FOR ARCHITECTS

Oak frames for architects

We work with architects' practices on oak frame buildings: design and build within 90 minutes of Abergavenny, supply and install within two and a half hours, and supply only anywhere in the UK. We'd rather be useful while you're still designing than wait for the finished drawings, so ask early.

WHILE YOU DESIGN

What can we give you while you design?

Ask while the scheme is still being drawn. That's when we can be most useful.

3D MODELS

3D models, usually within a week, depending on how complex the job is.

EXPORTS

DWG, DXF and PDF drawings. For your own model, STEP is the one to use; we can also export USDZ and GLB for visualisation.

DETAILS

Details for your job, on request. If you have a question about how something works in oak on your project, ask and we'll send the detail.

TALKS

A talk at your practice on oak framing.

EXAMPLES

What does the work look like?

A few examples of what we draw and model, so you can judge the level of detail before you ask.

Section drawing of a roof eaves in oak: a 175 by 175 oak plate, oak sprockets and fascia under a slate roof, with a glazed panel below
An eaves detail: oak plate, sprockets and fascia under a slate roof, with the glazing below.
3D model of an oak frame seen from above, with the oak posts, beams and braces in the walls of a two-wing building
A 3D model of an oak frame, seen from above.
Rendered view inside a room with an oak frame: arched braces and tie beams under a sloping ceiling, a corridor beyond and a bed in the foreground
A rendered view inside an oak-framed room.
THREE WAYS TO BUY

Which way of working fits the project?

The same three ways we offer every client. If you already have a main contractor, we come in as the oak frame specialist and work to your drawings.

WAY 1

Design and build

We design it, make it and put it up, and do the base, the roof and the finishing around it. It's how we prefer to work near home.

WAY 2

Supply and install

We make the frame and raise it on your site. Your own builder does the base, the roof covering and the rest. Within two and a half hours of Abergavenny, and elsewhere in the UK case by case.

WAY 3

Supply only

We make the frame and supply it cut and numbered, with assembly drawings, for you or your builder to put up. Delivered anywhere in the UK, and we can be there on raising day if you want us.

PRACTICAL THINGS

What do you need to know up front?

Drawings, lead times, where we work and who we are accredited by. The rest is on the How it works page.

DRAWINGS

DWG, DXF or PDF, and STEP for your own 3D model. 3D models usually within a week, depending on how complex the job is. We'll work to your drawings or produce our own.

LEAD TIME
4 to 14 weeks from your deposit to the start of work, depending on the building and how you buy it. Time on site comes on top. Product by product on How it works.
GEOGRAPHY

Design and build within 90 minutes of Abergavenny. Supply and install within two and a half hours, and elsewhere in the UK case by case. Supply only anywhere in the UK.

ACCREDITATIONS
Guild of Master Craftsmen · Carpenters' Fellowship · Living Wage Employer.

DETAILS

Need a detail for a job?

Tell us what you're working on and we'll send the detail.

Ask for a detail

TALKS

Would a talk at your practice help?

We'll come to your practice and talk through oak framing.

Book a talk