I find most projects typically want something different to the last so there is always a modification, additional process, different oil or colour. The thing is with Yakisugi (the board,…

Shou Sugi Ban have manufactured a white finished burnt timber product for the fit out of the…

When deciding on a natural wooden floor, Character solid hardwood flooring is simply beautiful, long lasting and unmatched by any other flooring material. Chosen by the discerning and those who want the very best that nature has to offer. The range of our products is available in Oak, Elondo, Walnut, Cumaru,…

We have been commissioned to design a new method of manufacturing a different style of cladding. Tactile, old looking and with green credentials.

Using raw Kebony PEFC we have…

Exterior Solutions Ltd have available from UK stock huge sections of Ipe hardwood for creating pergolas and large scale timber structures. Perfect for landscapers creating raised decking platforms when the posts are required to match the decking.

Our stock has a mixture of…

The best choice for hardwood flooring

So what is the best choice for hardwood interior flooring? I guess it has to be based on the colour and grain to start with and then onto the width and length. The most common timber for interior hardwood flooring has to be Oak, don’t let this be a show stopper as there are many others, Ash and Elm for…

I hate decking…Are you really bothered, it’s only decking!

The look and feel of you decking from the clients concept and understanding needs to be at the forefront of the design.

Whilst there are many ways to mechanically fix your deck board to the timber frame or substructure; I would be concerned with the best fixing, budget and expected longevity rather…

So we find ourselves in this blog taking a slice from the ordinary and creating something quite unique. Imagine if you will; a material so simple that has been used for decking for years, a modified timber product that has undergone a process almost unbelievable.

Kebonization, the process from which there…

More than just timber in your garden…

Your fence, cladding, decking, pergola is a living breathing part of your design. Come away from simply using the standards off the shelf. There are far more timbers to choose from and so many techniques to use. Change the colour, scrape, bleach or sandblast are just some of the techniques you could consider to make your…

Timber decking, a specification from another world…

“Now, I want a decking board that is durable and very hard, perhaps Ipe. I would like it very light in colour, in fact the colour must homogenous across all boards. It should be 25 mm thick; the width needs to be 225 mm as it will then match the interior flooring. I require the terrace to be completed in 5.1m…

I watch the Flower show at Chelsea perhaps all for the wrong reasons, I look for the timber and how it’s designed into the structure of the garden. The quality, the cut, the fixing and the many techniques as to how it is used…

Joe swift ambled through Trailfinders Australian Garden designed by Philip Johnson - what a garden. Chelsea…