables)) ElementVolumeVariables;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(ElementBoundaryTypes)) ElementBoundaryTypes;
 
+    typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(Scalar)) Scalar;
     typedef Dune::FieldMatrix<Scalar, numEq, numEq> MatrixBlock;
     typedef Dune::Matrix<MatrixBlock> LocalBlockMatrix;
 
diff --git a/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxlocalresidual.hh b/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxlocalresidual.hh
index c5d5a4fbc07c5a5dae6c953ddfc3463c080dcd73..e3c447116f46c46cd22ab154807a2f29d569f967 100644
--- a/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxlocalresidual.hh
+++ b/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxlocalresidual.hh
@@ -48,37 +48,26 @@ template<class TypeTag>
 class BoxLocalResidual
 {
 private:
-    typedef BoxLocalResidual<TypeTag> ThisType;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(LocalResidual)) Implementation;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(Problem)) Problem;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(Model)) Model;
+    typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(Scalar)) Scalar;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(GridView)) GridView;
 
     enum {
         numEq = GET_PROP_VALUE(TypeTag, PTAG(NumEq)),
-
-        dim = GridView::dimension,
-        dimWorld = GridView::dimensionworld
+        dim = GridView::dimension
     };
 
-    typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(Scalar)) Scalar;
-    typedef typename GridView::Grid::ctype CoordScalar;
-
-    typedef Dune::FieldVector<Scalar, dim>  LocalPosition;
-    typedef Dune::FieldVector<Scalar, dimWorld> GlobalPosition;
-
     typedef typename GridView::template Codim<0>::Entity Element;
-    typedef typename GridView::template Codim<0>::Iterator ElementIterator;
-    typedef typename GridView::template Codim<dim>::Entity Vertex;
     typedef typename GridView::template Codim<dim>::EntityPointer VertexPointer;
+    typedef typename GridView::IntersectionIterator IntersectionIterator;
 
+    typedef typename GridView::Grid::ctype CoordScalar;
     typedef typename Dune::GenericReferenceElements<CoordScalar, dim> ReferenceElements;
     typedef typename Dune::GenericReferenceElement<CoordScalar, dim> ReferenceElement;
 
-    typedef typename GridView::IntersectionIterator IntersectionIterator;
-    typedef typename Element::Geometry Geometry;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(FVElementGeometry)) FVElementGeometry;
-
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(VertexMapper)) VertexMapper;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(ElementSolutionVector)) ElementSolutionVector;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(PrimaryVariables)) PrimaryVariables;
@@ -87,9 +76,6 @@ private:
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(VolumeVariables)) VolumeVariables;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(ElementVolumeVariables)) ElementVolumeVariables;
 
-    typedef Dune::FieldMatrix<Scalar, numEq, numEq>  MatrixBlock;
-    typedef Dune::Matrix<MatrixBlock> LocalBlockMatrix;
-
     // copying the local residual class is not a good idea
     BoxLocalResidual(const BoxLocalResidual &);
 
diff --git a/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxmodel.hh b/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxmodel.hh
index 5d4abd231edeaa7dc22ed96da238833a7bad9d65..69ebccbb5aae1b3b5f5e06485366b0fda37e4855 100644
--- a/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxmodel.hh
+++ b/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxmodel.hh
@@ -50,47 +50,35 @@ namespace Dumux
 template<class TypeTag>
 class BoxModel
 {
-    typedef BoxModel<TypeTag> ThisType;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(Model)) Implementation;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(Problem)) Problem;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(GridView)) GridView;
-
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(Scalar)) Scalar;
-    typedef typename GridView::Grid::ctype CoordScalar;
-
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(ElementMapper)) ElementMapper;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(VertexMapper)) VertexMapper;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(DofMapper)) DofMapper;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(SolutionVector)) SolutionVector;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(PrimaryVariables)) PrimaryVariables;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(JacobianAssembler)) JacobianAssembler;
-
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(ElementVolumeVariables)) ElementVolumeVariables;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(VolumeVariables)) VolumeVariables;
 
-
     enum {
         numEq = GET_PROP_VALUE(TypeTag, PTAG(NumEq)),
         dim = GridView::dimension
     };
 
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(FVElementGeometry)) FVElementGeometry;
-
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(LocalJacobian)) LocalJacobian;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(LocalResidual)) LocalResidual;
-
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(NewtonMethod)) NewtonMethod;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(NewtonController)) NewtonController;
 
     typedef typename GridView::template Codim<0>::Entity Element;
     typedef typename GridView::template Codim<0>::Iterator ElementIterator;
-    typedef typename GridView::IntersectionIterator IntersectionIterator;
     typedef typename GridView::template Codim<dim>::Entity Vertex;
     typedef typename GridView::template Codim<dim>::Iterator VertexIterator;
 
-    typedef typename Dune::GenericReferenceElements<CoordScalar, dim> ReferenceElements;
-    typedef typename Dune::GenericReferenceElement<CoordScalar, dim> ReferenceElement;
-
     // copying a model is not a good idea
     BoxModel(const BoxModel &);
 
diff --git a/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxproblem.hh b/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxproblem.hh
index 876a147882a6ef732eccc707a97234d79b4e7a7d..a9c47a6940ab1d9b233dcfa42fd4a353507d4776 100644
--- a/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxproblem.hh
+++ b/dumux/boxmodels/common/boxproblem.hh
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ private:
     };
 
     typedef typename GridView::template Codim<0>::Entity Element;
-
     typedef typename GridView::template Codim<dim>::Entity Vertex;
     typedef typename GridView::template Codim<dim>::Iterator VertexIterator;
     typedef typename GridView::Intersection Intersection;