Using timber to build houses is relatively new here, so you may be in trouble if the man on the site putting timber-frame kits… Using timber to build houses is relatively new here, so you may be in ...

Post and beam and timber frame are both beautiful methods of building but most people think of them as one and the same. Although they are similar, there are subtle differences between them. Both are ...

Timber frame construction sites should not be any more prone to serious fires than projects using ‘conventional’ materials, say Peter Jackman and Chris Houchen. Following investigations into the ...

Timber-frame construction puts gravity and lateral loads into fewer, larger members. It relies on exposed beams and open spans as defining architectural features. That differs from conventional wood ...

Until a few years ago, timber-frame construction was a cottage industry, sustained by self-builders looking for a quick and inexpensive construction method. More recently, the technique has been ...

THE humble timber frame is apparently not so humble after all. The majority of new housing in Scotland is now timber-frame but the housing industry has been less than imaginative so far in its use of ...

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Despite Ikea's involvement in the development of modern flatpack housing, you won't need an Allen key for assembly; you won't even have to put it together yourself. After the Swedish company ...

A TIMBER manufacturer in Aberdeenshire has more than doubled staff numbers and won £12 million of orders in its first year of business. Kirkwood Timber Frame, based in Sauchen, Inverurie, specialises ...

Oregon Timber Frame, part of Barratt Redrow, has reported a 26% in the number of timber-frame kits produced at its factories last year compared with 2023. According to the modern methods of ...

Timber frame kits going up at Bakery View, marking progress on a new social housing development in Drogheda. Timber frame kits are going up at Bakery View, marking progress on a new social housing ...

Steve Wild, Business & Product Development Manager at illbruck Sealant Systems UK Ltd, explains how differential movement in multi-storey timber frame construction calls for special perimeter sealing ...