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Timber Frame Benefits
- Cost & Quality
- Safety
- Acoustics
Cost and Quality
Timber frame is an engineered, quality assured, tried and tested building method that is the norm in most parts of the developed world. Light weight construction, requires less expensive foundations. Reduction in direct construction costs. Significant reduction in total project costs. Reduction in maintenance costs. Significant reductions in whole life cycle costs. Engineered solution less reliant on site skills. Q...
Read more...Safety Benefits
Off site manufacture in a controlled environment with the latest in automated machinery improves efficiency and reduces incidents. Timber reforms well in trees it burns slowly at a predictable rate unlike Brick, Block or steel, which buckles and explodes. Off site fabrication reduces activities on sites, a controlled factory environment is a safer work space. The UKTFA has produced a...
Read more...Thermal & Acoustic Benefits

Timber frame has all the answers on Acoustic and Thermal Solutions. Environment & Sustainability Thermal Insulation The thermal insulation of a building is measured by its "U-value". A U-value measures how well a building component, e.g. a wall, roof or a window, keeps heat inside a building. The lower the u value, the better the insulation provided by the material....
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