Timber & Timber Frame
Bespoke Garden Rooms from Oeco Garden Rooms
Oeco Garden Rooms is a family run business and have been manufacturing and installing timber framed structures for over 10 years. They specialise in building bespoke garden rooms, offices and studios for those who want to extend their living space for a multitude of uses. Made from a traditional timber frame construction, concrete pile and steel foundations and PVC-U windows and doors, these garden rooms are built to last and can be used all year round. Western red cedar external timber cladding finishes off the look, providing rich and varied browns, reds and pinks making each garden room unique.
Visit www. oecogardenrooms. co. uk or contact one of our sales team on 0800 170 1270 for more information or to request a brochure.
Stan Fairbrother Garden Structures
Stan Fairbrother Garden Structures create beautifully hand crafted, bespoke designs in their Lancashire workshop. Each building is made to order with the highest level of care and attention to detail. Visit their website to view a stunning collection of their work. To celebrate the family business marking their 20th anniversary earlier this year they have launched a small collection of summerhouses & gazebos. Designed by Stan Fairbrother this beautiful range encompasses the companies twenty years of knowledge and expertise, with a passion for designing structures that their customers will be able to enjoy for years to come.
www. stanfairbrother. co. uk 01772 814274
Pear Stairs
Pear Stairs designs and manufactures premium bespoke staircases at fantastic prices, with nationwide delivery. Property professionals and home-owners alike know they can rely on the company’ s skilled craftsmen to turn out a high quality product with superb attention to detail. Lead times are short dues to a 24-hour shift system, and all stairs are dry fitted before leaving the factory for easy installation. Both straight and curved staircases can be produced in classic or contemporary styles using a variety of timbers, as well as glass and metal Visit the Pear Stairs website to try out their new planning tool and get an instant quote, or chat to one of their friendly designers on
01938 553311. www. pearstairs. co. uk
RGU shortlisted in international building innovation award
An innovative all timber housing design by a professor of architecture at Robert Gordon University( RGU) has been shortlisted for an international award.
Professor Gokay Deveci’ s‘ Integra House’ is one of four shortlisted in the TRADA, TTJ Timber Innovation Awards 2018‘ Innovative Product Development’ category, which celebrates pioneering product design.
The Integra House, the first of which is being built in Tyrie in rural Aberdeenshire, is designed to offer an affordable and a low-energy concept for rural living by applying the roof truss concept to the whole house including walls, floors and roof.
The project has been developed at the university with support from Construction Scotland Innovation Centre( CSIC), and two industry partners, Sylvan Stuart and Pasquill ltd.
Professor Deveci, who was in London this week to deliver a presentation to the Innovation Awards panel, is thrilled to have been recognised.
“ I’ m absolutely delighted to have been shortlisted in the TTJ Timber Innovation Awards and it’ s great for RGU and the Industry partners involved in the project to gain this recognition.
“ At present there is an acute shortage of affordable homes in rural communities- just one in ten homes are considered affordable, in comparison with one in five in urban areas. In addition, the fuel poverty still a main problem.”
The Integra House’ offers an entirely new construction concept for rural living. Roof trusses are the most common and cost effective way to build roofs in the UK and the house will use the well-understood concept and technology of truss manufacturing to design a new truss types that will provide the super structure and envelope for the entire house, including floors, walls and the roof.
The design utilised the 600mm thick blown wood wool insulation solution to meet the‘ breathable’ wall construction, as well as meeting the very low-energy standards in a cost effective manner.
Professor Deveci added:“ The design enables a reduction of operations on site and the time spent erecting the structure while simplifying the processes involved. Also, the project targets the ease of buildability as well as addressing the fuel poverty and healthy living in remote rural locations using locally available workforce or self-build opportunities.”
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