Our timber construction system, end to end

Every wall log, roof member and piece of joinery is machined in the factory to fixed dimensions, from a drawing, under cover. Nothing structural is cut to fit in your garden. What arrives is a kit of parts that go together in a defined sequence.

This matters for more than tidiness. Factory machining gives tolerances that hand-cutting on a wet site cannot match, and tight tolerances are what produce a weather-resistant building in a wind-driven-rain climate. It also means waste is generated and dealt with at the factory rather than in a skip outside your house.

The delivery includes the concrete foundation blocks, the wall logs, the roof structure and covering, the joinery, the standard floor and roof insulation and the fixings. The crew comes with it.

Assembly follows the same sequence every time, which is why the on-site phase is measured in days: set and level the foundation blocks, lay the floor structure and insulation, raise the log walls course by course, frame and cover the roof, fit the joinery, then complete the insulation and internal work.

Both versions are the identical building. The difference is how far we take it before handing over, and it is worth choosing deliberately rather than by price alone.

The shell version gives you the completed, weathertight structure with joinery and the standard insulation, assembled on its foundation blocks. It suits anyone with their own trades or the time to finish the inside themselves, and it is the lower entry cost. The turnkey version adds hot, cold and drainage pre-installation for the bathroom and a shower, toilet and sink kit fitted, so the wet areas are done.

The specification choices across the system point in the same direction: corner-notched solid log walls for racking strength against wind, generous roof overhangs and steel roof covering for wind-driven rain, a three-layer roof build-up for moisture as well as heat, and timber joinery that moves at the same rate as the walls around it.

What the system cannot do is compensate for a site that was never prepared properly. A level, free-draining base with space for water to get away from the building is the foundation of everything else, which is why we would rather survey the site before confirming a quote than after.