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   Examples of timber frame homes

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Affordable Timber Frame

Benfield ATT design, manufacture and build timber frame houses, schools, nursing homes, clinics, surgeries, hospitals, sports and leisure centres, and much, much more.


Our timber frame homes are the warmest, most energy efficient available and were the first authorised FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) supplier of timber frame kit homes in the UK.

This makes our timber frame kit houses and other timber structures the most environmentally friendly and affordable buildings available, anywhere!


Timber Frame Kits

We supply timber kits for house-builders, kit houses for developers, and affordable self build kit homes for DIY builders. Using hardwood and softwood timber for panellised timberframe, traditional timber frame, glulams and timber-frame components, Timber kit components include factory insulated wall panels, ultra-joists, eco-joists, beams, trussed rafters, party wall spandrel panels, timber wall cladding, timber flooring, timber windows, pre-hung door sets, dry lining, kitchens, wardrobes.

FSC Timber Frame

Our FSC timber frame home kits automatically qualify for 75% eco-homes certification, meaning that house builders using our timber frame kits are really serious about sustainable development. Indeed, the timber frame house kits manufactured in our South Wales factory can be designed and built to the highest Canadian Super-Airtightstandards of comfort and air tightness, giving substantially reduced energy consumption and heating bills.

On top of this using our FSC certification credentials you can be sure to gain maximum credits for the Code for Sustainable Homes materials section.

Advanced Timber-Frame Technology

This means that our Advanced Timber-Frame Technology (the ATT part of Benfield ATT) timber framed kits now surpass the high standards of the Scandinavian timber house kits fabricated for leading specialist suppliers of Swedish, Norwegian and Danish style houses.

Design and Build

As well as being leading design and build manufacturers of timber home kits, using modern methods of construction (MMC) we also design and build self assembly timber log houses and DIY timber log cabins. We also specialise in timber frame house extensions, garages, and room-in-the-roof loft conversions as well as timber log homes for permanent and recreational living.

DIY Design & Cost

Benfield ATTs off-site production of timber structures embraces traditional timber frame green oak and other massive post and beam designs. Our sister company, timbertecs will help you to enable to design your own home . We will even send you a FREE timber frame Estimate if you send your drawings in to us. info@benfieldatt.co.uk.

Contact us for your DIY Design & pricing Guides. info@benfieldatt.co.uk

Training & Courses

As well as DIY house design guidance and assistance in what your Green Dream Home will cost to build, you will also find self-build courses and training in self building, traditional timber framing, and the simple assembly of wooden kit houses and log cabin kits.

Value Engineered Timber Frame

We believe that our value engineered wooden kit homes and traditional timber framed houses offer the best value for money available anywhere in Europe. Indeed, because we deliver truly affordable homes, we are increasingly being asked to design & build traditional timber framed buildings for the educational, health, and leisure sectors, as well as for retail, office, sports, agricultural, equestrian and industrial sectors as well as our traditional timber framed homes.

Sustainable Development

So, remember with timber kit buildings being fast, economical and sustainable; whether you are looking for kits for classrooms, health care, hotels, resorts, lodges, a new factory, office block, horse stabling, timber barns, agriculture, or warehousing, or simply want a log cabin, wood house, home extension, timber garage, home office, granny flat, attic conversions, pool house, or holiday home Better Build Benfield ATT the sustainable way to build!


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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
Benfield ATT FSC-Certified Engineered Timber Structures do not cost the Earth.
Chain of Custody TT-COC-1928. FSC Trademark (C) 1996 Forestry Stewardship Council