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Why Timber Frame?

Over recent years, Timber Frame has shown consistent growth in the housing industry. Over 70% of the population of the developed world now live in Timber Frame housing.

Environmentally friendly

Construction is a major cause of pollution and contributor towards global warming. For example, 10% of carbon emission from fossil fuels is due to cement production. Conversely, a tree will remove several tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during its lifetime. This makes timber the ultimate green construction material and the only one that is truly renewable. All of our Timber Frames use FSC or PEFC certified timber; these forests are sustainably managed and for every tree that is cut down, at least one more is planted.

Strong and long lasting

Timber frames form a structural system, capable of supporting multi-storey construction. Timber framing is rapidly becoming the preferred method of construction for buildings such as flats, hospitals and large residential developments and offices.

Fire resistant

Timber Frame has to meet all UK Building Regulations and independent research has shown that it performs “as well as other construction methods in fire”. Scare-mongering in the 1970s and more recently within the last decade was based on poorly manufactured and assembled timber-frame houses, and the problem was vastly exaggerated by the concrete industry, worried by the increase in Timber Framing and the consequent reduction in concrete block usage. The Building Research Establishment made an independent report refuting this story.

Energy efficient

Using deep timber frame panels allows greater insulation than traditional building methods, leading to reduced heating costs. Insulating all internal walls the same way will also increase acoustic protection which exceeds Building Regulation requirements.

Reduced construction time

Construction time is reduced by approximately 30% compared with traditional brick and block; you can have a weatherproof shell erected inside a fortnight, allowing trades to work inside and out in parallel.