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@CalvinHobbesthe main factors for the thermal performance of your new build are:

  1. Wall Insulation
  2. Attic insulation
  3. Floor insulation
  4. Glazing thermal performance
  5. Air tightness
  6. MVHR
  7. Heating system
  8. Natural solar gain
  9. Solar panels

Apart from item-1, these factors are independent of your timberframe or not choice. In the case of masonry walls a wide cavity will get you a decent thermal U value.

 

I have read many of these timber frame debates over recent years here and concluded the best argument for timber frame is that it simplifies project management because you would contract out the creation of a weather tight shell to an expert contractor. The erection of the shell happens in a blink of the eye relative to the rest of your self build.

 

Current material price instability is particularly acute for wood which is a transient negative for timber frame.

 

 

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11 hours ago, epsilonGreedy said:

@CalvinHobbesthe main factors for the thermal performance of your new build are:

  1. Wall Insulation
  2. Attic insulation
  3. Floor insulation
  4. Glazing thermal performance
  5. Air tightness
  6. MVHR
  7. Heating system
  8. Natural solar gain
  9. Solar panels

Apart from item-1, these factors are independent of your timberframe or not choice. In the case of masonry walls a wide cavity will get you a decent thermal U value.

 

Now put them in ascending order.. You know, for science..

11 hours ago, epsilonGreedy said:

I have read many of these timber frame debates over recent years here and concluded the best argument for timber frame is that it simplifies project management because you would contract out the creation of a weather tight shell to an expert contractor. The erection of the shell happens in a blink of the eye relative to the rest of your self build.

 

Current material price instability is particularly acute for wood which is a transient negative for timber frame.

Meh, concrete isn't doing great either.

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