Brett Jackson wrote:

"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
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"Brett Jackson" wrote in message
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"bruce phipps" wrote in message
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Back in the 1980s World in Action ran a scare story about timber
framed homes (specifically Barratt homes if I remember correctly)
which caused resale values of these types of houses to plummet.

Is this still the case? Are buyers and mortgage lenders wary of such
houses?

If I buy a 1980s Barratt timber framed home will I find it difficult
to sell in the future?
I am located in Yorks. Housing market is buoyant but I have a seen a
detached house for sale which is slightly cheaper than market value...
I know that these houses were timber framed ones built in the 1980s.

bruce

Still buiding them. Saw some flats go up in Pudsey (Leeds) recently

that

seemed to be timber framed. Would hate to think what would happen with

a

spot of woodworm going unnoticed for a few years as the timbers didn't

seem

particularly thick.

I suspect that if timber were being used even in Pudsey (which I call
Bradford!) it would be treated against such things.

Mary






You never know though. Would you be 100% confident that all had been
treated and ventilated proberly.

fairly, tes.

The structural timber comes pressure tretaed as standard, and the bits
that affect damp are heavily scrutinised by the BCO.

tandrad practice is brick footings. DPM, brick plinth, maybe second DPM,
then frame up in treated softwood on top of that. Skinned with marine
type ply, airgap, then breathable membrane and eiother render or timber
cladding.

Stids packed with rockwool and plasterboarded internally. Makes
cable/pipe running easy, very warm, very dry.


It's a different thing when you can access
the timber than when it's hidden away - or maybe it's just me who would
worry too much about such a thing.

You will get damp patches on te walls long before the timber rots.

I hear rumour that the Tyersal end of Pudsey is ditching it's BD post codes
for LS28 post codes sometime soon. Post code snobbery at it's best!