Eco Space Homes Ltd

Description of Eco Space Homes Timber Frame Panelised Building System

Eco Space Homes Ltd is a design and build company offering high quality prefabricated closed panel heavy timber frame buildings and construction. The panels are manufactured by Tadeks Fertig Haus at their Polish factory before being loaded onto standard lorries or shipping containers and transported to sites though-out Europe and the UK and erected. They provide internal and external load bearing walls along with floor and roof panels along with pre-fabricated roof trusses.

Durability Assessment: minimum 60 years

Limits on scope

• Maximum 4 storeys for residential and public use;
• Bottom members minimum 150mm above external ground level;
• Minimum 25mm drained and ventilated cavity behind external wall claddings;
• Adequate sub-floor ventilation must be maintained to the void below the ground floor this is site specific
• Ground below ground module floor must be sealed to limit moisture within the void, e.g., sand covering.
• Sheathing board used in the construction must be third party approved for the proposed use (e.g., BBA, KIWA, ETA). All fixings to the supporting structure must be stainless or hardened steel. Relative Humidity in the cavity behind the wall cladding must not exceed 85% for extended periods.
• Tadeks Fertig Haus must be contracted for the design, manufacture, supply
• Eco Space Homes Ltd is responsible for the erection on completion of certified training carried out by Tadeks Fertig Haus
• A chartered structural engineer suitably experienced in the design of this type of structure must be sub- contracted for the structural analysis and design.
• Masonry wall cladding cavities should be minimum 50mm and ventilated.
• Conventional cladding, such as timber cladding, should have a minimum 25mm drained back-cavity, or as recommended by the manufacturer.
• Rendered external thermal insulation systems and/or insulated brick slip cladding systems applied to timber frame structures must have a minimum 25mm drained back-cavity.
• The structural analysis and design for the structure is undertaken by approved Structural Engineers .