--- title: SIPs for Timber Framers description: Whether you’re building a full timber frame or a hybrid (partial timber frame), enclosing timber frames with SIPs is the perfect fit for your project. --- ![Timber Frame image.jpg](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/WEBSITE%20IMAGES/Timber%20Frame%20image.jpg?width=1944&name=Timber%20Frame%20image.jpg "Timber Frame image.jpg") [![Enercept Structural Insulated Panels](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logo%20copy.gif?width=1643&height=903&name=Logo%20copy.gif "Enercept Structural Insulated Panels")](http://www.enercept.com) The Future Of Framing [Content Title](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/timber-framers#) Description < Previous page Next page > Menu [Content Title](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/timber-framers#) Description < Previous page Next page > ### ABOUT ### Applications ### Products ### Resources ### Find Enercept ### Projects ### CONTACT ![timber-frame-icon-1.png](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/timber-frame-icon-1.png?width=94&name=timber-frame-icon-1.png "timber-frame-icon-1.png") # Timber Framers ## Enriching Community Through Craft - Enercept proudly supports the Timber Framers Guild. ****The Timber Framers Guild is dedicated to promoting, supporting, honoring, and advancing the craft of timber framing. Enercept is proud to support the craft and join other Visionaries who see the future, while looking to the past and living in the present. Visionaries see the possibility in the world around them and in the community in which they live. Enercept supports the Timber Framers Guild in their quest to preserve the craft of building timber frames.**** **Whether you’re building a full timber frame or a hybrid (partial timber frame), enclosing timber frames with SIPs is the perfect fit for your project. Enercept's SIPs are high performance building panels made with an expanded polystyrene (EPS) rigid foam core sandwiched between two structural skins of 7/16″ oriented strand board (OSB) used in floors, walls and roofs.** **![SIPs timber frame barn](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/timber%20frame%20barn.jpg?width=1947&name=timber%20frame%20barn.jpg)** --- | ![timber frame panels in place](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/timber%20frame%20image3.jpg?width=300&name=timber%20frame%20image3.jpg) | ![timber frame inside of building](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/timber%20frame%20image2.jpg?width=301&name=timber%20frame%20image2.jpg) | ![sips and timber frame walls](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/sips%20and%20timber%20frames.jpg?width=301&name=sips%20and%20timber%20frames.jpg) | | --- | --- | --- | --- ![timber frame wall and ceiling](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/timber%20frame%20wall.jpg?width=339&name=timber%20frame%20wall.jpg) **Enercept has been building structural insulated panels since 1981.** The hand-crafted timbers are works of art. And, not only do they look great, they are also structurally sound. Insulation plays a key role within the building envelope. Enercept is proud to partner with and support such an amazing community. Timber framing is a distinctive style of building construction in which heavy timbers frame the structure instead of more slender dimensional lumber (for example, 2 x 6-in.). Timber framing was a building practice used throughout the world until roughly 1900 when the demand for cheap, fast housing brought dimensional lumber to the construction forefront. In the 1970s, craftsman revived the timber framing tradition in the United States and have ushered the design style into the modern era. Enercept SIPs can surround an entire timber frame, leaving all the majestic timber visible in the interior and providing a nearly airtight barrier. A SIP is composed of an insulating foam core (EPS) sandwiched between two structural facings, (OSB) oriented strand board. The result is a building system that is extremely strong, energy efficient, and cost-effective. One of the biggest benefits of using Enercept is that we offer the most fully customizable SIPs on the market. - Factory-installed electrical chases along with an easy-to-follow Electrical Guide for your electrician - Factory-installed electrical chases in our SIP roof panels - Panel core thickness from 1″ to 16″ due to Enercept’s unique 4-foot line panel press which can accommodate a variety of options. - Known in the SIP industry for our ability to produce customized panels for even the most complex designs, Enercept employs an experienced, thorough drafting team to assist with SIP design questions. - On-site virtual help for builders to ensure quality construction and help minimize the learning curve is available. - A detailed Construction Guide, Electrical Guide and durable panel layouts issued with every project **All of these unique features will save you money when it comes to the cost of finishing your timber frame home. From concept to completion, Enercept will provide the best panel wrap for your timber frame home.** ###  Timber Frame gallery [View Project Gallery](https://www.enercept.com/project-gallery) - [![](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Enercept%20April%202018/gallery_placer.png) ](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Enercept%20April%202018/residential/residential-gallery1-1.jpg) - [![](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Enercept%20April%202018/gallery_placer.png) ](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hubfs/WEBSITE%20IMAGES/Gathering%20Oaks%20Construction.jpg) - [![](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Enercept%20April%202018/gallery_placer.png) ](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hubfs/WEBSITE%20IMAGES/Bernholtz%20(1).jpg) - [![](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Enercept%20April%202018/gallery_placer.png) ](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Enercept%20April%202018/residential/residential-gallery4-1.jpg) - [![](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Enercept%20April%202018/gallery_placer.png) ](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hubfs/WEBSITE%20IMAGES/2015%20Brad%20Roberts.jpg) ##  ENERCEPT STRUCTURAL INSULATED PANELS ARE THE SUPERIOR WAY TO ENCLOSE YOUR TIMBERS: - Panels attach to the outside of the timbers, allowing full display of the natural beauty of the timbers - SIPs provide a nearly air-tight, super-insulated enclosure which will protect your timbers, and save 40% or more on annual heating and cooling costs - Installation is quick, offering timbers protection from sun, wind and rain damage during the construction phase ![2013 Lahti addition](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2013%20Lahti%20addition.jpg?width=2048&name=2013%20Lahti%20addition.jpg "2013 Lahti addition") ![Jason Reed 1-1-215402-edited](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Jason%20Reed%201-1-215402-edited.jpg?width=1278&name=Jason%20Reed%201-1-215402-edited.jpg "Jason Reed 1-1-215402-edited") ![Gleysteen 009-829699-edited](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Gleysteen%20009-829699-edited.jpg?width=3065&name=Gleysteen%20009-829699-edited.jpg "Gleysteen 009-829699-edited") ## Remove this section ### Remove this section Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. 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We had a blizzard in January with a wind chill factor of 50 degrees below 0 and our Enercept house stayed a comfortable 72 degrees. Many houses could not maintain a temperature of over 60 degrees with the furnace running all the time. We are very pleased with how solid, quiet and warm the house is." **John D., Evanston, WY** ![customer review - cabin](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/customer%20review%20-%20cabin.png?width=137&height=137&name=customer%20review%20-%20cabin.png) "I've been using Enercept panels for the roof and gables of the log homes I build for many years. The people at Enercept are friendly, knowledgeable and always helpful. The panels are amazingly easy and fast to assemble because they come completely fabricated. The window openings and complex roof angle cuts are done at the factory - we don't have to cut any panels on site, they just slip together." **Mike S., Pierre, SD** [Share Your Story](https://www.enercept.com/share-your-story) ## Timber Frame, Post and Beam, Log Home ![Timber frame - Roberts Home.jpg](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/WEBSITE%20IMAGES/Timber%20frame%20-%20Roberts%20Home.jpg?width=361&name=Timber%20frame%20-%20Roberts%20Home.jpg "Timber frame - Roberts Home.jpg") ### Timber Frame SIPs are an effective and often preferred method for enclosing timber frame homes because they allow for design flexibility while highlighting the timbers' natural beauty. Besides their contribution to the aesthetic elements of a natural timber frame structure, SIPs will significantly decrease energy consumption while maintaining cozy comfort and reducing sound infiltration. ![sandcreekpostandbeam-enercept barns.jpg](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/WEBSITE%20IMAGES/sandcreekpostandbeam-enercept%20barns.jpg?width=361&name=sandcreekpostandbeam-enercept%20barns.jpg "sandcreekpostandbeam-enercept barns.jpg") ### Post & Beam Similar to timber framing, post and beam construction has the  distinction that it utilizes mechanical fasteners and often steel plate connectors, whether hidden or exposed, to join adjacent members together.  SIPs are equally suited to post and beam construction as to timber frames, for similar reasons — efficiency, time and cost savings and allowing the beauty of the beams to be exposed.  ![log home banner image.jpg](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/WEBSITE%20IMAGES/log%20home%20banner%20image.jpg?width=360&name=log%20home%20banner%20image.jpg "log home banner image.jpg") ### Log homes Once referred to as 'log cabins', these icons of the American frontier have evolved along with housing trends. With comfort and a smaller drain on resources in mind,  today's log homes are being built to be more energy efficient. Topping off your log home off with a SIP roof further increases its energy efficiency and gives you more usable square footage in your home with fully vaulted ceilings. ![phil - timber frames.jpg](https://3823653.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/WEBSITE%20IMAGES/phil%20-%20timber%20frames.jpg?width=301&name=phil%20-%20timber%20frames.jpg "phil - timber frames.jpg") ### REQUEST A FREE PROJECT ESTIMATE Have a timber home idea, but have no clue of the cost to build it? Let one of Enercept’s estimating professionals help. 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