Using our Timber Frame products significantly reduces the duration of a build, on average a timber framed house can be built 8 weeks faster when compared to traditional building methods. Not only this but timber frame also brings down overall build costs by approximately 2.8%, with programme savings of up to 19.5%. Timber acts as a carbon sink, trapping carbon when it is harvested, this makes it one of the most sustainable materials that can be used for construction. All of this while still maintaining our extremely high standard of quality on every build.
70% of the developed world’s population live in timber frame houses. These include many in the USA, Canada, Scandinavia, Europe, Australia and Japan. In the UK, timber frame account for around 30% of new build houses, as builders, developers and occupiers are realising the benefits timber frame houses offer.
These benefits include:
- Speed of build
- Offsite manufacturing which means that the timber frame is made in a controlled environment
- Not weather dependent
- Quality of finished goods assured & factory checked
- Savings on Prelims
- Quicker return on capital outlay
- Lightweight structures – often savings in foundations
- Sustainable materials
- Chain of Custody certification
- Assistance towards Building Regulation compliance including Future Homes Standard
- Modern method of construction - MMC
- Virtually Carbon Zero
Client benefits:
- Guaranteed manufacturing consistency and product quality
- Reduction in 'design lead-in' time to manufacture commencing
- Reduced detailing input and less risk of design related errors
- Consistent approach to detailing and obtaining approvals
- Brick co-ordinating building heights with aperture head heights brick sized consistent and compliant with Regulations
- Standard stair-rise configurations
- Floor cassettes
- Ease of service installation with service voids
- Suited to standard off the shelf materials for follow on trades, i.e. minimal plasterboard and brickwork cutting which in turn reduces waste
- Compliant with Farmer Report, sustainable product
- Reduced costs
- Closed panel offerings, compliant with Homes England bids
Pinewood Structures recognises that as regulations and practices change then so must we.
We are able to offer many solutions that are both flexible and cost effective to meet with your specific needs, for example QuantumTM for housing or student accommodation or Quantum CTM for commercial projects.
Please see our product range in this section and let us know if you need anything further.