Ty Pren- Roundwood Timber Construction, Eco Construction

Ty Pren - Roundwood Timber Frames- Eco Homes and Buildings

The Finished Frame- Roundwood Timber Frame Construction

Blessed with sunny days, Ty Pren has completed the frame of the house, including the workshop, and a drink was shared by all during the ‘topping out ceremony’. Thanks was given to the wood energies that have helped us reach this point.

The completed roundwood timber frame.

The Ty Pren team has been working efficiently and co-operatively on the roof of the house which is kept as eco as possible using a Pavatex wood fibre board for the insulation and recycled steel for the top layer.

Traditional timber framing.

Ty Pren will soon be handing over to Richard Sylvan of Heartwood Natural Building who will lead the installation of the straw bale walls that provide world class insulation value.

View of roundwood timberframe with workshop frame.

The five hundred bales will then be rendered with lime and clay plasters under the guidance of Straw Works and Heartwood Natural Building. They will be hosting courses in natural building throughout the summer – see http://www.danyberllan.co.uk/ for details and to get involved.

Erica and some of the Ty Pren team.

We have loved building the frame for this affordable home with a very low carbon footprint. It has been nice to be immersed in the ideals that shape the people who come together to create a One Planet Development site like the one at Rhiw Las.

We wish Erica Chris and Tanwen all the very best in their new home on completion.

The Ty Pren Blog- Timber Frame Construction and Eco Buildings

11' * 15' shed with mezzanine platform
11′ * 15′ shed with mezzanine platform

We want to welcome everyone to our first blog, and to look back at some of the round wood timber framed buildings that Ty Pren has produced in the past year.  Ty Pren (pronounced Tee-Pren, usually with a little ‘hat’ over the ‘y’) -meaning Wooden House in Welsh- is a worker co-operative dedicated to affordable, durable, sustainable and low impact building. Whatever ideas you have, we can help to facilitate them. Email us for a free 20 minute Skype consultation.

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Striped larch poles, traditionally jointed and held together with oak pegs.

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11' * 15' shed with mezzanine platform
11′ * 15′ shed with mezzanine platform
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Kelly at Glastonbury festival, and someone learning how to carve a mortice joint.
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The Ty Pren crew with a finished truss in the workshop.
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The roof of a residential house.
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A finished 11’* 15′ summerhouse.
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The inside of the summer house, tiled beautifully by the clients.
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The finished Glastonbury frame, temporarily held together by ‘podgers’.
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Putting the Glastonbury frame together, in the fabulous Craft Field, next to the Dalai Lama dome!
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Running a round wood timber framing workshop at Glastonbury festival.
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The interior of the main room of Longwood Visitors’ Centre -straw bale walls with lime and hemp render.
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The interior of the main room at Longwood Visitors’ Centre – straw bale walls with lime and hemp render.
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Longwood Visitors’ Centre.
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The roof of a residential home.
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A shelter for a pizza oven to go in, at Denmark Farm Conservation Centre.
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A shelter for a clay pizza oven at Denmark Farm Conservation Centre.

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