Please find below Frequently Asked Questions for our main product ranges.  If your query has not been answered in these pages, please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Timber Frame Homes

• What is Timber Frame Construction?
• What are the advantages of Timber Frame?
• How do the costs for Timber Frame built homes compare with brick & block built homes?
• What will the appearance of my Timber Frame home look like?
• Is my Timber Frame home ecologically friendly?
• How do I order my Timber Frame home from GTE™?

Trussed Rafters

• Can you design my roof for me?
• Can my roof have an attic room in it?
• My house has trusses in the roof. Can I cut out some of the timbers to make more room?
• Can you give me a price for a standard truss?
• Do you have any trusses in stock?
• Will you come out and measure my roof?
• What's the largest span you can do?
• Do I have to have preservative treatment?
• Are roof trusses environmentally friendly?

Engineered Timber Joists

• What Engineered solid timber beams do GTE™ offer?
• Can GTE™ design me a Glu-lam type Beam?
• What other types of Engineered floor joists & beams can GTE™ design and what are the systems advantages?
• What types of structural hangers and associated metalwork do GTE™ offer?