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Green oak vs air-dried oak: which should a frame be made from?
Use green oak for the structural frame and air-dried oak for the parts that must stay tight: glazing cover boards, door and window frames, and sometimes braces. Green oak is cheaper, easier to cut and available in large…
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Can you add an extension to a listed building?
Yes, listed buildings are extended regularly, but you need listed building consent before any work starts, and almost always planning permission as well. There…
Oak frame extension kits: what you get and what you do not
An oak frame extension kit is the frame alone: posts, beams, braces and pegs, cut, numbered and delivered with assembly drawings. Foundations, roof, glazing…
How much does an oak frame shrink, and will it crack?
A green oak timber shrinks by roughly 4 to 7 per cent across its width as it dries, so a 200 mm post loses 8 to 14 mm over about four years. Its length hardly…
What is green oak?
Green oak is oak that has been felled and sawn within about the last 18 months and has not been dried. It is called green because it is fresh, not because of…
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Three short steps: the postcode, four questions about the build, then how to reach you.
This is a free introduction service, not an oak frame specialist. We find a firm that frames in oak near you and tell you its name. Your details stay with us until you say yes.
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- We look for an oak framer who takes on this kind of build in your area, then email or phone you with the firm's name.
- Nothing is passed on unless you say yes to that firm.
- They visit, look at the house and price the work. We never send marketing.