Publications > Timber Frame Construction 4th Edition
Huel Twist, Robin Lancashire
The fourth edition reflects significant growth in the market for timber frame buildings, and incorporates changes in building regulations. All sections have been revised to reflect current best practice and regulatory requirements, and it now includes over 250 drawings demonstrating design solutions.
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Contents:
Timber frame construction: An overview
Methods of construction
Modern timber frame
Performance of timber frame construction
Thermal performance
Fire performance
Fire resistance
Reaction to Fire
Sound insulation
Durability
Dimentional discipline
The structural grid
Vertical dimensions
Brick cladding
Foundations
Design requirements
Sequence and setting out
Strip foundations
Trench fill
Reinforced concrete ground
Concrete rafts
Gas proof membranes (gpm)
Sloping ground level
Accessible thresholds
Proximity to trees
Basements
Ground floors
Design requirements
Integration with the timber frame superstructure
Floor insulation
Concrete ground floors
Floating ground floor decks
Timber suspended ground floors
Timber joists
Decking for suspended timber floors
Wood chipboard, orientated strand board and cement bonded particleboard
floor decking
Plywood for decking
Tongued and grooved boarding
Walls
External walls
Design requirements
External wall construction
Sole plate
Stud framing
Noggings
External sheathing
Breather membranes
Thermal insulation
Vapour control layers
Forming openings
Lintels
Support point loads
Spandrel panels to gable walls
Internal walls
Design requirements
Internal wall construction
Wall linings
Design requirements
Lining materials
Framing and lining junctions
Alternative wall constructions
Structure
Studs
Sheathing
Breather membranes
Insulation
Warm wall construction
Structurally insulated panels (SIPs)
Fire performance
Cladding
Multi-storey construction
Party walls
Design requirements
Party walls for dwellings
Party wall construction
Structural stability
Fire resistance
Sound insulation
Proximity windows
Junctions and other elements
Junction with the roof
Junction at the eaves
Junction with external walls
Internal junctions
Penetration of linings
Steps and staggers
Dimensions for steps and staggers
Specific requirements for separating walls in Scotland
Compartment walls for buildings other than dwellings
Compartment wall construction
Openings
Penetration of linings
Intermediate floors
Design requirements
Design of intermediate floors
Floor joists
Notching and drilling
Trimmers and beams
Supporting internal walls
Fire resistance
Acoustic performance
Floor decks
Ceiling linings
Cantilevered floors
Party floors
Design requirements
Party floors for dwellings
Specified constructions
Structure
Fire performance
Sound insulation
Floor to wall junctions
Compartment floors where specific sound resistance is not required
Roofs
Design requirements
Pitched roofs
Trussed rafter roofs
Attic trussed rafter roofs
Panel roofs
Site-constructed roofs
Constructional details
Detailing at eaves
Detailing at gable walls and verge
Detailing at party walls
Detailing at abutments
Covering for pitched roofs
External fire spread
Tiling and slating
Cedar shingles
Flat roofs
Cold deck roofs
Warm deck sandwich roofs
Warm deck inverted roofs
Materials for flat roof construction
Insulation in roofs
Ventilated pitched roofs
Room in the roof structures
Cold deck flat roofs
Warm deck and inverted flat roofs
Ventilation in roofs
Cladding
Design requirements
Cladding materials
Masonry cladding
Tile or slate cladding
Render cladding
Cement render cladding on masonry
Cement render cladding on paper backed lath
Proprietary render systems
Brick slips
Metal sheet cladding
Timber cladding
Support battens
Board profiles
Horizontal boards
Diagonal boards
Verticle boards
Durability
Species
Quality
Moisture content
Installation and fixing
Design detailing
Finishes
Fire performance
Other wood-based claddings
Cavity barriers
Junctions between self-supporting and attached cladding
Location and fixing of external joinery
Services
Design requirements
Notching and drilling framing members
Fixing services to timber framed walls
Effect of differential movement on services
Drainage and plumbing installation
Electrical installation
Electricity meter boxes
Gas installations
Gas meter boxes
Gas installation pipework
Gas appliance installation
Installation of a room sealed appliance
Chimneys
Chimneys on external walls
Chimneys on internal walls
Chimneys adjacent to party walls
Chimneys through party floors
Appendices
Timber and wood-based materials
Solid structural timber
Structural timber composites
Wood-based panel products
Moisture content
Preservative treatment
Care of timber and components
Densities and weights of materials
Vapour resistivity and vapour resistance values
Thermal conductivity of materials
Supervisors checklist
References
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Figure listings
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