Crown Oak Buildings
Oak framed buildings Oak Doors, Oak Windows, Solid Oak Flooring.

Using Oak Timber Frame, we have constructed hundreds of Oak Timber Frame Homes that you can see throughout Kent and the South of England. They are keen to help you with your Oak Timber Frame Building Plans as part of their comprehensive planning and design service. Crown Oak Buildings manufacture and construct to a high standard of quality, their products include: Oak Timber Frame Homes, Oak Swimming Pool Enclosures, Oak Conservatories, Oak Garages, Oak Garden Rooms, Oak Home Offices, Oak Doors, Oak Windows, Solid Oak Flooring, Staddle Stones, and Self-build Oak Timber Frame Kits. If you prefer to do it yourself, they also offer Oak Timber Frame Homes Kits and other DIY Oak Timber Frame Kits products. Crown Oak buildings are proud to offer design services tailored to your individual needs to build you an oak home that is in complete harmony with your local environment.
History
Development in Britain is controlled by the planning department of local councils, who stipulate what can and cannot be done. In most areas councils stress the importance of using local materials and following regional building techniques. In ancient times, woods of Oak, Ash and Elm covered southeast England. The Oak trees provided the timbers for the ships of the British Navy and also gave rise to the half-timbered houses seen today right across the south. Oak endures and this is reflected in the historic and much loved buildings seen throughout England today. As Oak is slow growing and has a tight grain, it is much stronger and more durable than other woods. As it dries, the stronger it gets. Traditional methods of using joints and pegs are used because Oak shrinks as it dries thus tightening the joints making them stronger. The Oak that 'Crown Oak' uses is from managed woods so the trees are replanted making it a resource as well as providing a habitat for flora and fauna. As the forests across the southeast were gradually felled, house building continued to use Oak as a Frame although it was often concealed behind facades of brick or rendering, the original form still show. Clay became a dominant building material both as bricks and tiles; the latter not only used for roofing but also hung as an external cladding on a Timber-Framed structure.
Oak Buildings
The first step when deciding which oak framed building oak timber buildings will suit your needs, consider if planning permission is required. There are many other areas to consider, such as is your property in an area of natural beauty or conservation? Is it a listed building? and many more things to consider. Crown Oak Buildings will be pleased to you in your dicision making. They have many designs and their architect can draw plans to your specified needs. They can submit your planning application to the relevant local authority or you may, of course, use your own architect and apply for planning permission yourself. Crown Oak Buildings wants every step to your completed traditional Oak Timber-Framed Building to be easy.
They can provide you with a price list showing the cost of the Oak Frame and weatherboarding, therefore you should consider the following:
Do you require a DIY self-assemble frame? Before building can commence foundations are required. Depending upon the ground, foundations are usually excavated to a depth of one metre. Concrete is poured in and courses of brick are laid below ground level and three above ground level. The frame sits on specially made staddle stones. Crown Oak Buildings can carry this out or your can choose your local contractor. The type of roof tiles that you require - should they match the existing property or be new machine made tiles? The type of weatherboard required - softwood or oak? Joinery - do you require garage doors or windows? These can be in either clear Protim treated softwood or Oak.
They are able to supply standard plans, alternatively their own architect is available to liaise with you to achieve the Oak Frame Building that will suit your personal requirements. Of course, you may wish to have your own architect supply drawings and we can provide the information necessary for building regulations. A full planning service is available to include submitting applications to local offices for Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent as well as a Building Regulation Approval and Building Notice. You may wish to carry out these tasks yourself. Crown Oak Buildings can offer a full package from the initial design, planning application, ground works, manufacture and assemble of frame including weather board, through to the tiling and insulation of the roof. However, you may request any combination of these services if, for instance, you already have a local builder who will carry out the groundworks. They can provide you with an oak frame package in kit form for the self builder. All their buildings are manufactured in their workshop to your specification thus ensuring that all the joints are precise and then numbered accordingly. Engineer's building calculations and all the materials you have specified are then available in a pack. If you have any queries or require more information, or a copy of our latest brochure and price list, please contact us.

Crown Oak Buildings
Gabriels Farm
Marsh Green
Edenbridge
Kent
TN8 5PP

Tel/Fax: 01732 866910
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