Technical Information

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Construction Details

3 bed room specification (The Larch House):

• Timber frame manufactured by Holbrook Timber in Bridgend using FSC certified timber.  225mm Knauf frame-therm 225mm, 18mm OSB 15mm DWD Board.
   
• Mon Timber, Newport – suppliers of plywood, timber battens, noggins, skirtings, architraves.
  
  
   
• Triple glazed softwood timber windows manufactured by Bayer of Germany as a certified Passivhaus window manufacturer.  U-values of 0.7 for glazing, and whole unit U-value of 0.8.  Senior executives from this company travelled to Ebbw Vale to oversee the installation and conducted an educational work-shop on the process of manufacture and installation to contractors and design team.  This knowledge along with industry expertise available in the UK and with huge involvement from the BRE and Wood Knowledge Wales has resulted in a compliant window specification on the 2 bedroom house (The Lime House) where the windows are sourced from Welsh manufacturers. 
   
• Larch cladding using Welsh larch (supplied by Pembrokeshire Timber)
   
• Roofing material – Mike Camilleri & Sons (Sully, Cardiff) – Redland Cambrian inter-locking reconstituted slate.
   
• Kitchen - Howdens based in Llanishen
   
• Robert Price, Cardiff; suppliers of general building materials.
   
• Pears Stairs, Welshpool – suppliers of staircase
   
• Vast majority of labour, Welsh based.