The Cob Block Company

Info:  So you'd like to build a new garage, an annexe, a stable block, maybe a home office or barn. Or perhaps you're carrying out repairs to a traditional cob building. You understand the need to employ traditional, skilled craftsmanship and use beautiful, natural materials. You are concerned about quality; new building must add value and compliment existing structures. Repairs must be attractive, permanant and problem-free. Environmental issues may also be important to the choices you make.

The Green House Project

Info:  Is an environmental building consultancy, design and construction network based in Bristol. We would like to help you improve your build environment for the better. We will help you understand your building, documenting our opinion as transparent and transferable advice; produce detailed specifications, schedules and budget estimates for your proposed works ready to put to tender.

The Green Oak Carpentry Company

Info:  Oak timber frames offer tremendous potential for creating spaces of great beauty. Our aim is to bring a fastidious and imaginative approach to the design challenges presented to us by your project. This combined with a real enthusiasm, in depth knowledge and a high level of craftsmanship have ensured that The Green Oak Carpentry Company is pre-eminent in its field.

The Oak Frame Building Company

Info:  Specialist design and construction of traditional and contemporary green oak frames for houses, extensions, conservatories, studios, garages, barns, stables, bridges, roofs etc.

Oak contains tannic acid (a natural preservative), hence its longevity and why there are 800 year old buildings still in use. There is no reason why a timber building will not last forever, if maintained. Most people sandblast the inside, which then stays a pale honey colour, while the outside weathers to a silver grey, unless oiled, which tends to yellow it. Green oak is comparatively cheap -- around a quarter the cost of seasoned. We buy from managed plantations and as such is an infinitely renewable resource, with no evident shortage created by current demand.

The Timber Frame Company

Info:  Specialises in the design, construction and erection of traditional and modern Green Oak, Douglas Fir and Larch heavy structural timber frame buildings and structures. Based in Somerset in the South West of England, we work directly with our clients and architects, structural engineers, main contractors and affiliated experts. We value working as part of a design -- build team adding our specialist skills and knowledge to the project.

Western Wood Products

Info:  Is the sole supplier and installer of Aru Grupp quality timber products in the UK. Our extensive joinery product range includes finest quality timber and composite windows and doors, staircases, log cabins, beam and post structures and eco homes.

Wood Constructions

Info:  Are an approachable and professional specialist timber building manufacturing and installation company located in Hampshire. We can design, manufacture and install any style of timber building you may require to fit any specific size and style. We offer timber buildings made from a range of ethical materials from sustainable wood and bamboo flooring, to sedum roofing.

Your accommodation unit, garden office or summer house will be made from wood originating from sustainable forests. Our green policy is geared towards sustainability and long-term ecologically friendly solutions. We are proud to have completed projects which use bamboo flooring as a replacement for rainforest hardwoods, and incorporated sedum roofing as a replacement for traditional felt or tiles. Using these methods is not a compromise on quality or insulation.

World Tents

Info:  The UK's primary source of natural man-made tents and accessories including yurts, tipis, marquees, geodesic domes, historical tents, scout tents and more.

Everything we make or sell is either natural or made from recycled materials. Some of the wood we use comes from as close as 200 metres away. All of it comes from sustainable woodland. Whilst we do offer a polyester mixed weave canvas, we prefer to sell and recommend the use of the natural 100% cotton canvas. As well as our own products, we sell the products of FAM, a Czech company whose ethics and commitment to quality match our own.

Yorkon

Info:  Produces some of the most advanced modular building systems available. They are designed and manufactured under controlled conditions using the latest technology in state-of-the-art production facilities. The steel-framed buildings are fitted out in the factory before being delivered to site by road, where they are craned onto pre-prepared foundations in a matter of hours.

Up to 67 per cent less energy is required to produce a modular building compared to an equivalent traditionally built project (source: Arup Research and Development). The insulation materials used in the walls, roof and floor of Yorkon buildings have an ODP (Ozone Depleting Potential) of zero – minimising their impact on the environment.

Reduced noise and pollution: there are up to 90 per cent fewer vehicle movements (source: Mtech), which mean less environmental pollution because of reduced vehicle mileage. Noise and dust levels on site are also minimised.

Less waste: material useage in the factory is minimised by the careful design and procurement of materials, reducing the amount of waste generated both on and off site. More than 60 per cent of waste is recycled in the production centre, and the cost of waste sent to landfill has been reduced by more than 50 per cent over the last three years.