70% of all new houses in most developed countries across the world are made from timber frame. This cost effective, energy efficient method of house production with its rapid construction time-frame is the house type of choice in Scotland, Canada, Sweden, USA, Germany, Austria and Japan.
The basic structure of a timber frame house consists of a pre-manufactured timber structural kit, comprising of timber wall panels, timber flooring and roofing materials, which makes up the main timber framework. The outer walls are then built using either block work or facing brick, which gives timber frame houses the same outward appearance as traditional block built houses, or modern cladding systems. Although timber frame are referred as ‘lightweight construction’ it is one of the strongest and durable forms of construction used today.