Timber Frame Window Head Detail

Separating wall junctions 1 4.

Timber frame window head detail.

The following is guidance from the planning portal about making a full plans application. Tile hanging off timber frame 1 8. Internal wall to internal wall. Trim overlay on the frame to receive good nailing.

Install metal flashing under head membrane and over head trim. 1 5 scale at a3 size pdf format. Timber boarding on timber frame 1 9. Non loadbearing wall junctions 1 5.

The windows and doorframes must be sealed to the timber frame with the appropriate installation of the dpms to protect the timber frame from penetrating moisture see figure a 8 10. The extender frame sections maintain the weather line has a nailing fin and will accept building in lugs and trims. Window and door heads must have cavity trays and dpcs. Sill a sill is the main horizontal part forming the bottom.

This typical window head detail in. A window frame is the framework that surrounds and supports the entire window system. Carry the jamb membrane up and under head trim and membrane. It is comprised of the head jamb and sill.

This can be a head capping that sits over the outside face of the head and returns back to the reveal fin and runs up past the reveal fin to the timber frame member above the window. Details on plan 1. Construction studies drawing detail of timber frame cill and head detail drawn to a scale of 1 5. Figure a 8 10 typical window detail in a timber frame wall with block and render external cladding.

In severe locations sealant may be advisable for the joints. 3 05 timber frame pitched roof. Downloadable detail showing a typical window head detail in rendered wall in timber frame construction. Render on timber frame 2.

Head the head is the main horizontal part forming the top of the window frame. Ventilated batten void warm roof gable 3 06 timber frame timber flat roof 3 07 timber frame timber flat roof with parapet 3 08 timber frame lintel at window head 3 09 timber frame windows and doors jambs and cills specification within an example should. This extrusion snaps to series 517 window frame and is used to beef up the frame from 102mm x 15mm to 102mm x 32mm. Extend flashing over edge of trim and turn down one inch.

The detail right shows the extended window frame installed into brick veneer wall.