STRUCTURE / MATERIAL / DESIGN
Understand timber studs, post-and-beam and CLT before you choose the insulating envelope.
See real installationsREAL CONSTRUCTION / SUPPLIED ARCHIVE
Genuine installation-stage photographs, separate from the design illustrations below. These show visible timber, hemp-based infill and unfinished interfaces, not a certified build-up or the new brand’s completed portfolio.
DESIGN ILLUSTRATIONS / NOT PROJECT PHOTOGRAPHS
Design illustration · not a real installation or engineered detail
Distributed studs and designed bracing carry building loads. Hemp-lime may form insulating infill or enclosure around the chosen structure.
Design questions: Coordinate stud arrangement, bracing, installation access, movement and compatible finishes.
Design illustration · not a real installation or engineered detail
Larger posts and beams create the structural skeleton. Insulating infill or enclosure is a separate role, not a substitute for load-bearing members.
Design questions: Exposed timber, frame movement, connections and weathering need coordinated details.
Design illustration · not a real installation or engineered detail
CLT is a solid engineered timber panel, not a stud wall. Selected hemp-block systems can provide a separate insulating envelope beside structural CLT.
Design questions: Check panel connections, fire strategy, construction moisture, repairability and the specified envelope system.
Original design illustrations, not project photographs or engineered assemblies. The real archive above is not a CLT case study. A verified, authorised CLT installation photograph is still needed before one can be shown here.
Panel manufacture and machining can support precise, coordinated design. Site access, lifting and tolerances still need planning.
ExploreStructural panels may enable particular layouts or visible timber interiors. Span, openings and exposure require engineered assessment.
ExploreCompatible hemp-block insulation is demonstrated in manufacturer systems. This does not establish universal compatibility or certify fire performance.
ExploreFire, water damage, durability and repairability must be addressed for the exact structure. Hemp around timber does not make wet timber safe or certify an exposed CLT building.
INDEPENDENT RESOURCES / NOT PARTNERS
Dodworth, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Engineered-timber fabricator and CLT supplier. Local fabrication is evidenced; local pressing of raw timber into CLT panels is not established.
01226 727211
sales@constructionaltimber.com
Hamilton International Technology Park, Scotland. Innovation and manufacturing facility with verified CLT pressing capability. Confirm project acceptance, certification, capacity and lead times.
Explore UK manufacturing capabilityPressing, machining, supply and installation may happen in different places. Ask for the plant, product evidence, quality assurance, moisture plan and warranty acceptance. No nearest-manufacturer claim is made.
Prepare procurement questionsIsoHemp: stud, post-and-beam and CLT systems
UK Timber in Construction Roadmap 2025
Manufacturer examples are not approval of a proposed UK or Irish home. No technical sign-off is implied.
FROM CURIOSITY TO A CLEARER BRIEF
Five simple questions. A useful starting point, not a technical specification.