Category: acoustic fencing panels

Local heroes

We’re back at work today and what better way to start the year than with the delivery of a load of logs from Bury Ditches which is within sight of the Mill. The logs are from a Forestry Commission holding near the ancient fort. They were harvested by SJF Forestry of Minsterley near here and… Read more »

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Improvement in capacity for cundy stake treatment

It’s great to see our new cundy stake trolley in action. This piece of kit was manufactured in-house by our own team and  has massively increased our treatment load capacity. This in turn has allowed us to greatly improve our customer lead times…

Traffic noise has a profound negative impact on the health of millions says report from House of Lords Science and Technology Committee.

Environmental noise and light pollution contribute to a range of adverse health outcomes including heart disease and premature death. Yet light and noise remain neglected pollutants, poorly understood and poorly regulated says a report by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee which counts some of the nation’s leading scientists among its members. They… Read more »

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Trailer loads ready to roll

Nothing gives us greater pleasure than fine weather for landscaping and construction and lots of trailer-loads of timber products ready to leave our yard. In the background are full loads of treated and untreated boards and rails. In the foreground, one of many future loads of acoustic fencing panels which are destined to go round… Read more »

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Read all about it!

We’re in Fencing and Landscaping News this month talking about the significant investments we’ve made in the business recently. It’s quite a story which you can read on the magazine’s blog here.
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The snapper snapped!

We’ve all enjoyed the stunning images shared with us by AW Jenkinson driver Ray Powell. We managed to turn the tables on him at the mill so here is in the one of our sheds loading up some of our Welsh Larch cladding for a delivery to Scotland. We had to work quickly mind you:… Read more »

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Chris Offa becomes a Ransfords director

We are delighted to announce the promotion of Chris Offa from Sales Manager to Sales Director and his appointment as a director of the company. Chris joined Ransfords in February 2013 and has been instrumental in transforming the company’s sales efforts over that period. “Our business has enjoyed a sustained period of growth in the… Read more »

Winter’s on its way

As you can see, we have some fine-looking wagons in the yard this morning – and you can tell winter is coming as both are taking firewood along with sawn products to our customers. The wagons are under cover in the shed which holds the kiln where the logs are dried. The shorter the days,… Read more »

Safety first for visitors to the mill

We’re always pleased to welcome visitors to the Mill by arrangement: there’s much to see and we believe that once people have been here they’ll have a much better understanding of our operation. That being said, this is a working sawmill and the safety of visitors as they move around the yard is paramount. To… Read more »

Nothing beats the sheer versatility of timber

At top left are acoustic fencing panels headed for south Wales. They’ll reduce the impact of noise created by traffic and commercial activity and are effective precisely because they are made of timber. Because its surface appears to be so hard we tend to think of timber as a completely solid material. In fact, the… Read more »

A woven fence to confuse the bats at Mellington Hall

At Mellington Hall, the hotel and caravan park owned by the family that own Ransfords, there is a sizeable and very healthy population of bats. It’s not surprising: Mellington Hall stands in over 200 acres of park and farmland a mile from the nearest road so is a perfect environment for insect seeking bats. In… Read more »

When the wind blows

This video sent to us by our partners Euroforest shows one of our woodlands in Devon which was badly hit with severe windblown damage – over half of it was flattened during Storm Arwin in November last year.  Some products from this site have been marketed locally and the log material has come to our… Read more »

The virtuous circle of commercial forestry

These pictures are taken at one of our forestry holdings in the south west of England – an area whose warm and damp climate produces some of the best home-grown timber. The top picture shows logs being collected at the roadside to be transported to the mill here in Bishop’s Castle. The bottom one shows… Read more »

TWELVE STEPS TO SUSTAINABILITY #10

Dust extracted, bark-free British wood fibre is another of our co-products. The surface knits together to absorb shock and build stamina. It’s an ideal material for top trainers looking to dress gallop, canter, trotting, arena and turnout areas.

Without sharp saws we couldn’t cut timber.

We’ve just installed these two computer-controlled saw sharpening machines in our new engineering centre. Without machines like these it would simply not be possible to turn huge round logs into useful and mostly rectangular pieces of timber. In fact, each of the blades used in the mill will work only one shift before being removed… Read more »