Davies Homes gives framing the attention it deserves
By Juken New Zealand Ltd
Many of us were taught at some point in our lives that it’s best not to judge people based on their looks, that it’s what’s on the inside that counts.
That might be true for people, but can it also apply to homes?
Davies Homes thinks so. For more than 20 years, they’ve been crafting exquisite luxury homes that last.
Daniel Davies, the company’s founder and Managing Director, has built his reputation on building homes that don’t just look pretty, but are the highest quality right down to the core.
“The best architecturally-designed home won't matter much if the walls - and what's inside them - are made of subpar stuff.
“That’s why we put such a huge emphasis on those aspects of our homes that you can’t see, like the framing.”
Davies Homes homes are built with laminated veneer lumber (LVL) to create stronger, straighter, and more durable walls.
Made entirely from renewable radiata pine, this CodeMark-certified product is also known as J-Frame, manufactured by Juken New Zealand (JNL).
As a result, the Davies Home team continues to provide exceptional quality homes within a favourable time frame.
HOW J-FRAME WORKS
In order to achieve different structural properties and stiffness, Juken's LVL is manufactured from pre-graded, rotary peeled wood veneers.
Using a structural adhesive, veneers are glued together and pressed to form long continuous sections (panels) with the grain running parallel to the main axis.
The glue is a Phenol Formaldehyde Resin and provides J-Frame with an A Bond classification, an internationally recognised record for ensuring build materials hold up against extreme levels of moisture and stress.
The resulting products have very high strength and stiffness, and are of reliably uniform quality.
They are also straight, durable and easy to cut using standard woodworking tools. In addition, LVL is fire resistant.
Because of their high-performance characteristics, our LVL products can be used as suitable alternatives to steel, reinforced concrete, solid timber and finger-jointed wood in many situations.
STRUCTURALLY SUPERIOR
Unlike traditional framing, which is usually made of a single solid piece of wood, J-frame is engineered, and so offers some advantages to working with solid timber.
“In solid wood framing, we run into issues like natural imperfections and warping and deforming over time. J-Frame is more straight and uniform, so you get a stronger, more consistent product,” Daniel Davies says.
“We can build longer spans with J-Frame because it’s lightweight but also robust, so it maintains structural integrity while allowing us to be flexible in our designs.
“The benefit to our customers is that they get straighter walls that provide a superior, more refined finish that looks simply incredible.”
SAVES TIME
Before timber framing can be used to build a house frame, warped or knotted timbers must be manually corrected.
When this happens, construction of a house can take longer than anticipated, potentially causing problems for other tradespeople, such as electricians and insulation installers, who have to wait for the frame to be complete before starting their work.
“LVL framing is fantastic because we know it’s always perfectly straight and uniform, which saves us time from having to correct imperfections in timber.
“J-Frame is very easy to install, so our teams can just get on with the job of getting the frame up and we can deliver our homes to customers faster.”
In addition to its superior strength and durability, J-Frame is also an environmentally sustainable choice.
Manufactured in the Wairarapa for more than 20 years, the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) has verified that the radiata pine used in the J-frame is sustainably sourced.
Compared to traditional solid wood timber framing, J-Frame has 100% usable lengths, which means less waste at installation.
“J-Frame is an extremely reliable product - very strong, always uniform, and it’s easy to put up, so it saves us time,” Daniel says.
“We’re really happy with how J-Frame has performed in our homes, and we now don’t offer anything else. My main concern is ensuring our homes are of the absolute highest quality, inside and out, and we don’t compromise on materials.”
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Welcome to Juken New Zealand Ltd (“JNL”). We are a New Zealand (“NZ”) based and registered company with a growing global outreach. We have been heavily involved with the NZ forestry and wood-processing industries for the past 30 years – manufacturing advanced and innovative wood products from selectively planted, managed and harvested Radiata Pine for local and export markets. In that time we have become important economic and cultural contributors to the local communities within which we operate.
In an age where wood is becoming increasingly recognised and re-established as a product of choice for many structural and non-structural applications, we can offer you high quality, fit-for-purpose products to meet your needs.
We have sustainably managed and certified plantation forests in the East Coast and Wairarapa regions of NZ’s North Island. In Wairarapa we have one and in Kaitaia, we have two, efficient and environmentally clean wood processing mills. We employ nearly 460 people and obtain goods and services from several hundred suppliers.
Research and development are important to us, and we also benefit from the technology and resources of our Japan-based parent company WoodOne Ltd, a major international housing materials and componentry company, which has invested over $NZ700 million into our Company and NZ.
All of which means that in an age where wood is becoming increasingly recognised and re-established as a product of choice for many structural and non-structural applications we can offer you high quality, fit-for-purpose products to meet your needs.
WHAT WE DO
We make a wide range of engineered wood Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL), Panels and Solid Wood Products – for structural and non-structural purposes, for external or internal uses, and for appearance or non-appearance finishes.
All of it come from certified forestry we care for and harvest on a sustainable basis to ensure that you receive the very best products for your requirements. If we do not have the right trees we obtain them from other carefully selected sustainable sources. So we are closely involved and “hands-on” all the way through from the tree seed to the finished product. And in a way that is sensitive to the social needs and ecosystems within which we live, work and play.
Our forests are certified and managed according to internationally-recognised environmental standards – FSC®and ISO. They are immaculate. They provide the very best of raw materials to our wood processing mills which are also certified and managed according to international standards – including FSC®, ISO and EWPAA. Through innovative processes and skilled staff, our mills transform our harvested trees into high-quality products – products that are reliable and durable, that perform, and that can
be trusted.
Our range of products is wide and varied, but we are not limited to “off-the-shelf” solutions. If you cannot find what you are looking for in our current range then ask us about custom-made options to suit your exact needs. Such requests fit comfortably with our philosophy, and because we own the process from start to finish we will always try to meet your needs.
It is yet another reason why discerning customers who seek and demand the natural benefits of wood choose Juken New Zealand Ltd for top quality engineered and solid wood products.