What exactly are SIP's Panels?

Structurally Insulated Panels (SIP's) are made from two outer layers of oriented strand board (OSB) bonded around a high-performance expanded polystyrene (EPS) core. This creates a panel that’s lightweight, incredibly strong, in fact it is up to seven times stronger than a timber frame, but the biggest bonus of all, is that they are exceptionally well-insulated.

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• Why Build with SIPs?

SIPs deliver outstanding thermal performance and airtightness.

 

What does that mean? Well basically it means that less energy is needed to heat the building and on top of this, there is better indoor air quality for occupants.

 

But there's more!

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The time taken to build the property is vastly reduced. Did you know that a house made of bricks and mortar will take at least 20 weeks to build, whereas a house made of SIP's is closer to 2-3 weeks! Thats a tenth of the timeframe for a better house.... remind me why you don't choose SIP's again?

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Well if you're not convinced, then let me tell you something else....

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• A Proven Building Method

SIPs have been widely used in the USA, Canada, Northern Europe and Japan for over 75 years. Their popularity in the UK is growing fast thanks to increasing awareness in respect of sustainability, rising energy costs, and a push for more of a local construction solution.​

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• Fast, Efficient & Reliable

The SIP's panels can be used for walls, roofs and floors. SIPs create a solid, well-insulated building and the panels are joined with timber, insulated I-beams, or SIP splines (dependent on the size of the build). They are fixed in place using a timber sole plate and ring beam.

 

The result... well simply you get a fast, precise build with no risk of compression shrinkage or cold bridging, which is common issue in traditional masonary and timber frame construction...

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We may be sounding like a broken record now... but why use anything else?