Environmentally-friendly, timber-frame houses and home design

Timber Frame homes allow maximum design flexibility whilst providing excellent thermal and acoustic performance. The components are relatively lightweight and can be easily transported to more remote locations for assembly on site.
This is particularly important to our business in South West Scotland.

3b construction design, detail and manufacture all timber frames in-house. This enables us to provide our clients with
a high quality product, delivered on time, at a competitive
price.

All of our houses are designed to fully comply with current
Building Standards and NHBC requirements.

 

 

 

Environmentally Friendly

During a tree's lifetime it removes many tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere.

It is estimated that every cubic metre of timber used instead of other building materials saves on average 0.8 tonnes of CO2 emissions from the atmosphere, a typical 100m2 two storey timber frame house contains 5-6m3 more wood than the equivalent masonry house.
This can result in a saving of 4-5 tonnes CO2 depending on timber frame specification.

Timber frame construction is the right choice if you care about the planet.

 

Why we use Timber Frame

3b construction actively promote the use of Timber Frame as our main construction method because:

• timber is the definitive renewable resource
• timber frame allows us to achieve excellent insulation levels thereby reducing heating bills and improving energy efficiency
• fabrication can take place off site, in a controlled factory environment, ensuring accuracy of components and improving the quality of your finished home
• a timber framed house can be erected quickly, thus reducing labour and associated plant costs, compared to other building methods. This also cuts overall build time without compromising quality, and ensures entry to your new home at the earliest possible date.

We can provide you with the highest quality home, all based on your own ideas, however complex or innovative. Timber frame is design flexible, it allows you great freedom in planning your home.

Our Technical Services staff will work closely with you and your Architects to ensure that your requirements can be carried through to our final production drawings, to then allow factory manufacture of your new home by our experienced joiners. Visit the 3b Construction web site for info on our timber frame kits

 

Quality Timber Frame Homes - Designed & manufactured in Scotland