An oak frame extension not only gives your home extra space, it also brings charming character to your property. Here’s 8 reasons to build using oak.

1. Add character to your home with an oak frame extension 

Concerned your house is too period or too modern for an oak frame extension? There are no rules with oak. Our design team can blend an oak frame extension with an existing property using similar materials to enhance its look and feel. Or produce a design in complete contrast to be admired in its own right.

2. Sustainability

What can be anymore eco-friendly than building an extension in carbon-neutral oak? Our oak comes from managed forests and energy efficiency is key in all designs. High levels of insulation are used with particular attention paid to windows (that can be triple-glazed) with a specialist draught-proof glazing system.

3. Make your barn conversion bigger

Fancy more space in your barn home but don’t want a modern add-on? An extension design with vaulted ceilings and exposed timbers can assume the appearance of your existing home, or allude to being an adjoining converted farm building.

4. Create a WOW kitchen-diner with an oak frame extension 

Kitchen-diners are one of the most popular reasons for extending. Why not let an oak frame add a whole new dimension to your home? Think vaulted ceilings and exposed rafters with floor-to-ceiling picture windows facing the garden. The possibilities are endless…

5. An oak frame extension with open spans with no steels in sight

Not keen on bulky steel beams running across the ceiling? Oak is inherently strong as over time the wood dries out and natural shrinkage tightens the frame. Our expert team work with this detail in their structural calculations to produce a frame that can support large open-plan spaces.

6. Curved design

Looking for something a bit different? Because we handcraft our oak frames, it’s possible to design curved walls with no compromise to the structural integrity.

7. Get the oak frame extension design you want through planning

Are you converting or replacing an agricultural building with a new house? Planning can sometimes restrict the size to the existing footprint but you may be able to extend under permitted development rights. In this instance, an oak frame design could work in your favour and we can help you achieve this with our in-house planning service.

8. Introduce light

Desperate for more light? Extending is a great opportunity to do this and building in oak is no different – in fact, light and glazing go hand-in-hand with a successful oak frame extension design. Walls of glasswork in harmony with the oak frame, achieved with large structurally-sound window frame sections and all the necessary weatherproofing, sealants, membranes and kiln-dried oak beading.