Oak Frame

[Triassic]

I'm thinking of replacing my rather run down timber house and the wife likes oak frame. Any suggestions where I can get one made?

[Big Beech]

Copford saw mill in east sussex may be able to help and would be my top choice, depending where u are etc.?

[Triassic]

Should have said I'm in Cumbria, so ideally I'm looking at a fairly local supplier (within 60 miles), but am willing to travel if the price is right!

[Big J]

Oak frames are incredibly expensive. As much as I hugely respect the effort and skill it takes to construct one, I feel that given the fairly limited amount of Oak in the UK that perhaps another species would be better.

 

Have you considered a high end softwood like douglas fir? Combined with subtle elements of metal work, they can look really striking. Here is a picture of the main trusses on the visitor centre my wife worked on:

 

[Triassic]

I was thinking of going for a softwood timber frame for the main house with a partial oak frame, maybe in the main lounge area and the bedroom above so as to keep the amount used fairly modest (along with the price!).

[Copford sawmill sussex]

Oak frames are incredibly expensive. As much as I hugely respect the effort and skill it takes to construct one, I feel that given the fairly limited amount of Oak in the UK that perhaps another species would be better.

 

Have you considered a high end softwood like douglas fir? Combined with subtle elements of metal work, they can look really striking. Here is a picture of the main trusses on the visitor centre my wife worked on:

 

 

Limited? Lol you should move down south mr big! Plenty down here all local English and sound

[Big J]

Limited? Lol you should move down south mr big! Plenty down here all local English and sound

 

You are quite possibly correct, but certainly up here (and Cumbria) good quality beam oak is fairly expensive and hard to come by!

[Copford sawmill sussex]

Well I'm sure for the right price we could supply you some ha ha 😜

[agrimog]

not for me, mill has been moved and set up for tomorows job, 4 large oaks to be milled into boards for furniture and signage use, and 2 smaller pippy oak butts as well

[Ashes_Firewood]

Never dealt with these places personally but there's Graythwaite Sawmill Graythwaite - Sawmill products

 

And there's T Knipe at Allithwaite but they don't have a website. Both mills are in Cumbria.