Comment by afactcheck

> That is actually how pretty much all new houses in the UK are constructed

This claim struck me as unlikely, so I did a quick fact check.

Accroding to the most recent report I could find[1]: "Figures from the National House Building (NHBC) suggest that timber frame market share has developed from 19% in 2015 to 22% in 2021 and that market conditions, as described above, present the opportunity for this to develop to circa 27% by the end of the forecast period (2025)"

This appears to be driven by Scotland where 92% of new builds were timber framed in 2019, while in England (where the majority of new houses are built) it was just 9%.

[1] https://members.structuraltimber.co.uk/assets/library/stamar...