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“Transform your space with DG Timber Solutions’ expertly crafted timber frames, where quality meets sustainability in every beam”
Timber Frame construction has proven to be both reliable and excellent value for money since the mid to late sixties – this was when significant volumes of high quality, kiln dried, strength graded softwoods from the farmed coniferous forests of the Northern hemisphere became readily available throughout the UK. It allowed structural engineers to design building systems that off-site facilities could easily manufacture.
The manufacturing and construction processes are quick and therefore bring improved site productivity and consequent cost savings. Read more about the benefits of timber frames
Today, an “open panel” timber frame structure typically means building using prefabricated walls, floors, and roofs based on the following typical build-up and materials:
- External walls - Breather membrane on 9mm OSB sheathing on 38x140mm CLS timber framing c/w pre-formed window and door openings
- Internal and Party walls - 38x89mm CLS timber framing c/w pre-formed door openings
- Floors - Flooring grade chipboard on engineered wood joists
- Roofs - Trussed rafters with metal tooth plate connectors
Enhancements to this basic “open panel” timber frame structure will not only improve the performance of the system, particularly in respect of thermal insulation and air tightness, but can significantly reduce and the amount of on-site work required to complete each building. The range of enhancements is extensive, from adding insulation to external walls to fully finished volumetric modules/pods.
DG Timber Solutions has the capability to provide almost any type of timber frame construction available, including those at conceptual stage, with all components manufactured to a high quality and tolerance, in a controlled factory environment.
Benefits of Timber frames
Components can be manufactured in our factory to the degree where a house can be erected to a watertight shell in as little as 48 hours after delivery to site.
Our timber frame structures, and the speed with which they can be erected, will allow you to:
- Reduce site preliminary costs
- Improve cash flow and increase profit margins
- Respond to the market more quickly, by enabling a rapid “build to order” site operation. It should be no surprise to learn that some national house builders have opted to build their show homes in timber frame for speed and have gone onto use this method across their sites
- With timber frame components delivered on a “just in time” basis, building sites are easier to maintain and keep tidy
Not only is the process of on-site erection rapid and straightforward, a number of other benefits emerge from employing timber frame structures:
- Reduced dead loads and consequent reductions in foundation costs allows marginal sites to be developed
- Timber frame structures afford exceptionally high standards of insulation, with less impact on valuable living space and building footprints
- Architect’s Autocad drawings are compatible with the latest CAD/CAM Timber Frame design software so the lead-in time from approved timber frame design to manufacturing can be reduced to hours
- Construction is not adversely affected by poor weather conditions
- Snagging and maintenance costs are substantially reduced due to ‘dry’ construction, and now with the common use of “engineered wood” in floors, the need for follow on trades to make allowances for shrinkage has largely disappeared
- Low U-values, certified Passivhaus and a build meeting Passivhaus standards can all be achieved by using timber frames thanks to the low thermal conductivity of materials