Browse Forums Building A New House Re: New house steel vs timber frame 7Sep 04, 2020 9:07 am Vlad_c Thank you everyone for answers. Hi Vlad, everything is not a negative for steel frames else the matkwt woukd nit have so many Steel Frame houses and mind you till a few years back and even today in sone places Steel Frames are more expensive to Timber Frames. Some pro's: 1) strength, strength, strength 2) straight as an arrow, walls are straight corners are perfect the finish is really good 3) termite resistance, forget thr walls and stairs etc. They all can be replaced and treated but once its onto the frames it is way more complicated. Issue's raised: 1) noise - Hybrid frames are successfull at minimising that, the roof is done in timber considerable diff. Also staircases are timber 2) heat conduction: if there is a good insulation between the veneer and the frames I would not worry about it as the frames are not exposed to the weather outside This is 100% true. You can not hang anything on steel frames. very frustrating 8 4404 Hi I am wanting some opinions about the build of a steel shed I am going to get one about 4.5 x 2.5 m steel shed and the height will be about 2.3-2.4m high The one I am… 0 14389 Hi, We have a single story MacDonald Jones house, on a waffle pod slab with steel frame. Are we able to build a second story extension? Other info is we are 900mm from… 0 8369 |