TIMBER
Updated 391 days ago
4a Field Barn Farm, Beenham Hill, Reading, RG7 5LT
Timber is recognised as the only renewable construction material and the softwoods used in timber frame are sourced from environmentally sustainable British and European forests. Timber frame construction gives designers a great deal of flexibility in both layout and external appearance. High levels of thermal insulation are incorporated within the construction, reducing heating costs and conserving energy... Timber frame construction uses pre-fabricated (off-site manufacture) external and internal stud walls, floor joists and roof trusses to form the super-structure which is a complete structural frame that transfers the vertical and horizontal loads to the foundations. The timber frame structure can then be clad in brick, wood, fibre cement board, rendered or tiled which will act as the decoration for the home as well as weather protection. The external cladding would be installed on site. The build process is shown in the images below which respectively depict…... Put simply we..