Sat, 30 May 2026 23:17:28 +0100 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0.3 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=204532#Comment_204532 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=204532#Comment_204532 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 08:28:59 +0100 Triassic

I hadn't realised property construction had picked up so much!

So I have a to find another timber frame company to take the place of the Latvians, any recommendations?]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=204533#Comment_204533 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=204533#Comment_204533 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 08:36:56 +0100 tony https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=204537#Comment_204537 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=204537#Comment_204537 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 10:09:15 +0100 adwindrum https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=204551#Comment_204551 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=204551#Comment_204551 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 13:00:09 +0100 Triassic Posted By: adwindrumWhere be to? I can suggest one or two in SW?I'm in South Cumbria, but distance does not appear to be a problem to most TF suppliers, after all it would be me paying!]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=204553#Comment_204553 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=204553#Comment_204553 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 13:10:11 +0100 Ed Davies
I talked to Pasquill in Inverness (they have branches all over the place - eg, Chorley between the M6 and M61) last week - they're doing drawings and quotes for my rafters including window details and so on. In some ways I wish I'd stuck with my original designs which had more I-beams in the floor and so on and just gone to them for the whole house structure. Could perhaps have saved a lot of messing around.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=204554#Comment_204554 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=204554#Comment_204554 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 13:10:45 +0100 Cerisy https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=204564#Comment_204564 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=204564#Comment_204564 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:29:34 +0100 Viking House What type of foundations will you use? If you use traditional strip foundations under a high performance TF house, half the heat-loss from the house will be through the wall/floor junction.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=204565#Comment_204565 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=204565#Comment_204565 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:40:29 +0100 Triassic ]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=204882#Comment_204882 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=204882#Comment_204882 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 22:12:53 +0100 Triassic Posted By: tonyDIY, cheaper, easier more controllable, no crane needed, no juggernaut getting stuck in lane, instant Tony, just how much, in percentage terms, is DIY cheaper that TF? In analysing the various TF quotes maybe I need to include the DIY option as the fall back position!!!?]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=205979#Comment_205979 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=205979#Comment_205979 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 16:36:42 +0100 Triassic https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=205981#Comment_205981 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=205981#Comment_205981 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 21:30:10 +0100 djh Posted By: Triassicof the rest, the most expensive was double the price of the cheapest.
That's been my experience too when getting quotes for engineered timber. I've gone with the cheapest (unless otherwise disqualified) edit: [on each occasion] and haven't been disappointed (so far - famous last words!)]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=205983#Comment_205983 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=205983#Comment_205983 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 21:49:00 +0100 Triassic https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=205988#Comment_205988 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=205988#Comment_205988 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 22:13:57 +0100 Timber
Do you mind giving a list of the names of the companies which have quoted you? Someone might be able to offer advice or experience?]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=205991#Comment_205991 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=205991#Comment_205991 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 22:54:17 +0100 Triassic
Although they all got the same drawings and brief not all quotes deliver a standard package, in one case I am being offered a kit of parts which I would have to fix together to form panels, at the other end of the scale I get a tried and tested passive house (didn't actually ask for a passive house but that's all they now supply).]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=205992#Comment_205992 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=205992#Comment_205992 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 23:17:14 +0100 Timber
If that is the case, no wonder one quote was twice the other]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=205996#Comment_205996 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12271&Focus=205996#Comment_205996 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 07:26:01 +0100 Triassic Posted By: TimberIf that is the case, no wonder one quote was twice the other In that particular case they were both factory made, erected closed panel systems?

The feedback I got from the firm offering a stick build kit was that they were too busy to offer anything else.

In preparing my short list I talked to a number of companies, of these, 3 said right at the outset they were too busy to quote. The brief was specific, factory made, erected closed panel system, however this has not stopped some providing quotes for open panels and stick kits. Maybe they are too busy to read the brief!]]>