How Do You Get A-Frame to Build Your Home?
The process is simple and straight forward and we will guide your and bring you through the process.
- You send your plans to A-Frame Energy Efficient Homes by e-mail (pdf or autocad if possible) to sales@a-frame.ie, through our quick quote section, by post or alternatively we can collect them from you or your architect.
- One of our experienced sales team will make contact with you before we start the quote to ascertain what specification you are looking for, what you would like to achieve and to go through the plans in detail to iron out any queries. We would prefer to meet you in person, but if that isn’t possible we can conduct our business through whatever communication suits you.
- A-Frame Energy Efficient Homes will do up a quote, which will be broken down into various parts so that you can see clearly what the different elements are costing making it easier for you to make decisions if you are constrained by a budget.
- Our Sales representative will contact you once the quote is complete and will arrange to meet you to go through the quote and explain the various elements. Again if you would prefer not to meet up at this stage, that is no problem, we will send you on the quote and you can call our representative whenever you feel the need to.
- If you are happy with your quote, we sign a contract for the agreed price. At this stage we would require a 10% deposit of the full value of the contract (including vat).
- We will issue a base plan within 1 week of signing the contract so that you can begin digging out your foundations accurately for the timber frame.
- When your base is in , you can contact us again and we will call out and measure up the base so that we can start our timber frame architectural drawings. We guarantee that you will have your architectural drawings within two weeks of us measuring the base, it will probably be earlier than that but the two weeks is a worst case scenario depending on the volume of work we have on at any given period.
- Once the drawings are complete our sales representative will contact you again to meet up and go through the drawings with you. You can either sign them off then or keep them to show your builder / architect for final approval.
- When they are signed off we can guarantee a delivery date of no more than four weeks. It is important to note here that once the drawings are signed off the clock is ticking, if you come back to us with changes after the drawing is signed off the clock goes back to the start. It is very important that you take your time in looking over the drawings and are happy with them.
- We send the drawings to our independent structural engineer to complete the engineering side of the dwelling.
- We then produce production drawings for the factory to manufacture your home when we have received the structural calculations back from our independent engineer.
- Before we begin to manufacture your home, usually a week to ten days before the delivery date agreed with yourself we will look for 80% of the contract price along with a post dated cheque for the remaining 10% of the contract price. Your post-dated cheque should be dated one month from the delivery date. Alternatively you can go through our solicitor guarantee scheme where you lodge the 90% of the contract price with your solicitor. You should indicate on signing the contract which option you will use so there is no delay with delivery.
- We deliver and stand your home on the agreed delivery date.
- Once our experienced and qualified erection crew have stood your home we will call out to site and snag it. If there is anything we are not happy with upon snagging we will call the erection crew back to remedy. We will pass on our snag report to you for your viewing. You can then get your architect or builder to also snag the house so that you are happy and satisfied that we have completed the job as promised.
- If you went with the solicitor guarantee scheme you can then instruct your solicitor to release the funds to us.
Reasons to Choose A-Frame Energy Efficient Homes
We Save You Money;
As the saying goes, time is money. As timber frame comes is manufactured sections most homes can be stood and be made weather tight within a week, if you have your windows and doors organised. Once the home is weather tight you can begin all your other services. As it is also a dry construction, typical Irish weather will not hold up the build unlike traditional masonry construction.
Accuracy;
As all the panels and elements are factory manufactured in a controlled environment the quality is second to none. All the angles are as the should be thus ensuring an easier time for follow on trades.
Sound and Insulation;
The sound and insulation properties of our homes meet, and more than exceed the current building regulations. With timber frame you can build your walls as thick as you want. We currently have several different wall options ranging in thickness. Using sawn timber we can use 140mm, 185mm and 235mm.
We can also manufacture panels 302mm wide using engineered timber i-beams. The added advantage of using i-beams is that given their profile, there is overall a smaller volume of bridging material which improves the performance of the wall.
If your requirements are beyond this, we can use our double stud system which can be manufactured to any thickness required. The wider the wall, the more insulation can be used, thus reducing the need for expensive heating systems which often produce large amounts of CO2.
Air tightness;
Timber frame construction is better suited to the advent of airtight detailing. As every element is designed and manufactured in a controlled environment attention to detail is paramount. Our erection crews are also trained on all airtight detailing and the combination of both ensures a comfortable airtight building.
Environment;
The timber in your timber frame kit and roof trusses all comes from sustainable PEFC certified forests in Ireland or Scandinavia. As we manufacture the kits here for the Irish market there is less of a carbon footprint. We also offer a range of natural insulations, which are healthier for the environment and your family.
Service and Quality;
We regard our customer service and quality as second to none. We want all our customers to be satisfied when we have completed a project with them. We recognise that most of our work comes through recommendations and word of mouth and we want to keep it that way.
Price;
Though we don’t pretend to be the cheapest timber frame manufacturer in the country we do regard ourselves as being competitive and offer great value for money. When we agree a price we stick to it, there will be no hidden costs, no going back to you if one of our inputs goes up. You are guaranteed a quality product and service from an established company that has served the Irish Market since 1996. We are fully operational doing all our own design, manufacturing and selling and not just a name in a phonebook offering quotes and subbing the work out to contractors. We do it all ourselves ensuring a quality product from start to finish.