Irish Timber Frame Homes - Advantages, Benefits and Cost Savings - What You Need to Know

Wooden homes offer a wide range of advantages to the self-builder. The timber frame market covers over 70% of the entire worlds housing stock.

Timber buildings from the 12th century still exist in England and elsewhere in the world; while in Northern Europe and America there are fine homes that are several hundred years old.

Advantages:

Quick and Easy to Construct. A typical kit can be erected and watertight within 5 working days.

Timber homes are very accurate in their construction with each element designed individually to exacting detail.

Pre fabricated kits are lightweight in comparison to Block homes and there can be a lot of savings in the design of the foundations especially on sites where poor ground conditions prevail.

Timber is an incredible strong and durable form of construction.

Mortgage companies now offer specially constructed mortgages for self-builders who are building a timber frame home.

Pre fabricated buildings have the capacity to be super insulated. Because of the ability to increase the depth of the timber stud there is the additional advantage of being able to increase the depth of insulation in between the vertical studding.

Timber frame is a "green and environmentally friendly method" of building. Wood is an organic, non-toxic renewable resource. It greatly reduces the carbon footprint of the construction of your new home.

Over 90% of all wood used in European buildings is sourced from European Forests which are professionally managed so that they grow at a rate of over 3000 sq miles per year, offsetting considerably the amount of trees used each year.

Because timber frame homes can be incredibly well insulated there is a potential savings of over 60% on traditional masonry construction.

Timber frame buildings can be complemented by the use of new technology such as solar heating, wind turbines, under floor heating and wood pellet burners.

Wit a proven a track record of having fewer construction defects owners of timber frame homes are invariable overwhelmed by the comfort levels and also by the savings in their energy bill.

Timber frame buildings have a proven record of performing exceedingly well in fire and flood conditions. The BRE (British Research Establishment) has performed numerous tests to confirm their suitability as a modern building technique.

Ed Gordon is a Timber Frame specialist with a keen interest in Energy Efficiency and reducing the construction Carbon Footprint. He offers a specialist construction consultancy service that is aimed at helping you save money on your construction costs without losing out on quality.For more information go to http://www.gts-timber-frame.com or http://www.gts-timber-frame.com/html/gtech5000.php