BENEFITS OF TIMBER FRAME FOR BUILDERS

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  1. No setting out to do. Builder agrees soleplate layout with architect – that’s it!
  2. Using Eco-joists and Stud walls 1st Fix electrics complete 1 day (3 bed bungalow)
  3. Same with plumbing 1st fix 1 day completion
  4. Builder does not have to wait for any drying out time.
  5. No chasing out concrete walls pipes/cables runs internally and provided for.
  6. No possibility of other trades puncturing hidden pipes or cables.
  7. No waste on site to lower margins.
  8. Several internal trades can work at once – even if outside skin is not complete.
  9. Massive saving on subcontract labour as average build time is 12-16 weeks for a 4 bed house
  10. Sub-contractors can’t make costly mistakes once TF is erected.
  11. No plaster basecoats required internally.
  12. Joiners input greatly reduced due to off-site manufacture.
  13. Cleaner and more organised site than traditional
  14. Reduces need for timber stock and theft.
  15. No temporary internal bracing required.
  16. Stage payment from clients much faster
  17. Less interest to pay at bank, due to speed of erection
  18. Fast rotation of sub-contractors on multi-site.
  19. Ideal lightweight construction on poor ground conditions
  20. All warranties in place PRIOR to commencement.
  21. Progress is not weather dependent.
  22. Internal partitions easily removed/added.
  23. Extra flues/windows/doorways easily made.
  24. Removes our cladding from critical path
  25. Reduces materials handling on site
  26. Reduces need for closed storage containers
  27. Reduces crane movement on site.
  28. Safer to work on than traditional construction
  29. Improved site productivity
  30. Dimensionally accurate, all walls straight and square.
  31. Above makes decorating much faster.
  32. Builders budget is guaranteed
  33. Contributes to eco-home status.
  34. Eco’s can be used as flat roof – fixed 1 day.
  35. Open spans up to 22m, removes need for steel.
  36. No defect responsibility to builder.
  37. Roof trusses supply immediate solution to complex roofscapes
  38. Eco’s can be suspended on top or bottom chord, allowing greater tolerance.
  39. 72mm chord provides a large decking fixing point.
  40. Depths of Eco’s compatible with other joists materials
  41. No sinking or swelling
  42. No drilling or notching, or chasing which reduces integrity.
  43. Erected in ½ time of conventional joists.
  44. Much lower impact sound levels.
  45. Snagging list greatly reduced
  46. Builder’s call-backs unlikely.
  47. No dependency on design mixes
  48. No dependency on multi-concrete deliveries.
  49. Floors joisted and decked.
  50. No drying out means no cracking and no call-backs.