Timber Frame has been a feature of home building and construction since the earliest recorded times. Today timber frame construction in Ireland is one of the fastest and most economical ways of ...

An architectural technologist from Aberdeen has trialled different insulation methods for his low carbon home Ian MacDonald is trialling different insulation types on a 300m² timber frame home which ...

Are you after an adventurous project with grand designs? A fresh beginning with an eco-friendly, new-build home designed to your specifications could be just the ticket. “Over the past three decades, ...

Many of the advantages of wood, including load-bearing capacity, availability of raw materials, climate neutrality and building physics coincide with those of mineral wool, i.e. glass wool and rock ...

The Irish Timber Frame Manufacturer’s Association nicely round it up — in timber frame “the inner load bearing/support wall is replaced by an engineered rigid timber frame structure”. This is not ...

Our self build expert Mark Stevenson talks through all the mistakes people make when installing insulation in cavity walls ...

Foto: FMI Fachverband Mineralwolleindustrie e.V. Many of the advantages of wood, including load-bearing capacity, availability of raw materials, climate neutrality and building physics coincide with ...

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