Building a timber frame house versus the more typical, concrete block method

Thinking of building a house? The advantages of building a timber frame house over the more standard concrete block method include a shorter construction period but the block method has caught up fast in terms of energy efficiency and airtightne.

Estimated at around 30% of the market share of new housing in Ireland, most timber-frame buildings in Ireland feature an outer masonry or brick façade.

Despite the spin, they are very much a hybrid of block and wood.