What is Green Oak?
Green oak frames are made from unseasoned ('green') oak, held together using traditional
pegged mortice, tenon, dovetail and other joints, and will typically form the major
structural component of a building, roof or extension. It can have a moisture content
of between 60-80%, which reduces as it ages and matures as an erected structure, and
may have been sitting up to two years since felling before milling.
As a modular material, it is almost unique in its ability to sit visually and
structurally within both traditional and contemporary settings.
The range of materials and settings that it can be made to
complement is limited only by the imagination - its lifespan not just
measurable in decades but centuries.
A skillfully crafted oak frame is an extremely strong structure and can span wide
spaces with impressive timbers and graceful curves, whilst still permitting the open
aspect of wide windows and doorways to the sides. The strength of such a traditionally
jointed oak post and beam frame means this can be achieved without the need for the
restrictive studs or panels normally associated with modern timber framed and SIPs
construction methods.