Timber Frame House - A House Of Shield


by Benjamin Sara - Date: 2010-01-16 - Word Count: 529 Share This!

A timber frame home is basically a house made from timber wood. People who own houses made of timber would get a lot of benefits like beautiful house, strong, flexible design, energy efficiency, takes less time for construction and increases resale value.

In the United Kingdom, in the houses built of a timber frame the internal walls are made of timber studding and outside skin is constructed in bricks. A proper timber frame house has big beams with handcrafted interlocking joints without any nails. Maintaining the timber frame house is easy compared to traditional constructed house. Timber framed houses survived for a period of thousand years as a basic engineering method. Therefore, it is proven for its durability. Due to the increasing high environmental standards and price pressures, the timber frame home is tremendously gaining popularity all over the country.

There are few benefits of using timber frame such as; they are easy to build, a kit can be put up and watertight within a week's time, timber frame homes are very perfect in their construction with every single part designed individually to accurate and exact detail. These timber frame kits are lighter than concrete blocks and lot of savings can be done in design of the base particular on those construction areas where the ground condition is very poor. These are a strong and long-lasting form of building material. Nowadays, mortgage companies are also offering special mortgage for self-constructor who wants to build a timber frame house.

The houses made of the timber frame have the ability to protect its owner and because of its capability to enlarge the depth of the stud gives added benefits of being capable of enlarging the depth of padding between the vertical studding. It is the eco-friendly form of construction, as wood is a natural, non-toxic restorable material. It helps to reduce the green house gas present in your house during the time of construction. Timber frame homes are well padded and due to this reason there is a possible saving of around 60% on ordinary form of material used in construction. You can also use the latest technology like solar heating, under floor heating, pellet burner and wind turbines in your timber frame house.

It is proven that there are very less chances of facing defects if you own timber frame home. It is consistently overwhelmed by the level of comfort it provides and also by the savings it makes in energy bill. It also has the record of standing accurate in fire or in a flood situation. The British research Establishment has undergone a number of tests to make sure its appropriateness as a modern technique building.

So, after going through the benefits of the timber frame house if you wish to build one for you then there are number of stores that deal with this material. You can also search for an appropriate store through the Internet. There are various well known stores that have launched their websites to reach their potential clients and help them to make their search easy. You just have to enter the search for a store and research a bit and place an order.

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