TIMBER FRAMED CONSTRUCTION

New Timber Frame World

New Timber Frame World

Overview of the factory

New World Timber Frame caters for a wide range of clients: house, commercial developers, principal contractors, architects and self-builders all sharing one thing in common, energy efficient construction. The company delviers building solutions for all your timber frame requirements. It offeres sustainable building solutions for the customers modern building requirements, New World Timber Frame remains at the forefront of building technology. A wide range of products and timber frame systems are available in and out of the UK. New World Timber Frame is dedicated to maintaining high awareness of the effects of its activities on the environment. New World Timber Frame aims to construct buildings that achieve high U Values to help increase energy efficiency. New World Timber Frame delivers the best possible for their customers.

Introduction

The research is based on adressing the timber frame construction at New Timber Frame World. New World Timber Frame UK manufacture solutions for commercial and residential developments. New World Timber Frame caters for a wide range of clients: house, commercial developers, principal contractors, architects and self-builders all sharing one thing in common,

energy efficient construction. As the industrial revolution in the mid-19th century brought new products and innovations, timber resources in eastern America dwindled and timber frame construction slowed abruptly. Numerous sawmills readily cut smaller dimensional lumber products from smaller trees(Gotz 2009: 208-209).

There is an increasing tendency worldwide to build multi-level prefabricated timber structures with timber frame wall panels as the main bearing capacity elements. Their bearing capacity becomes critical, especially when higher structures are subjected to heavy horizontal forces, particularly structures located in seismic and windy areas.

Research activities in wood-based walls date back to the 1920s. We can find a large volume of experimental and numerical results on timber diaphragms and shear walls, but it is not possible to present an extensive review of all available information. We will therefore present a brief overview of some references from the last decades. (Heinrich 2007: 59-63).

Discussion

Timber framed construction has many advantages as well as being kind to the environment. The frames can be put up quickly allowing construction to continue under the timber roof efficiently. Timber frame design is very practical and adaptable, as well as being aesthetically pleasing. The beautiful heavy timbers can be left exposed to the interior, or left visible on the outside allowing the timber to give the house character.

Elegant and simple, timber frame houses provide incredibly strong structures that have great flexibility in their design. The strength of the framework is achieved by structuring the frame in such a way that the weight of the building is transferred from all around the frame to the ground as effectively as possible. Due to this strength, large open spaces are often seen as a trademark of timber framed houses, something usually not possible using conventional building techniques.

Being versatile, our homes can also be clad with brick or stone. This allows the house to blend in with, or complement, surrounding houses ...