Head Office in New-York
775 New York Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203 Phone: +1 000-000-0000 [email protected]
Toll Free
1-000-000-0000
Working Hours
We are happy to meet you during our working hours. Please make an appointment.
Head Office in New-York
775 New York Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203 Phone: +1 000-000-0000 [email protected]
Toll Free
1-000-000-0000
Working Hours
We are happy to meet you during our working hours. Please make an appointment.
Oak Floorboarding
We are a family run business with two generations of experience in carpentry, joinery and timber framing, specialising primarily in green oak framing.
We pride ourselves on quality craftsmanship to build beautiful bespoke oak structures in the aim to make your dreams a reality, however large or small. Every project is important to us, and whether you are starting with an initial idea or have a design already planned, we can help.
From our Midlands based workshop we employ traditional jointing techniques – hand cut mortise and tenon joints pegged with oak pegs, to produce handcrafted oak frames. We hand pick every single oak beam for its attributes that best suit its function within the design. All our oak is from PEFC certified suppliers.
Performance Excellence
Rather than using automated machinery to manufacture our product, we mark out and hand cut each component for your frame in our workshop. We make and “test” everything prior to delivery to reduce the time needed to be spent on site, keeping the disruption to you at your home to a minimum.
Green oak has a much higher moisture content than seasoned timber, this moisture is gradually lost over time causing the wood to shrink, particularly in the first few years. Shrinkage is one factor that is guaranteed when using green oak. The natural seasoning process does not weaken the structure, but makes the oak harder and stronger as it dries. In fact, oak is high density and has a strength/weight ratio superior to steel, giving it great load-bearing capabilities.
Oak shrinks in width, not length, so there is no risk of a tennon slipping out of a mortice. Cracks and splits (a characteristic of oak frame known as ‘shakes’) have very little effect on the structural integrity of the frame. As the grading system limits the angle at which the grain runs along a piece of oak, the splits which open up along the grain as the fibres dry and separate do not traverse the beam’s grain and therefore do not weaken it.
Another part of the appeal of oak is that is does not need to be “finished” – externally the sunlight weathers to a beautiful silvery grey. However, if you wish to retain the rich colour of green oak for your particular build, then that is possible by using wax oil treatments (although this can be a labour of love!). Internally, oxidation makes the green oak a honeyed colour over time, bringing a warm ambience to your home.