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Is Timber frame construction thoroughly tried and tested?

April 26, 2017Construction frame tested thoroughly Timber

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Is Timber frame construction thoroughly tried and tested?

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Timber Frame has been tried and tested as a form of construction all over the Western World for centuries. Almost all of the two million houses built annually in Scandinavia, North America, and Australia utilise timber frame technology. Over 60% of all houses built in Scotland are of timber frame construction. In Ireland today over 20 per cent of homes built each year are timber framed and steadily rising.