People who know #Ransfords will know that we have a policy of zero waste. Day in, day out, every part of every log that comes into our mill is used. Sawdust and woodchips which are generated as the timber is processed have several uses – as does the tree bark. So, when logs like the…
Category: cladding
Timber from even closer to home
We’re getting raw material from even closer to home this week, undertaking some thinning of Douglas Fir in one of our own holdings very close to the mill. Alex Evans used #Ransfords own low loader to move the harvester to the required position. …
More windblown timber coming to the mill
Here are some more pictures of that windblown timber being loaded in the forest before being brought to the mill for processing.. The location is practcally on our doorstep so it’s especially pleasing to know that, as with forestry generally, lo…
When the wind blows…
The recent Storm Darragh caused a whole load of damage in its track both to people and property. One frequent ‘casualty’ in such storms are our forests and woodlands. This image shows windblown Douglas Fir being tidied up in a forest just over a mile from our mill. It will soon be transformed into useful…
Early morning at the mill
It’s a cracking morning here in #Bishop’s Castle and what better sight than a new load of logs coming into #Ransfords? From the forest to the wagon and into the mill to be turned into a host of useful timber products. We take great pains to ensure that not a scrap of any delivery is…
A 100 year old timber framed cottage now re-clad in Great British Timber from Ransfords.
When the owners of this cottage in deeply rural Wiltshire discovered the place in 1993 it was love at first sight. “Wood houses are a sensible choice especially in regard to maintenance and economy. People fail to realise how naturally warm they are and, to be honest, all of the brick built houses we had… Read more »