ENVIRONMENT
Would you live in a timber home?
Sustainable, speedy and streamlined — why timber-framed houses will revolutionise the UK’s construction industry
It typically takes 18 weeks to complete a timber-frame house, compared with 28 weeks for traditional masonry construction
The Times
It may be one of the oldest building materials in the world, but for British housebuilders wood is becoming a key way to construct the homes of the future.
Across the country, developers are turning towards timber to deliver more sustainable homes that can also be built faster than traditional brick and concrete blocks.
Timber has long been the favoured choice for homes built in Scotland, with 92 per cent of new-builds made from the material — but in England the figure is only 9 per cent (it’s 22 per cent in Wales and 30 per cent in Northern Ireland), according to data from the National House Building Council.
However, that appears to be changing. Barratt Developments, the UK’s biggest housebuilder, is to open
