Surrey Homes | SH31 | May 2017 |Restoration & New Build supplement inside

WT Restoration & New Build Supplement
“We simply couldn’t have wished
for more; all aspects have far
exceeded our expectations;
craftsmanship, the like of which
I didn’t think still truly existed.”
Private client, Kent
Renovation
Project:
The Oak
Frame
Paul Cresswell,
Sackville Oak Frames
The brief: “Sackville Oak Frames were commissioned to design and build an oak
framed roof structure to replace an existing dilapidated roof. The existing stone
oast roundel and barn had previously been re-roofed at some point in the past with
a single straight run roof which needed to be replicated for planning purposes.
Our client wanted to enhance the character of the property, whilst celebrating
the history of the once working oast. Due to the fragile existing stone walls, the
oak frame needed to distribute the roof loading evenly without having any point
loads or transverse loads acting upon the walls. With limited head height and
two different levels on the first floor, a tie beam truss would not give the required
height needed. The roof shape and pitch had to match the old derelict roof.”
The finished oak frame: “The roof frame is a green oak principal rafter frame,
with softwood common rafters over and a warm roof construction. Due to the
height restrictions on the first floor, an arch brace truss was used. The roof frame
cantilevers out over the oast roundel and forms a full glazed gable to match the
existing roof. The glazed gable over the roundel was glazed with 24mm toughened,
LowE units. The glass was fitted onto the frame using our proven direct glazing
system that we have developed over many years; in essence, the system relies
on cleverly profiled sole plates and quarter sawn air-dried oak cover strips.”
Frame cost: £25,000 (as of 2016). 01580 212106 sackvilleoakframes.co.uk
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