Are you getting frustrated by long-standing skills shortages and frequent project delays that often plague traditional on-site building methods? Then now's the time to try an alternative. British Offsite's UNihouse, a light gauge steel 2D panelised framing system offers fast, flexible, reliable and cost-competitive housebuilding, with multiple environmental benefits built in, due to precision manufacturing of panels at the state-of-the-art production facility in Braintree.
Adaptable to nearly any design, UNihouse has been developed specifically for the low-rise housebuilding market to enable rapid deployment of homes. It utilises standard building materials in combination with a light gauge steel frame, to overcome the most common issues of timber frame, alternative materials and traditional brick/block building.
Faster delivery if design work has already been carried out, we can have the first panel on-site in as little as ten weeks. A two-bedroom semi-detached house can be installed inside three days and a four-bedroom detached home within a week. These turnaround times enable you to wait until you've exchanged on plots before placing your order, ensuring lower risk project finance and end-of-year financial certainty
Flexible for all forms of housebuilding UNihouse is suitable for all house types and schemes including detached, semi-detached, terraced houses and more, and provides total freedom for the location of architectural features.
Reliable precision and timescales UNihouse is engineered to exacting tolerances – meeting all necessary building standards and regulations – and is unaffected by differential movement issues or potential moisture/rot issues. It also enables the creation of 'dry boxes' as soon as UNiroof is dropped in, making it ready to finish inside and out within pre-defined timescales.
Cost competitive with the added benefits of steel frame When matched against comparable timber frame specifications for example, UNihouse is competitive. As a steel frame system, there are reduced costs due to lower fire suppression requirements. Costly technical workarounds to deal with differential movement is also avoided.
Quality checked at every stage UNihouse is manufactured to exacting standards, using standard building components such as 1.2-gauge steel studs, OSB board and high-quality weather sealing membranes and tapes. The work of up to five trades is subsumed into the offsite manufacturing of one panel ensuring a quality install on time, every time.
Fabric First energy efficiency Our 'Fabric First' approach means reducing energy use and waste in our process of manufacturing, sourcing materials that are recycled and recyclable, and manufacturing panels that create highly insulated and airtight buildings that need less energy to run. Enabling housebuilders of all sizes to meet environmental standards and expectations.
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