3 STEPS TO A SUCCESSFUL timber self build
Get your project off on the right footing with the Structural Timber Association’s guide to selecting the best design, build system and supplier for your new home
Above: Frame Technologies (www. frametechnologies.
co.uk) designed, manufactured and installed its Tech-
Vantage E timber frame system for this sustainable self build on a sloping plot Modern, offsite-manufactured timber building systems offer a variety of impressive benefits to self builders. If design flexibility, cost and programme certainty, sustainability, enhanced energy performance, build quality assurances and quick construction timescales sound like your cup of tea, then a structural timber solution could be for you. But what do you need to know to move your project forward?
Step 1: Design
The first port of call on your journey to creating a highquality, bespoke timber home will be to come up with a design. Clearly, this needs to suits your needs and budget, respond to the plot or property you’re working with and meet with the planners’ approval. But it’s important to consider buildability from the very early stages, too.