Touchwood Homes has been in the construction industry for three generations and realised many years ago that traditional building methods were not delivering energy efficient houses suitable for modern living. Sixteen years ago the company built its first Ecohome, and its methods and techniques have been improving continually since. Touchwood Homes has evolved its design and build process to allow it to supply a complete pre-cut timber frame with all components (windows, doors, cladding etc.) to a very high specification.Windows and doors can be built to the German Passivhaus standard, meaning they will meet Code 6 of CSH in terms of energy saving. For the structure the company uses Masonite engineered timber I-beams to create very thick walls packed with insulation. Combining these ideas and the company's methods to achieve excellent air-tightness levels results in a fantastic low energy eco-home. Touchwood Homes' walls can achieve U values down to 0.09W/m²K, with a typical wall being 0.12W/m²K. Air tightness is also a vital component to saving energy, and our techniques to achieving low values are improving continually. Our most recent test achieved 0.47 m³/m².hr @ 50Pa, the best result the independent assessor had witnessed.

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