Choosing to use timber framing as the main source of framing provides so many positives!
It’s great news for the homeowner, the builder, and the environment.
Wood is a natural insulator, decreasing your need for cooling or heating – which in turn reduces energy bills.
Using timber framing can be more cost-effective on the home’s overall cost.
More and more homeowners are considering more sustainable options like timber framing for their home design, and this needs to be discussed at the design stage so that designers and architects are meeting the most important brief from the client when it comes to what is important to them.
How sustainable is timber as a construction material?
Eco Truss uses pine that only comes from sustainably managed forests with sustainable timber having the lowest embodied energy use from production, processing, and transport.
Unlike many other building materials, timber requires only minimal processing, from tree to truss!
Timber production has the lowest energy consumption and the lowest carbon dioxide emissions – timber locks up carbon for life!
Flexibility & durability!
Timber is a well-understood product and for the builder, it is a much easier and more forgiving product to impose variations or changes on-site. It is lighter, which also means fewer labour costs and is generally easier to use not to mention the factory-controlled quality assurance in fabrication.
When it comes to the finished product, movement and cracks in plaster are something no one wants to see therefore by choosing to use timber framing you can rest assured that it will not expand and contract as much as steel framing will – which is better suited in Australia’s extreme climate.
The other advantage of using timber framing is that as our home life changes things like renovations, hanging art or adding built-in shelves is all going to be much easier when your walls are constructed out of timber framing
So, whether you are the client, builder, or designer, choose timber for a superior & sustainable material that offers more flexibility and lower construction costs!
