Timber Frame Design & Build
Benfield ATT Ltd

There may be other reasons why timber frame is the most popular method of building in the developed world (energy performance, proven sustainability credentials, precision quality, value for money all come close) but today we celebrate its speed of build.

To meet the W6 brief of showcasing different ideas, materials, and solutions ‘in the raw’, this StartLife house involved no less than twenty specialist suppliers and sub-contractors. Built in just three days using Off Site Production (OSP) methods, Benfield ATT’s experienced team were able to prefabricate this hybrid post & beam, panel & attic house under quality-controlled conditions. This ensured that, when on site, every single timber component slotted together with millimetre precision.

Manufactured in South Wales by Benfield ATT under ISO certified quality and environmental assurance schemes, the totally-timber StartLife home – like all Benfield ATT structures - benefits from a 60-Year Structural Warranty. And, with an estimated complete build cost of just £49,000, makes timber frame building a bit more interesting, doesn’t it?

Benfield ATT supply quality, cost-effective and (FSC) environmentally certified timber frame solutions to suit bespoke designs and sites all over the UK. As one of the leading firms in the timber frame industry and having helped many architects and builders to move away from ‘wet build’, they are really very good.Here’s what a recent customer had to say:

For more information on Benfield ATT, or our StartLife Home, please take a leaflet, talk to one of our on-site Consultants or send us your project drawings for a free estimate.

Benfield ATT Ltd
Castle Way
Caldicot
Monmouthshire
NP26 5PR

Tel: 01291 437050
Fax: 01291 437051
Email: info@benfieldatt.co.uk
Web: www.benfieldatt.co.uk/w6

Glulam Beams
Laminated Wood Ltd

Glulam Beams Manufactured by Laminated Wood Ltd

Most people would agree that wood is naturally durable and robust. However, many people are unaware of the astounding structural performance of wood when used in the form of Glulam beams - laminated beams of wood glued together under factory conditions. In this form it easily matches the performance of steel or concrete yet is only two thirds the weight of the former and one sixth of the latter. Accordingly it gives considerable versatility, enabling designers to create vast interior spaces with no internal supports. Single beams with a span of up to 40 metres can be used with the added benefit of the natural beauty of exposed timber.

Perhaps surprisingly, they also offer excellent fire resistance and provide a known charring rate to bring both safety and integrity to any structure. Glulam beams are chemically stable and suitable for use in aggressive and humid environments. John Mallinckrodt, Managing Director of Gloucester based manufacturer, Laminated Wood Ltd. says “We’re delighted to supply the roof purlins and ridges for the W6 house. Glulam beams are becoming more and more popular as their advantages are recognised. With a wide stock of beams here in the UK, we’re well placed to take advantage of this growth in the market.” Glulam beams are available from Laminated Wood Ltd for use as lintels, purlins, rafters, beams and trusses and can be custom made for portals, columns or for use as curved or cranked beams.

Laminated Wood Ltd
Grain Silo Complex
Abbey Road
Hempsted
Gloucester
GL2 5HU

Tel: 01452 418000
Fax: 01452 418333
Email: mail@lamwood.co.uk
Web: www.lamwood.co.uk

Oriented Strand Board (OSB)
SmartPly

If you want to build smart, you've got to think smart. To find better quality and better value, you've got to look beyond the obvious.

That's why the smart money goes on SmartPly. SmartPly doesn't delaminate and has no knotholes, core voids or other structural defects and is less expensive than plywood. It's bonded with waterproof glue for exterior use and is ideal for flooring, roofing, wall sheathings, site hoardings and lots of other general building uses.

Wood is uniquely renewable among building materials. It also has the lowest energy consumption and the most energy efficient thermal insulation properties of any building material. Wood products are also the only building materials with negative net CO2 emissions.

All the timber used to make SmartPly is carefully harvested to preserve the forest's biodiversity, productivity and ecological processes.We use pine and spruce thinnings, which are cut to length, debarked and made into uniform strands. This process uses virtually all of the wood; while all by-products such as bark and sawdust are recycled for energy and horticultural uses and combustion gases are scrubbed and burned.This puts SmartPly among the most environmentally efficient building materials on the market.

Better still, SmartPly is made from sustainable, fast-growing timber: we only use forest thinnings of new-growth pine and spruce.

Our aim is to provide engineered wood products of the highest quality, which are both cost-effective and fully certified, whilst ensuring relevance of product to each individual application. This philosophy maintains our position as the leading supplier of premium OSB products in Europe.

The Smart answer to Plywood.

SmartPly Europe Ltd
Hawley Manor
Hawley Road
Dartford
Kent DA1 1PX
United Kingdom

Telephone: +44 (0)1322 424900
Fax: +44 (0)1322 424920
Email us: info@smartply.com
Web: www.smartply.com

Engineered Roof Trusses
iLevel Trus Joist

New Spatial Roof from iLevel Trus Joist

The safer, simpler, quicker way to build attic roofs with

high performance engineered wood products.

Spatial Roof uses the advantages of a cut roof solution with the speed and flexibility of a trussed rafter structure to increase the overall attic roof volume by 15% and the habitable space by 10% adding real value to new homes.

The Spatial Roof begins with the installation of an iLevel engineered wood floor, using TJI engineered wood I joists, for the attic floor.

This provides a permanent safe working platform during roof construction, helping meet Work at Height Health & Safety regulations. It also caps the structure allowing work to progress on lower floors while the roof is erected, battened and felted.

The roof is constructed from half trusses, which can be manually handled without the expense and delay of a crane and which can be erected in weather conditions that would prevent a crane lift. Delivering half trusses to site is also easier, with more products on one vehicle reducing site congestion and eliminating the need for truss “top hats”.

Spatial RoofÔ is the latest roof solution from iLevel Trus Joist®, the world leader in engineered wood products, together with TJI joists, used to create straight roof lines, longer spans with structural integrity, and Parallam parallel strand lumber used for beams, purlins, columns and trusses.

ilevel Trus Joist® floor and roof solutions are used by many of Britain’s largest private and public sector new house builders and for an increasing range of educational and light commercial buildings.

All roof and floor solutions are available through a nationwide network of Service Partners, offering a full design, technical support, on site training and inspection and after sales service.

iLevel Trus Joist is a Weyerhaeuser business.

iLevel™ Trus Joist®,
East Barn,
Perry Mill Farm,
Hopwood,
Worcs. B48 7 AJ

For further information, please visit www.ilevel.eu
or call + 44 (0) 121 445 6666

Stairs & Ballustrades
Jeld-Wen

JELD-WEN is one of the World’s largest joinery manufacturers.They produce an extensive range of windows, doors and stairs for major builders and merchant customers across the UK.

Every JELD-WEN staircase comes with a wide selection of spindles and newels to choose from to suit modern and traditional build styles.From domestic to common use flights, tested to the relevant British standards and designed to comply with current building regulations, JELD-WEN has a stair for every project.

Seen here, these triple winder flights are growing in popularity with the increase in taller, narrower houses and apartments.

JELD-WEN manufactures a wide range of contemporary and more traditional timber staircases, available as stock flights or bespoke designs.

Once an order is placed, JELD-WEN provides a free on-site survey and measuring service, helping builders meet the requirements of Building Regulations and producing staircases that are built to meet individual needs.

Available with pre-finishing, three coat part finishing and pre-assembled options, JELD-WEN stairs are quick and easy to fit on site and are available in a wide choice of timber - from softwoods through to top end Oak.

Tony Pell, product manager for JELD-WEN, explains: “This is a great opportunity for us to demonstrate our high quality timber stairs in this superb setting.Timber stairs have a natural beauty that enhances a home and this is the perfect example of how our stairs specialists can provide a bespoke design to suit a joiner or builder’s individual needs.”

As part of its commitment to the use of sustainable products, JELD-WEN stairs are available with full Chain of Custody certification.

JELD-WEN UK LTD
Watch House Lane
Doncaster
DN5 9LR

For more information or a copy of the JELD-WEN catalogue, contact the sales office on 0870 126 0000 or visit the website www.jeld-wen.co.uk.

Door & Window
Eco-Windows

Peter Soroka, the CEO of Eco Windows saw a niche in the timber windows market for the supply of a bespoke timber product, built to the highest standards and backed up by a truly professional service to the “commercial” customer. Eco Windows has developed over the past 18 months to meet this need.

Supplying an extensive portfolio, Eco Windows’ products are designed for a variety of applications and can be used in new build properties, renovations and extensions. Its versatility enables it to create any size and design of window according to each client’s individual requirements.

Eco Windows is in the process of moving into new offices complete with an impressive customer showroom, available for commercial customers to present the full product offering to their own clients.

All Eco Windows’ products are available in Redwood finger-joint or laminated pine, hardwood and Oak. The range includes:

• Storm proof casement windows
• Flush casement windows
• Tilt & turn windows
• Reversible windows
• Spiral balance sliding sash windows
• Cord & weight sliding sash windows
• Aluminium clad Scandinavian style windows.
• Single residential doors
• French doors
• Bi-fold doors

Eco Windows’ range of formal accreditations demonstrates its commitment to delivering the highest level of product performance, durability and manufacturing standards:

• All redwood pine products are FSC and TWA rated
• Casement windows are Secure by Design rated
• All Eco Windows’ products hold the BSI standards for the new-build market
• All products are supplied factory glazed and painted / stained ready for installation
• All sealed units are low E and Argon gas filled as standard to give an improved U value

Eco Windows is proud to state that it has, “The timber solution”.

Eco-Windows
306 St James’s Road,
London
SE1 5JX

To find out how Eco Windows can help you in your future projects please contact the sales team on 0207 394 7487 or email sales@eco-windows.co.uk. You can also visit the website at www.eco-windows.co.uk.

External Decking
Eco-Deck

Eco Decking Tiles, from Eco Deck UK Ltd, represent the latest innovation in stylish, luxurious hardwood flooring.

Using a revolutionary ‘easy fit’ modular design, the award winning Tiles offer an effortless and cost-effective way to achieve a beautiful hardwood deck and tap into the growing customer demand for ‘instant makeover’ solutions for home and garden.

Introduced to the UK in March 2006, Eco Decking Tiles have already beaten off strong competition to win the ‘Best New Landscaping Product Award’ at Glee 2006, as well as being nominated as one of the ‘Best New Garden Products’ at the Earls Court DIY & Garden Show 2006.Both awards were given in recognition of Eco Decking Tiles’ groundbreaking conceptual design and strong retail market potential.

The timber used is Ipe, the hardest timber used commercially for flooring.At around 3.5 times the hardness of teak, this beautiful timber is virtually impervious to the elements. Each tile is backed with a polypropylene frame that ‘clicks’ together to cover any existing hard exterior surface in a matter of minutes. The tiles are easily cut to fit boundary wall or pipes etc.Eco Decking Tiles instantly transform anything from walkways, steps, patios, and hot tub surrounds, to areas where conventional decking would not be suitable, such as balconies and roof gardens.They can even be laid over manhole covers and drains allowing quick and easy access, as you can lift single tiles without dismantling the whole deck.

Eco Deck UK Ltd.

56 Suttons Business Park

Reading

RG6 1AZ

t. 0845 2700 696 or visit www.ecodeckuk.com

Sasmox Internal Lining
Panel Agency Limited

Sasmox Internal Lining from Panel Agency Limited

Sole suppliers of Sasmox gypsum reinforced fibreboard, Panel Agency Limited was established in 1971 and supplies a wide range of wood based products to the UK and Eire. Sasmox forms part of a complementary range of engineered wood products including: Masonite Beams, Steico Beams, Panelam®, Panelvent®, Paneline, Glulam, and Domlux windows.

Manufactured by Sasmox Oy in Finland, the Sasmox range of gypsum reinforced fibreboards are perhaps the finest environmental building boards available today. Manufactured from 83% recycled gypsum, 15% waste wood fibres and 2% water, Sasmox is a truly green product.
The high gypsum content of the board makes Sasmox Class O surface spread of flame and Class 1 Building Regulations approved. The board has also been approved by HM Prisons and is part of a Loss Prevention Certified Building system.
Users of the board include modular system manufacturers, timber frame manufacturers and self builders where the ready to decorate surface of the board has brought added benefits to the final structure whether steel or timber frame.
Tested to category 1 Racking strength pursuant to BS5268, Sasmox can allow the Architect or Engineer greater freedom in his design and confidence that he is using a product based on sound environmental and structural principles.

The Key Advantages of Sasmox are:

• Fire performance
• Acoustic performance
• Impact resistance
• Decorative finish
• Durability
• Racking performance
• Ease of fixing and machining

Panel Agency Limited
Maple House
5 Over Minnis
New Ash Green
Longfield
Kent
DA3 8JA

Telephone: +44[0]1474 872578
Fax: +44[0]1474 872426
Mail sales@panelagency.com
www.panelagency.com

Hardwood Flooring
Foresbec

Foresbecare manufacturers and distributors of hardwood flooring.

Foresbec maintain a comprehensive range of solid and engineered hardwood flooring in stock at our UK warehouse and we appreciate you walking over one of them here at W6 - our Woodlandeasiflor matt lacquered oak.

Foresbec concentrate on providing a reliable service with a consistent supply of quality products to our trade distributors and contractors nationwide.

The use of natural and sustainable products for building and interior design continues to fuel a growing demand for solid and engineered real-wood flooring.

Wood flooring remains a luxury product but, today, the cost of some products has become less than that of a carpet of equivalent quality and longevity.

Successful installation, however, relates directly to the competence and expertise of the installer. Both solid and engineered wood floors can be ruined if site conditions and basic installation guidelines are not taken into account.

Consequently, the need for specialist technical guidance has now become crucial and as founder members of the B wfA (British Wood Flooring Association) Foresbec work hard to provide the necessary support to our distributors and their respective customers.

For further information, we shall be pleased to hear from you on:

01 454 616 121Françoise Llewellin, Debbie Hall. Steve Clark

07 900 335 430Robert Blackburn

07 796 262 264Roger Southee

info@foresbec.co.uk

www.foresfloor.com

www.foresbec.co.uk
Where quality and service come naturally

John Brash

Western Red Cedar Shingles and Ridge Caps manufactured by John Brash

John Brash Group began as a timber importing company in 1905, and has since established a reputation as one of the country's leading specialist timber suppliers and manufacturers. It actively promotes the use of timber construction and landscaping products as a sustainable, natural solution.

John Brash & Company specialises in the supply and distribution of a wide range of quality products and is recognised as the UK’s market leader in these fields:

• Timber roofing battens
• Scaffold boards
• Cedar shingles and shakes (As seen on Channel 4’s Grand Designs “The Stirling House”)

The company recently added a new range of products to provide a full service for construction industry professionals:

• Cladding
• Antislip plus decking
• LVL Scaffold Boards
• Long Length timbers & Carcassing

John Brash & Company is a:

• Member of the NFRC (the National Federation of Roofing Contractors)
• Member of the NASC (National Access and Scaffold Confederation)
• ISO 9001:2000 Accredited
• FSC Accredited
• PEFC Accredited
• Member of the TDA (Timber Decking Association) and are holders of the DeckMark accreditation.

John Brash is committed to service and product quality and as a result has been responsible for major and bespoke projects such as:

·Aintree Racecourse (Cladding 2007 Completion)

·Stirling House (Shakes vertical cladding 2006 Completion)

·Shornewood Visitor Centre Kent ( Shingles 2006 Completion)

John Brash is happy to help with any enquiries.

John Brash

The Old Shipyard, Lincolnshire, DN21 1NG.

T: 01427 675 555

F:01427 810 218

E: enquiries@johnbrash.co.uk

W: www.johnbrash.co.uk

Decorative Internal Panels

TimbmetSilverman

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Timbmet Silverman

Head Office

PO Box 39,

Cumnor Hill,

Oxford OX2 9PP

www.timbmet.com

Email: marketing@timbmet.com

Tel: 01865 862223
Fax: 01865 864367