Upgrading an older wooden home is a balancing act between preserving its charm and bringing it up to modern comfort and efficiency standards. From insulation strategies that respect historic materials ...

Timber Frame has been a feature of home building and construction since the earliest recorded times. Today timber frame construction in Ireland is one of the fastest and most economical ways of ...

An architectural technologist from Aberdeen has trialled different insulation methods for his low carbon home Ian MacDonald is trialling different insulation types on a 300m² timber frame home which ...

Are you after an adventurous project with grand designs? A fresh beginning with an eco-friendly, new-build home designed to your specifications could be just the ticket. “Over the past three decades, ...

Many of the advantages of wood, including load-bearing capacity, availability of raw materials, climate neutrality and building physics coincide with those of mineral wool, i.e. glass wool and rock ...

Using full-color photos, detailed drawings, and clear step-by-step instructions, Learn to Timber Frame (Storey Publishing, 2016) is a guidebook for beginners, showing exactly how to build one small ...

Foto: FMI Fachverband Mineralwolleindustrie e.V. Many of the advantages of wood, including load-bearing capacity, availability of raw materials, climate neutrality and building physics coincide with ...