What is Timber Frame?
Timber Frame is a prefabricated, fast, quality controlled and energy efficient method of house contruction. Timber Framing is becoming increasingly popular with new home builders, self builders and both small and large scale developers throughout Ireland. Timber walls, floors and roof trusses are prefabricated under controlled conditions in a factory setting and then assembled later on-site.
The basic structure of a timber frame building consists of wooden wall panels, timber flooring and roofing materials built upon a timber framework. These timberframe components are nailed to the framework to provide a sturdy skeleton.
Cross Section of Timber Frame Wall
1. Breather Membrane
2. Inner lining of plasterboard
3. Stud framework
4. Sheathing material
5. Vapour check
6. Insulation
7. Ventilated cavity
8. Masonry outer leaf
9. Stainless steel wall ties
The Timber Frame Building Industry
70% of domestic buildings worldwide are of timber frame construction, with timber frame housing accounting for 90% of all low-rise buildings in the USA and Canada. Indeed on a global scale, timber framing is considered the norm. Timber Frame buildings also dominate the housing industry in Scotland, where over 55% of domestic dwellings are of timber framed construction. Timber framed houses are ideal for the scottish climate, where the high comfort levels achieved by a timber home's lightweight structure and superior energy performance keep inhabitants warm throughout even the coldest parts of the year.
Timber frame homes currently account for 25% of new build homes in Ireland. And thanks to the worldwide popularity of timber frame housing coupled with the outstanding benefits of timber frame construction methods, that number is rapidly on the rise. Don't get left out in the cold, choose the most modern and energy efficient method of house construction on the market today - call the Ramstown Timber Frame Company and find out exactly why the future is timber frame.
Timber Frame Construction
Image 1: The timber structure is erected and makes up the inner shell of the building.
Image 2: The exterior walls are then built around the shell in a conventional way such as block or brick.
Image 3. When completed, a timber frame house is visually indistinguishable from a house built of block or mortar. The construction types differ only in terms of home comfort, cost efficiency and energy savings, areas in which excessive studies have proven that timber frame construction outperforms traditional building methods everytime.
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Ramstown, Gorey, Co. Wexford, Ireland
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