Stewart Milne Timber Systems has just shipped two private house kits to the Falkland Islands.
The company said the kits would take longer to reach their destination by sea than they would take to build.
The orders for the two-storey houses follow a series of other timber frame contracts Stewart Milne has completed in the Falklands, including housing, offices and a hotel extension at the Malvina House Hotel, Port Stanley.
The kits included everything from the timber frame system and prefabricated roof trusses to the kitchen units and worktops.
“We have sent several orders on long sea voyages to the South Atlantic over the years, so we are well versed in what is required,” said Gary Yeoman, Stewart Milne Timber Systems’ sales and marketing director.
“With everything prefabricated at our Witney factory it is crucial that nothing is missed out. Therefore every nut and bolt, and every screw, has to be present and correct before the shipment is released.”
The shipment left the UK in mid-April and is scheduled to arrive in the Falkland Islands in mid-May.
For a full feature on timber frame construction in the Falklands, which also involves a host of other UK timber frame manufacturers, see the Spring issue of TTJ sister magazine Timber & Sustainable Building.
