Category: Timber

As we hear that there may be a shortage of garden furniture this summer having a hobby building wooden garden furniture may be a good plan. The beauty of designing and building your own pieces is that they will be unique and can be constructed to suit your needs. Probably the most common piece that people new to this hobby will build will be a wooden bench. The simplest design to start with is probably a back less version of…

For many families with children the garden is used frequently as a playground as we try to encourage our offspring to play outside but also want to know where they are and that they are safe. Our gardens are becoming full of trampolines and other play equipment such as slides and swings, but an increasingly common sight is a playhouse of some sort. This may be just a moulded plastic one or a more expensive version constructed from wood. If…

Many of us are finding ourselves in a situation where we are being asked to work from home as much as possible. Working from home can be hard. You may find that you are distracted with the things going on in the home and find that you often struggle to concentrate on the task in hand. Ideally you want to have a place where you can tuck yourself away and work without interruptions, but this can be tricky if you…

Commercial buildings will have different types of doors – roller doors, electric doors, manual doors, warehouse doors entrance doors etc. One of the most frequently found types of door in commercial environments are steel personnel doors. This is used primarily to allow regular access and will usually be a steel, side hinged door. You might find a personnel door in a range of environments, including: Shops Showrooms Hospitals and healthcare facilities Warehouses Factories and production plants Building sites Offices Storage…

Fences can be used in many capacities in public areas, schools, colleges and commercial settings. They are often used as boundary fences, as a security measure or as a way of marking out boundaries. They might also be used for sports grounds and courts, such as basketball courts or tennis courts. Various types of fences exist, some of which are made of timber and others which are made of metal. For boundary fences and fences for sports areas, metal fences…