Timberframe Photo Diary

Project Brief: To build a warm and inviting detached house on a corner site in Donnycarney, using the timberframe method. This building method has many advantages, both practical and monetary, due to the ease and speed of build. Hint! Click on any thumbnail to see a bigger picture.	Corner site before work commenced.
Front view before work commenced.	Demolition and removal of existing garage and shrubbery, site security fencing erected.
Demolition work.	Site cleared, foundations marked out.
Front view.	Insulated concrete floor slab poured with radon barrier.
Close up of floor slab.	Scaffold erected to aid timberframe housekit erection.
Side view.	Crane on site to aid timberframe erection.
House will be erected and roofed with windows and doors fitted within two days of arriving on site.	Roof being constructed on the ground ready for crane lift.
House kit erection day 1.	House kit erection day 2, windows and doors in, roof going on.
View of house kit erected from back of house.	House awaiting block leaf to be laid to outside.
Work can already commence inside as the house is technically water tight, two days after it arrives on site.	Insulation being fitted to inner leaf.
Insulation being fitted to internal stud walls.	Block leaf being built around house kit.
Close up block leaf.	Block leaf being laid to the rear of house.
Block leaf finished with sills and heads in.	Fascia and soffit boards fitted with external render under way.
Starting to look like a house, external render finished, canopy roof on, scaffolding dropped.	Side view of house.
Boundary walls going up.	Completed house.
Close up completed house.	Interior view of kitchen
Interior view of dining area.	Interior view of stairs and hall.