Learning how timber delivers
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At In Touch with Timber 2011, Clive Pople, Group Retail Director of Willmott Dixon, discussed Willmott Dixon's experiences of timber.
Article from the TRADA Timber Industry Yearbook 2012
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Cladding for timber frame buildings
The main functions of cladding on a timber frame building are to provide weather resistance and create the external appearance required by the client.
Materials for cladding can be subdivided into two main categories: those which are self supporting (built from their own foundation and tied back to the...
05/05/2014 | Wood Information Sheet
Improving thermal performance of existing timber frame buildings
As fuel prices rise, fossil fuel supplies become more unpredictable and we strive to reduce our CO2 emissions, every Watt saved now counts.
This Wood Information Sheet (WIS) outlines the options for improving the thermal performance of existing timber frame buildings and summarises the important issues that specifiers...
06/04/2015 | Wood Information Sheet
Timber frame building: materials specification
This Wood Information Sheet (WIS) outlines the materials normally specified for conventional timber frame buildings. Some variations will occur according to the structural design and detailing requirements of specific projects. Many of the components are also used in innovative forms of construction such as engineered stud and twin stud walls,...
28/02/2017 | Wood Information Sheet
