Timber-frame buildings

What are Timber-Frame Buildings?

The term ‘timber frame’ structures typically describes a system of structure with panel walls and floors built from small section timber studs, clad with board products, in which the timber frame transmits vertical and horizontal loads to the foundations. It is generally used to refer to timber post and beam structures or to timber engineered structural frames.

Timber frames can be a suitable choice if the structural frame is required quickly and if the ground conditions are particularly of poor soft ground, or if the structural beam members do not include very large spans.

Advantages
1. It is quicker than all other types of construction.
2. It is eco-friendly and sustainable.
3. It is cheap.
4. It requires little to no skilled workers for construction.
5. Low volume of waste on site requiring removal.
6. Fast heating due to low thermal mass.
Disadvantages
1. It needs a lot of maintenance.
2. It is prone to fire and all types of disasters if not planned well.
3. Lack of experienced builders and erection crews.
4. Transportation and carriage access.
5. Low quality site control.
6. Additional design and engineering time.
Special use case of Timber-frame buildings
1. It is eco-friendly.
2. It helps in producing energy efficient houses. This is to say it helps in reducing energy consumption in various ways.
3. There are no limits to its design and size.
4. It offers great insulation for its occupants.
5. It stores carbon.

Engineers at Vanguard Solutions are pretty familiar with the architecture and engineering of timber frames and the specific reaction to stress loads on the various structural members including its joints and connections.

Lateral loads, shear, compression, tension, gravity loads, snow loads, floor loads … these are some of the loads and stresses that a timber frame structure can safely withstand when adequately designed. It is simply a fun and exciting aspect of the art of craft.

Authentic, quality, attention to detail and personal services remain the key reasons for choosing Vanguard Solutions. All of these are at an affordable price. Our expertise spans garages, home extensions, and gazebos, garden rooms, porches, and outbuildings. There are many designs to choose from, but we also offer bespoke design services if you don’t find what you need.