Abacus Construction Index
UK: Oak Framed Buildings: Oak Building Suppliers
LEADING UK SUPPLIERS OF OAK FRAMED BUILDINGS
The following suppliers of oak framed buildings have informative websites, with information on oak structures and cladding, and on the design, installation and maintenance of oak framed buildings.
Prime Oak supplies oak framed buildings. These are mostly as garages, stables, or conservatories. Prime Oak continues the historic tradition of building oak buildings with heavy frames, where the shaped ends of the oak structural members are connected with dowels. The buildings are constructed and assembled offsite, and are dismantled for transport to the client's location.
Brookwood Barn Company is based in Winchester, Hampshire. It obtains its oak from local sources registered with the Forestry Stewardship Council, ensuring all oak is from English sustainable forests. Brookwood Barn Company machines all its own oak posts, oak tie beams, eve plates, top plates, sole plates, studwork, and knee braces. Natural bends in the timer are used to give rigidity and resilience to the wind and roof braces and the tie beams. Ledge and braced oak doors are finished using handmade rosehead nails.
English Heritage Buildings supplies oak framed buildings throughout the UK. It offers a complete service, including survey, design, manufacture, and construction. To complete the traditional appearance of its oak buildings, it offers a range of heritage elements, such as narrow bricks, and hand forged door furniture. All the oak frames are joined by dowelled mortice and tenon joints. Windows and doors may be in oak or softwood.
Other useful links relevant to oak buildings and suppliers:
Modular & Portable Building Association
Timber Research & Development Association
DETAILED INFORMATION RESOURCES ON OAK BUILDINGS
We recommend the following websites, with building product information including manufacturers' specs, standard specifications, and CAD details: Barbour Compendium, RIBA Product Selector Plus, ASC Bricsnet, Building Products Index, British Board of Agrément, British Standards Online.
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