Open panel timber frame
Faster, Smarter, More Efficient: Building Skills for Offsite Construction, published by CITB in April 2017, suggests that an open panel timber frame: ‘Forms the inner load-bearing part of the cavity wall. Includes timber studs and beams. Most common form of timber frame in the UK. Delivered to site to be insulated and finished onsite.’
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