Why should you choose Kestrel Timber Frame?
By choosing Kestrel Timber Frame you can benefit from our wealth of experience in timber frame structures. We can help you build quicker and more profitably as our reliable service helps meet our customers’ demands for more sustainable housing.
Why Build In Timber Frame?
Speed of Construction
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Speed of construction is a major consideration whether you are a contractor or self-builder. Timber frames can be erected and made weather-tight even in wet weather, which often hinders the construction of brick and block buildings. Typically a timber frame home can be built quicker.
Design Flexibility
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Timber frame is highly flexible in terms of design and is widely compatible with any type of cladding. Timber frame can be used for any application from bespoke houses to churches, leisure centres to hotels and many other structures.
Thermally Efficient
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Wood is a highly effective insulating material (even before any additional insulating materials are added). Therefore, timber frame homes exceed the increasingly strict building regulations in the UK. Timber frame homeowners will usually benefit from a reduced heating bill.
Environmental Factor
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Unlike conventional materials, our wood is sustainable as it is sourced from managed forests. The strong green credentials of timber can help contractors and developers meet Government sustainability guidelines and regulations. In addition to this, the use of pulped recycled newspaper as insulation material will further improve the green credentials, as it does not emit HCFs or CFCs and is manufactured in a process that uses substantially less energy than alternative insulating materials.
Durability
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Timber frame structures are highly durable and comparatively last just as long as other construction types. According to the Timber Frame Association, there are two Norwegian churches which are over 1,000 years old and 200 years old in the UK - both were built from the same type of wood employed today.
Acoustic Performance
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Timber Frame party walls provide outstanding sound insulation - improving domestic comfort. In an acoustics study the BRE stated that "if all dwellings have sound insulation as good as that measured in the party wall of timber frame dwellings, the problem of noise from neighbours would be greatly reduced"
Sustainability
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The sustainable nature of timber makes timber frame construction one of the most sustainable building methods available.
A timber frame home designed and built by Kestrel Timber Frame can help you achieve a more cost-effective build, whilst also helping to protect the environment for future generations. Timber frame has the lowest carbon cost of any commercial building material, every completed home saves approximately 4 tonnes of CO2.
Our Commitment To The Environment
Our commitment to renewable resources starts with acquiring timber from sustainable, managed forests.
We make every effort to ensure we reduce our carbon footprint by minimising waste and by being energy efficient in manufacture and transport processes.
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Health & Safety
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At Kestrel Timber Frame, construction Health and Safety is always a main priority - with the safety of staff and associated trades with us on our construction site being paramount.
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We create site specific risk assessments and method statements for every contract undertaken to enable a site safe for construction.
You can be sure that when you’re working in partnership with us; our health and safety approach and practices meet the necessary legal criteria for site construction safety.
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Kestrel Timber Frame is a member of Timber Development UK to ensure that we keep up to date with the latest in building regulations and building codes, keeping us at the forefront of timber frame construction design and safety.
Accreditation
The purpose of accreditation for Kestrel Timber Frame is to ensure focus on continual improvement and provide standards of excellence to all our clients – from self-build to local, regional and national builders, as well as local, regional and national construction companies.
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