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The Hybrid Home

(A TRULY AFFORDABLE ALL YEAR ROUND COMFORTABLE HOME)

This is an affordable and unique opportunity to own a home unlike anything else on the market today. The Hybrid Home is manufactured to exactly the same specification as a quality engineered Timber Frame building, costing considerably more. This is not a Wooden House or a Log Cabin it is a house based on traditional building regulations yet incorporates 21st century engineered finishes.

Timber Frame buildings include: Hotels - Schools - Apartment Blocks - Offices - Nursing Homes In fact any building can be of a Timber Frame Construction.


THE BENEFITS OF THE HYBRID HOUSE


  • Can be installed in inaccessible areas where other types of building can't be.
  • Can be installed on poor ground conditions.
  • Very low cost compared to other systems.
  • Permanent housing or Leisure building.
  • Fully insulated with Cavity Walls.
  • Traditional roof superstructure and fully Insulated.
  • Floors insulated.
  • Modular dimensions allow choice of size and easily extendable.
  • Supply only or Supply and Erect.
  • Can be delivered within 21 days of placing order.
  • Not imported from Eastern Europe therefore quality is guaranteed.
  • All timbers are treated against insect attack and fungal decay.
  • In many cases, no concrete raft is required.
  • Choice of internal layout.
  • You choose window and door locations for the best location views.
  • Windows/Door sizes and styles can be added to base kit.
  • Damp Courses and Membranes built in as standard.
  • Warm in Winter and Cool in Summer.
  • No condensation or internal damp.
  • Perfect as holiday camping rentals or occupy all year round.
  • As secure as a traditional house.
  • Low heat loss and little sound travel.
  • Extra components are available to base kit.
  • Made in Portugal or UK factory.
  • External wall can be finished in Stone, Brick, Render or Cladding .

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Here you can see the timberframe work on top of an old part of the house













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The house is nearly finished















MORE PHOTOS OF THIS PROJECT - CLICK ONTO THE HYBRID GALLERY

Specification for the Standard Hybrid Home Package
Base: Sole Plate 140mm x 39mm CLS Kiln Dried, Stress Graded and Vac- Vac Treated. Ring Beamed with 140mm x 39mm Pine Floor Joists CLS Kiln Dried, Stress Graded and Vac- Vac Treated. The whole floor is also under-drawn with Plywood and DPM. 28kg Rockwool Flexi insulation is inserted between the joists. The floor joists will be over-laid with 22mm T &G Pine Boards.
Walls: 89mm x 39mm CLS Kiln Dried, Stress Graded and Vac- Vac Treated studs @ 600mm centres bound with 9mm OSB stiffener sheathing. The Cavity side will be covered in Tyvec breather membrane. Externally the walls will be battened with 50mm x 25mm treated lath horizontally and counter-battened to provide 50mm free air cavity. The standard external wall is 12mm Pine interlocked T & G.
Internally the walls will be insulated with 100mm Rockwool Flexi, with a vapour barrier installed on the "warm side" and this is clad with 12.5mm plasterboard. Ceilings are also insulated with 100mm Rockwool, vapour barrier and 12.5mm plasterboard. Joints taped and filled by clients.
Roof is a traditionally constructed component with a 150mm x 50mm ridge beam and 140mm x 39mm rafters. This is over-laid with Spacetherm reflective heat-barrier. The whole is then finished with tile shingle effect or local tile/slate. Internally the standard price allows for 12 linear meters of Partition walls 89mm x 39mm this is then insulated plaster-boarded and both sides. The buyer can choose the internal layout, and extra internal dividing walls can be purchased per linear metre.
A set of French doors and 2 Windows (white upvc) each 1m x 1m with opener, all double glazed, with an option of Aluminium Wood finish or Mahogany available. Buyer's can increase window numbers and sizes as required.

Because we want to offer this system at a very affordable price, we are initially offering a STANDARD entry level unit of 34m2.
The overall size: 7.2 m x 4.8 m. This can be increased in multiples of 1.2m on length and/or width. It is possible therefore to supply bespoke unit to clients own specification at a sensible cost.
The base unit cost erected on your site as the above spec is AS LOW AS 17,650 Euros plus delivery and taxes applicable in the country of sale.



FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE HYBRID HOME:

SEE THE "HYBRID HOME OPTIONS PAGE" IN THIS SECTION
For various brochures(pdf-files), visit "download page"



Timber Engineering Europe
www.timberengineeringeurope.com
Telephone: (00351) 235 772 044
Email: info@timberengineeringeurope.com



OUR AIM IS TO GET YOU IN ON TIME AND ON BUDGET


PLEASE NOTE:
All timber used by Timber Engineering Europe comes from sustainable sources and is certificated. We do not use any chemicals in our preservation treatments.


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