A timber frame can be erected in a week or two, which enables the other trades to get in more quickly and press on with the fitting out. The lead in time to get the frame designed and made will be ...

What is the best way of building a house? Joe Pattinson, from Newbury New Homes, is a fan of using a timber frame. People ask whether traditional build or timber frame is the best. We are all familiar ...

Often the frame is left exposed, adding a natural beauty to the look of the house; in some cases the frame is hidden behind walls. Most post and beam/timber frames are preconstructed in a ...

A timber-frame home is a celebration of wood on a massive scale. Tall posts grow from the floor and connect overhead in a soaring network of beams, rafters and braces joined with glovelike precision.

Timber frame construction is now confidently erected up to six storeys, classed as medium rise, following invaluable research feedback from the TF2000 project supported by several industry partners.

Some developers are seeking alternative construction methods because of a shortage in brick supplies across the UK, according to a house builder. ... Developers turn to timber frame due to brick ...

There may be some merit in the Traditional Housing Bureau's warnings about adopting untried lightweight constructional systems (AJ 20.11.03), but the argument that such construction is a threat to ...

Q My timber-framed house was built in 2005 and the supplier provided flexible steel wall ties.However, the builder said that these were not necessary and they were less convenient to use than the ...