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One-and-a-half-storey timber frame house under construction with roof trusses, dormers, breather membrane on the roof and full scaffolding, in rural Ayrshire

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Recent timber frame projects

Homes, developments and garden rooms built with Core Timber frame kits, roof trusses and joists. More case studies will be added here.

The same house during construction: the timber frame up, sheathed and wrapped in membrane, with full scaffolding, red roof tiles going on, site fencing, a skip and a portable toilet in the foreground

Closer view of the house during construction, with the scaffolded timber frame, roof tiles being laid on the single-storey wing and spare roof trusses on site behind the fencing

During construction — the Core Timber frame up and roofing under way

Aerial view of a finished white-rendered house with red tiled roofs in Portencross, North Ayrshire, set among trees beside the sea with hills and an island behind

Finished detached house with white render, red tiled roofs, several gables, a round porthole window, a paved patio and lawn

Vaulted room in the finished house with exposed timber collar trusses and a full-height glazed gable looking out over a lawn to the sea

Finished — the completed house in Portencross, North Ayrshire

Featured project · Completed

Finished family home, Portencross — full timber frame kit by Core Timber

Core Timber supplied the full timber frame kit for this house in Portencross, North Ayrshire. The photos follow it from frame stage — the frame up, sheathed, wrapped and scaffolded with the roof tiles going on — to the finished home: rendered, roofed with red tiles, and with exposed timber trusses over a vaulted room with a full-height glazed gable.

Full timber frame kit supplied by Core Timber

Ground floor of a timber frame house under construction: metal-web floor joists overhead fixed to a steel beam with metal joist hangers, and OSB-sheathed open panel stud walls around the room

Looking along the ground floor of a timber frame house under construction: OSB-sheathed open panel stud walls, metal-web floor joists and a steel beam overhead, with scaffolding and site fencing visible through the door opening

Close-up of open panel timber frame wall studs with OSB sheathing on either side of a grey steel post

Ground floor at frame stage — open panel walls and metal-web mid-floor joists around the structural steel

Project 2 · Frame stage

Open panel frame and metal-web floor joists

Core Timber open panel wall panels and metal-web mid-floor joists installed around structural steelwork, ready for the next trades.

Open panel wall panels by Core Timber
Metal-web mid-floor joists

Ground floor open panel timber frame walls, sheathed in OSB, standing on the slab within the red structural steel frame under a blue sky

Two-storey timber frame wrapped in foil breather membrane and fully scaffolded, with roof timbers going on, seen across a muddy site

Roof sheathed in OSB with two workers in hi-vis on it, seen from the scaffold with timber and a red steel beam in the foreground

Open panel walls up within the steel frame, then the frame wrapped and the roof sheathed

Red structural steel frame on a concrete slab, surrounded by blue scaffolding, with a laser level on a tripod in the foreground

Wide view across the Newmains self-build site: a red steel portal frame above timber frame walls wrapped in breather membrane, with trees behind and a gravel site in the foreground

Red steel frame and scaffolding with the first OSB-sheathed open panel wall panels standing on the slab, and a Core Timber Systems branded van in the background

Early stages — the structural steel up, then the first wall panels going in

Project 3 · Self-build

Self-build home, Newmains

Core Timber open panel timber frame kit built around structural steelwork, from frame going up to roof sheathing.

Open panel timber frame kit by Core Timber

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More from our builds

One-and-a-half-storey timber frame house under construction with roof trusses, dormers, breather membrane on the roof and full scaffolding, in rural Ayrshire — House kit and roof – Core Timber supply example

Finished single-storey garden room with vertical timber cladding, grey-framed glazed double doors and a gravel base — Garden room – Core Timber supply example: a finished room built on a Core Timber supplied kit

Garden room with vertical timber cladding and glazed doors, seen from the front — Garden room – Core Timber supply example: a finished room built on a Core Timber supplied kit

Large timber frame building under construction on a hillside site, fully scaffolded with the frame and sheathing up and membrane on, timber packs alongside and a gravel track in the foreground — A Core Timber frame up and scaffolded on site

Core Timber ground floor wall panels erected on a Taylor Wimpey development

Inside a timber frame house under construction: OSB-sheathed wall panels with window openings, metal-web floor joists overhead, and the floor deck laid with taped joints and temporary bracing — Inside one of our open panel timber frame kits, with metal-web floor joists and the floor deck laid

Timber frame extension under construction at the back of a traditional stone house, wrapped in breather membrane printed with Core Timber Systems branding, with a large window frame fitted in the gable, roofing underlay on the lean-to section, workers on site and timber stacked in the foreground — A Core Timber frame for a house extension, wrapped in breather membrane

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