Supplying oak for cottage restoration
The complete restoration of an eighteenth century cottage in the area required green oak for the construction of 5 new roof trusses.
Seasoned oak was also needed for beams, lintels and floor repairs throughout.
Tie beams were to be,“as bent and full of character as possible”. So a particularly, ‘poorly-formed’ oak tree had to be selected in a wood just 200 metres from the cottage.
The owners were able to watch the tree being felled, milled and delivered to their door.
Well-seasoned oak and hornbeam was supplied from stock.
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