Tony Huaulmé
Tony Huaulmé spent three years at a building frame manufacturer, in the workshop and then in the design office. In 2025 he started workshop management software. Along the way he built Stud, launched in early October 2026, which turns a 2D plan into a 3D structure ready for prefabrication, with its quantity take-offs.
On this site he writes about prefabrication and offsite construction.
Guides by Tony Huaulmé
- How to price a timber frame house from plans: a 6-step method
- Timber frame wall take-off: counting studs, plates and timber volume
- Timber frame estimating and design software: what to use at each stage
- Timber frame wall panel layout: splitting walls into prefabricated panels
- Stud spacing 400 vs 600 mm (16 vs 24 in. o.c.): what it does to the take-off
- Timber frame glossary: 68 English-French terms, UK and US
- DXF, PDF or image: which plan to use (and prepare) for a timber frame take-off
- Timber frame take-off from a 2D plan: walls, studs and roof trusses
- Timber frame panel shop drawings: what each panel drawing must show
- Timber frame cutting list: from the framing to the pieces to cut
- Timber frame window opening: lintel, jack studs and sill in a wall
- Timber frame prefabrication workshop: from plan to delivered panel