ATT Cost Conscious, Sustainable, Timber Frames … real value for money timber framed structures … commercial and domestic specifications …  Pre Manufactured Standard Components …  Garden & Leisure Lodges … meet latest building regulations … total flexibility of design … ease of erection … provision for future upgrading … easy, do it yourself, Self-Build erection … - 'Better Build Benfield' ATT!
 

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Castle Way Severn Bridge Industrial Estate,
Caldicot, South Wales NP26 5PR
Tel: 01291 437050 
Fax: 01291 437051
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ATT Cost Conscious, Sustainable, Timber Frame Specifications make timber framed structures for commercial and domestic markets real value for money. Pre Manufactured Standard Components for Garden & Leisure Lodges ensure building regulations are met with total flexibility of design, ease of erection, and provision for future upgrading. For easy, do it yourself, Self-Build erection - 'Better Build Benfield' ATT!
   
The Sustainable Way to Build

                            SPECIFICATIONS
GENERAL INFO

Value for Money
Benfield ATT are well known for providing high quality timber framed structures for both the commercial and domestic markets, where value for money is the key driving influence. 

Value for money is difficult to quantify, as it means different things to different people depending upon their specific circumstances. However, Benfield ATT realise that it has a direct relationship to quality and performance. That is why Benfield ATT's unique range of Garden & Leisure Lodges have been designed to meet and exceed current building regulations, to provide you with a building that you can use all year round whatever the weather or use to which you have put the building.

Pre Manufactured Standard Components
 Benfield ATT purchase vast quantities of the highest quality materials for use in our domestic and commercial structures. Buying in bulk obviously helps to keep the cost of the raw materials down, but this is only part of the story.  It also guarantees that only the best quality materials are selected and used. 

The old adage, "time is money" has never been truer than in today's manufacturing industry. Indeed, the largest cost element to most manufactured items lies in the labour element and not the raw materials.  

In designing a system which has total flexibility of design whilst at the same time having each of the components pre manufactured, Benfield ATT has focused on this fact and changed this rule. 

The beauty of pre made components means that all aspects of our lodges can be manufactured in "off peak" periods resulting in lower manufacturing costs. This has provided Benfield ATT with the opportunity to provide high quality at an unbeatable price, thus offering true value for money.

Design Flexibility
 Benfield ATT's unique system offers almost limitless design opportunities, leaving you the customer with the maximum amount of choice for deciding upon, size, shape, window and door locations, and whether you want the lodge for summer only or for all year round usage. 

Our lodges can be upgraded using standard packages with known costs, or can be extended easily and cost effectively in the future as your needs change.

Ease of Erection and Future Upgrading
 Our lodge system has been designed to be erected swiftly and easily, utilising skills held by an average "do it yourself" person with additional help required for carrying, lifting and assembly. 

The simplicity of the system permits easy upgrading by extending or by adding the "internal finishing pack" to change a building from occasional use to a fully finished and insulated unit.

Distributor Network
 Although each of our lodges is easy to erect, some degree of "builder's" work is still required, for items such as foundations, drainage, plumbing, etc. Although, some customers may wish to undertake these items for themselves, we consider that many people would wish this work to be undertaken by others. 

For this reason Benfield ATT have a network of distributors linked across the country.  They can visit your home or site and advise on design & planning, at the same time as providing you with a complete cost for finishing your lodge to the level at which you wish to take over. Indeed, if required they will complete all aspects of supply and erection, including landscaping, painting and decorating, even down to laying the carpet!

Planning and Building Regulation Approval
 One or both of these may or may not be required depending upon individual circumstances. (For additional information on planning and building regulations please refer to the lodge brochure, or speak directly to your local lodge distributor.)

                        SPECIFICATION
General
 All timbers are fully treated with Tanalith E (class 3) or Vacsol Aqua (code HVA1)
All fixings are of the highest quality with special nails, galvanised brackets, etc.
All structural members have been designed to cope with the worst weather conditions, and highest loadings. This permits the use of any type of roofing tile and the ground floor structure has been designed to take "office" loading so that there is no need to make structural alterations when a change of use is required. 
Our lodges can be supplied in two levels of finish: 
     1. Structural pack only. 
     2. Structural pack complete with Internal finishing pack.

Specific
 Main support posts and beams are constructed from large section Glulams. Their "chunky" size has been chosen for their aesthetics, but a spin off from this is their massive inherent strength and durability. 
Ground floor joist frame has been designed to offer a fully rigid floor with little deflection; this is accomplished by using deep-sectioned timbers at close centres. 

All designs are based on a structural post and beam frame with non load bearing infill panels. This system allows maximum design flexibility as any of the external walling panels can easily be removed to allow future extensions to be undertaken without major structural alterations taking place. · 

All single storey designs have exposed rafters and main beams reflecting the style and purpose of the design.

     CONSTRUCTION DETAILS & SPECIFICATION
Please read this specification in conjunction with main brochure information.

Note! Where supply items form part of the "Optional Internal Finishing Pack" they have been noted such.

Ground Floor

  • Impregnated Large section Glulam posts and beams with unique "click fix" instant jointing system for all primary structural components. 

  • Primary and secondary floor beams and joists at close centres for maximum strength and minimum deflection. · 22mm tongue and grooved V313 grade flooring with glue and screw fixings. 

  • Rigid insulation spanning between floor joists. (Optional Internal Finishing Pack). · Structural Post Shoes Factory 

Fabricated External Walling Panels

  • Pre assembled panels manufactured with impregnated structural grade timber studwork with external impregnated interlocking timber cladding. (Choice of log lap or feather edged boarding).

  • Rigid insulation factory fitted between studwork VCL. (Optional Internal Finishing Pack). · 12.5mm moisture resistant plasterboard and fixing screws for external wall panels. (Optional Internal Finishing Pack). 

  • Note! Plasterboard has been designed to lay horizontally between main structural columns to avoid the need for dry lining, as the main central joint will benefit from having a timber dado rail cover strip. 

  • Profiled timber skirting board and fixings. (Optional Internal Finishing Pack). 

  • Profiled timber dado rail and fixings. (Optional Internal Finishing Pack.)

Roof / Ceilings and Gable Ends

  • Exposed treated structural framing for all roof components. Main roof is sarked using slatted timber boarding in traditional "barn style" manner. This boarding is visible externally under the eaves and overhangs, and will be visible internally if the optional internal finishing pack is not installed. 

  • Roof sarking board is supplied with a breathable and fully waterproof membrane, which is site fixed. Counter battens are then fixed vertically at 600mm centres to hold the membrane in place and to support the tiling battens. 

  • All rafters are exposed on the eaves line and have aesthetically profiled ends. 

  • Gables have factory machined impregnated timber barge boards. 

  • Rigid insulation site fitted between structural roof rafters. (Optional Finishing Pack). · 500g vapour control layer (VCL) with staples and staple gun. (Optional Finishing Pack). 

  • Tongue and grooved pine boarding with fixings. (Optional Finishing Pack.)

Windows and French Doors

  • Windows and French doors are supplied in VAC VAC treated softwood in readiness for site finishing. The windows and doors are double glazed with storm hinges and 2 point espagnolette locking mechanism.

  • Timber reveals and architraves to inside face of window including fixings. (Optional Finishing Pack).

Roof Lights

  • Velux Type GHL104, size 550 x 980

Site Fabricated Internal Non Load bearing Walls

  • All internal walls are designed as non-load bearing. This enables the location and design of the internal wall layout to be completely flexible as no element of the structure relies upon them for support. 

  • Internal non-load bearing walls are site constructed using the materials supplied. Comprising, impregnated timber studs, fixings, etc. 

  • Acoustic insulation. (Optional Finishing Pack). · 12.5mm moisture resistant taper edged plasterboard and screw fixings. (Optional Finishing Pack). 

  • Profiled timber skirting board and fixings. (Optional Internal Finishing Pack). 

  • Profiled timber dado rail and fixings. (Optional Internal Finishing Pack.)

Internal Doors

  • Internal doors are timber framed, ledged and braced, and come as standard with linings and hinges. 

  • Profiled timber architrave and fixings. (Optional Internal Finishing Pack). 

  • Door furniture. (Optional Internal Finishing Pack.)

Sun Decks

  • Sun decks are constructed with the same quality of structural components as the main unit. 

  • Ribbed decking and fixings. 

  • Impregnated timber balustrade with handrails and fixings. 

  • Impregnated timber aprons and finish boards. 

  • Posts and Post Caps

Staircases. (Two storey designs only)

  • All staircases are constructed in accordance with the building regulations. Staircases are formed from Parana Pine strings, treads, square balusters and nosing. MDF winders and pine faced risers. Handrails and newels formed from Hemlock.

Two Storey First Floor Ceiling and Floor

  • Main structure as before described. · 22mm tongue and grooved V313 grade flooring with glue and screw fixings.

  • Acoustic insulation. (Optional Internal Finishing Pack). · Tongue and grooved pine boarding with fixings. (Optional Finishing Pack.) 

Remember

Wherever you are ... Whatever you need ....

'Better Build Benfield'
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"... the sustainable way to build ..."

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United Kingdom Accreditation Service, certifying your timber frame project is manufactured and erected to reliable and quality ISO 9001:2000 procedures SGS - Society General de Surveillance ensures that quality systems and procedures are used in the design, manufacture and erection of your engineered timberframe structure is of the highest standard FSC - Forest Stewardship Council - FSC Timber Frame certification. Benfield ATT hold Chain of Custody certification for the Design, Sales, Manufacture & Distribution of Engineered Timber Structures – FSC endorsed by Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and WWF and EcoHomes Investors in People, Benfield ATT are one of a few timber frame companies to hold an award for the training and ongoing development of their people and service

Chartered Building Consultancy - timber frame, OSM (off-site manufacture) and engineered timber structure advisors. Timber Research and Development Association – our work with TRADA ensures high quality, eco-friendly engineered Timber Frame build projects. The Green Register of Construction Professionals - Benfield ATT's membership demonstrates our passion for environmentally sustainable timber frame self-builds, new homes, schools and social housing for local housing authorities AECB - Association of Environment Conscious Building – our FSC certified timber frame is endorsed by The Ecology Building Society Impact Upon Society Big Tick Award from Business in the Community – BITC – award-winning timber frame company within the Timber-frame industry TRA - Trussed Rafter Association – our membership assures Timberframe Trusses, Trussed Rafters, roofs and complex and innovative roofscapes are quality HBF - the only developer partnering timber frame company to be members of the House Builders Federation. Wales Quality Centre – members and committee members, we ensure the highest quality, especially when coupled with ISO 9001, FSC certification and Q-Mark Plus standards RICS - Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, assures our customers of our professionalism in wood and timber frame building and developing and surveying

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