News
Request a BrochureThe blogs contained in our News section aim to keep you up-to-date with what’s happening at English Oak Buildings, along with general advice on oak framing and the process involved.
We have provided our archive of blogs, which can be viewed by clicking on the individual images below.
Make sure you also go to our Videos page, where you can view a mini-documentary about the process of designing and fabricating an English Oak Buildings frame, as well as a fascinating time-lapse film recording the raising of one of our largest frames to date. Plus, visit our Galleries page for further oak framed inspiration.
The traditions of the wandering journeyman
It's no secret that we're fans of heritage joinery here at English Oak Buildings, and use the traditional and precise technique called the ‘Scribe...
The ‘Right To Build’ scheme helping self-builders
Building a custom green oak-framed home is a desire of many wannabe self-builders - and understandably so. Not only can you design it exactly as...
Support In Malawi – Helping The One Foundation, Part Three.
In the third and final part of our diary recounting the recent trip to Malawi with the One Foundation, Heather and Rory visit communities where...
Support in Malawi – helping The One Foundation, part two.
Homes with no roofs; children who are desperate to have their photo taken so they know what they look like; a tiny girl in a princess Elsa fancy...
The One Foundation – charity of choice for English Oak Buildings
In the first of three diary blogs, we follow Heather and Rory as they travel to Malawi to volunteer with The One Foundation – an organization that...
English Oak Frames – Keeping Your Energy Bills Low In Winter
Some people might consider the differences between an oak frame and a brick home, and assume that the latter is more likely to keep the heat in...
Cliff Cottage – an oak extension to be proud of
The latest project for English Oak Buildings is the addition of a large oak extension to an older cottage in Walton-in-Gordano, a village and civil...
Our largest frame yet… is an 9-bay oval garage!
For the past few months we’ve been working on a massive project in Sandwich, Kent, that would daunt a lot of timber framers – in fact, this is the...
Home-Improvement trends for 2016: Porches and Verandas
The next blog in our series of top trends for 2016 focuses on how a classic addition to a home can be updated to stay modern and fresh. We turned...
Home-Improvement trends for 2016: Transparent Spaces
Continuing our series of blogs about top trends for 2016, we’ve been turning to Homebuilding and Renovating Magazine to discover ways in which your...
What is Glulam and why do we use it?
In a few of our posts you may have heard us mention Glulam, and wondered what it actually means. Well, we thought we'd explain what it is and why...
Latest Project: An Oak Oval Garage
It's not unusual for us to be presented with a tricky and challenging project here at English Oak Buildings - and we like to think we rise to the...
Architects and Heritage Experts – We Can Help
We've touched before on the importance of oak being used in buildings throughout English history. Its sturdy properties, abundance in days before...
The Association of Environmentally Conscious Building
Using sustainably sourced timber has always been something that English Oak Buildings take great pride in, and we strongly support the work of Grown...
U-Values – and why a low one is important
At English Oak Buildings, we're proud to say that we create our own custom made Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs Panels) - in fact, we've been...
