MET Homes System Details

The 13 Panel System

Precision manufactured and assembled offsite, our wall and floor panels reduce the number of trades on site, reduce the chance of delivery delays, reduce the need for site storage, reduce site waste and improve the health and safety. Watertight sooner, earlier to handover, better cashflow.

The 9 Light Gauge Steel Framed Closed Wall Panels

Build Up :
– 12mm CP Board
– LGS frame with 100mm mineral wool insulation
– 12mm CP Board

Width : 1200-2400mm
Height : 2747mm
Depth : 124mm

The 4 Light Gauge Steel Framed Open Floor Cassettes

Build Up :
– 22mm Chipboard
– LGS frame with 100mm mineral wool insulation

Width : 1195-3600mm
Length : 4788-5988mm
Depth : 272mm

Factory assembling the panels in a controlled environment moves a key part of the build process away from the building site – freeing up space, reducing labour and waste and accelerating the on-site build.

The structural sheathing boards add extra stability and together with the insulation and your finishing layer of gypsum plasterboard minimise heat loss and noise transfer.

When it comes to building houses, an accurate structure is everything. MET Homes precision engineered floor-to-ceiling height wall panels and full span floor cassettes provide you with a highly accurate core structure from which to build upon.

The Build Process

Standard core components, standard connections, standard repeatable processes.

You do something often enough, you get pretty good at it. Your first MET Homes structure might take 3-4 days to put up, your next will be quicker and the one after that, even quicker. A gang of 4 and a crane driver and in a couple of days a structure.

The MET Homes system is an insulated, structural, light gauge steel frame, closed panel, supply-only solution, designed by MET Homes and manufactured by our SCI accredited supply chain partners.

MET Homes system is a product for you to use. We have approved erectors who can assist with the build and indeed train your team so next time you can do it all by yourself.

Installation is fairly standard and follows a balloon frame type construction with storey-height wall panels, sole plates, flitch plates, z-brackets, infill strips…there’s a manual!

A lifecycle assessment of steel

produce – use – recycle – reuse

Steel is the most abundant component on earth and can be recycled or reused endlessly without detriment to its properties. In the UK, recovery rates from demolition sites are at 99% for structural steelwork and 96% for all steel construction products – far exceed those of any other building material.

Your Development, Your Way

MET Homes panelised construction system is an enabler – it’s a hybrid approach to construction that lets users combine traditional building methods with modern methods enabling homes to be built faster, to a higher quality and more sustainably.

Our vision is to make offsite construction accessible to all, irrespective of development size we want to give developers/contractors the tools to build the best house they can.

Adaptable

A versatile system configurable to the needs of the development.

Over 2 widths and up to 3 storeys in height

Any combination works, short and wide with a pitched roof, long and narrow with a flat roof – whatever you need.

Internal Freedom

Load bearing wall panels together with full span floor cassettes means there are no internal walls – your development, you decide where the walls go!

Frequently Asked Questions

Potentially, it really depends on the project however through our partnership with main contractors we may be able to provide a turnkey solution. MET Homes is designed as an enabler, we want to empower you and can of course can provide a list of erectors or main contractors we work with.

Most offsite system suppliers require a minimum of 4 weeks for the design plus another 4 weeks to manufacture. MET Homes are different, we’ve pre-designed and pre-determined our panels so you don’t have to, this means there is no 4 week design period.

There is a manufacturing period, c4 weeks, which we hope to significantly reduce in the future. We want to be an off-the-shelf product available with incredibly short lead times, but we are not there yet.

If you have outline planning or Permission in Principle for your development be it a terrace of 2 beds or 3 storey townhouses, there is a good chance MET Homes will have a design that works for your development or at least a product that you can use within your development.

If you are further down the process and have submitted the reserved matters it may be too late; our panels are what they are and they may work with a slight change to the position to fenestrations and doors etc. but equally they may not work with your design. The sooner you engage, the better.

If you have never used our system before, you will need the help of an SFS installer – someone who has experience of installing light gauge steel frames. MET Homes can supply a list of installers that work in your area who can assist.

We’ve designed our system to be easy to install and those working in trade will have very little difficulty in picking up the process. But, like anything, it is knowing what to do when it is not going right and being able to spot mistakes early – things you only learn having done it a good amount of times – that make the difference. In time we are hoping to have a short training course which your team can attend on how to install the MET Homes system, ahead of that there may be the opportunity to be trained by the SFS installers on your development.

The installers will be well versed in the new Part L regulations and can assist in ensuring the necessary photographic evidence is taken to satisfy the requirements. Using a panelised system makes the evidencing super easy!

You get what you pay for in life and if something is better you’d expect to pay more for it. And the same can be said of construction systems vs traditional brick and block construction. The cost of the materials is more, how could it be less – more has gone into it – but when you factor in the savings brought about through the speed of erection (reducing the overall programme meaning you realise income earlier and pay less interest on the development finance), the savings on labour (use less for less time), the reduction in waste and deliveries and less room for delays, the fewer defects as a result of a dimensionally stable core structure …when you factor all that in, then your premium product ends up costing pretty much the same as the one you use now.

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