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: larch 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…
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…
Clean lines and a traditional feel for a new home in Shrewsbury
One of the great things about timber is its sheer versatility. It is used in housebuilding in many often unseen ways but because it’s such a natural material more and more architects are using timber cladding as a way of making new homes look both traditional and modern at exactly the same time. This new…
A new garden room with Great British Timber cladding which looks right at home in its setting
Architects are becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of timber in design and construction – and this picture shows why. This new garden room is in a deeply rural area but the style of the building and the choice of materials gives an immediate impression of respecting the landscape in which it sits. Within a… Read more »