Living in a modern timber frame home

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This publication will help timber frame companies and insurance organisations encourage homeowners to look after their homes by understanding better how they are built. This document covers a number of key topics including how to check if the house is timber frame, how the house was built and also some basic maintenance considerations, including advice on fire safety.

It also includes eight DIY projects with guidance on how to go about them without damaging the airtightness or fire safety measures, for example, and a handy glossary of building terms. This document was published and written by TRADA Technology on behalf of the UKTFA, with support from the Timber Trade Federation (TTF).

Contents:

  • Looking after your timber frame home
  • Five ways to check if your home is timber frame
  • Features of your timber frame home
  • Your home from top to bottom
  • How your home was built
  • Understanding the structure of your home
  • General advice
  • Care and maintenance
  • Don't do this at home!
  • DIY projects to improve your timber frame home
  • DIY Projects:
    • Fixtures and fittings
    • Additional TV point
    • Small hole in external wall
    • Opening in external wall
    • Saving on energy bills
    • Sound insulation between rooms
    • Remove non-loadbearing wall
    • New non-loadbearing wall
  • Terminology

Suggested Reading

List of Wood Information Sheetsnavigation-arrow

This document contains a fully comprehensive list of all the most up to date Wood Information Sheets (WIS) published by TRADA. Available to members for free or non-members for £12.00, these Wood Information Sheets provide technical guidance related to almost every timber topic under the sun.

 

Categories:

  • Timber -...

17/07/2017 |  Wood Information Sheet  

List of British Standards June 2016navigation-arrow

A list of British Standards which relate directly to timber, updated bimonthly.

06/06/2016 |  British Standards List  

List of British Standards June 2017navigation-arrow

A list of British Standards which relate directly to timber, updated bimonthly.

26/06/2017 |  British Standards List