First Floor Timber Frame Extension

Designed by ar design studio this striking rear extension to a hampshire home boasts a timber frame extension at first floor level to house a new bedroom space for the family image credit.

First floor timber frame extension.

C o ar design studio always double check with your local authority before starting work especially if your property is listed or located in a. The external panels were delivered on a rigid lorry and lifted onto the newly formed first floor using posi metal web joists and peel clean flooring with the use of a telescopic handler. The clients decided upon timber frame for the extension and the manufacture began once contracts had been agreed. Our clients came to vision after a very unfortunate situation left them with no builder or timber frame supplier which both left our clients in turmoil over where to go next with their project.

A timber frame extension can be added to virtually every type of home in the uk. A timber frame extension usually costs less than a traditionally built extension because there are fewer labour hours involved in the construction. Oak is considered a premium building material so an extension built with it will cost from 2 400 per m2. The offsite prefabricated panel construction is equally suited to two storey or wraparound extensions as it is to a first floor extension or a straightforward single story ground floor extension.

Expect to pay from around 1 800 per m2. Timber frame is an exellent way of producing a first floor extension it may not nessesscarily be the cheapest option but by far the quickest way to build.