Building a timber frame home
Our timber frame homes use an offsite method of construction because of the many benefits this method offers:
- Build accuracy and quick to erect. A large proportion of components are built to a detailed plan in a controlled factory environment, making it quick to build on-site and producing less waste to dispose of.
- A build schedule we can manage. Our timber frame build systems are a dry method of construction, meaning adverse weather has a reduced impact on the speed of work on-site, helping us plan your build.
- Reduced on-site health and safety and reduced labour costs. With more work carried out offsite in a controlled factory environment and assembled at site.
- Pre-fabricated offsite in our quality-assured factory with ISO certification. This means the products we supply have been tested and assessed to meet or exceed the necessary standards and regulations
Timber frame thermal performance
Kingspan ULTIMA is our timber frame closed panel wall system, designed for self-builders and manufactured in our quality-controlled factory in Cambridgeshire. It has been developed to meet and exceed the updated Building Regulations Part L: Conservation of fuel and power.
This includes:
- U-values that exceed the building regulation's notional figure
- Designed to help achieve the required level of airtightness
- All our systems come with optimised thermal bridging details, to make sure you get an accurate SAP calculation
- They come fully filled with no gaps, a requirement of the updated building regulations
Find out more about the performance of the Kingspan ULTIMA range
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