Greenman Carpentry

White gallery at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:58:42 +0000

Here we have the first few pictures of our current project.

More to follow plus more detail.

Energy efficient home, Westbury, Wiltshire.

stephen — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:20:37 +0000

Clients Hazel and Ian wanted a simple energy efficient timber framed home. After discussing a couple of framing options they decided on the Scandiahus frame. They happen to be manufactured in the next village from me in West Sussex, very handy indeed. The house itself is a dormer bungalow clad with block and render. It has underfloor heating throughout the groundfloor and traditional radiators upstairs. All this heated by an air source heat pump and electicity suplemented by six photo voltaic panels. The build went very well with no major problems other than the fact that I had to send my team on another job so was left to finish by myself(and a little help from Ian). By the time I left the roof was tiled and the block work completed, not bad for five weeks work.

Stable conversion, The Old Post Office, Singleton

admin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:08:06 +0000

This is the conversion of a 17th century timber framed, flint walled cart shed/stable into a self contained double room with en suite bathroom. We have tried to retain as much of the charm and character of the building whilst conforming to current building regs regarding insulation and heat loss. We have fitted conservation grade roof lights from the Metal Rooflight co.

Sunnyside eco house, Gower, Wales

admin — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:17:19 +0000

Get in!

Our last house build project in Gower, South Wales is a high spec eco house designed to be ultra energy efficient. The main frame is constructed using ‘I beams’ from a British company called Touchwood Homes. This new technology from Germany allows the walls of the building to be up to 300mm thick with very little cold bridging. The voids between studs are then filled with Warmcell insulation(recycled newspaper.) The envelpope around the building is air tight but breathable and should get an airtight rating of 0.5-1.5m3/m2.hr @50Pa (UK building regs rating is 10m3/m2.hr @50Pa, Passivhaus rating is 1).

Heating will be supplied by a ground source heat pump to underfloor pipes and supplemented by a small woodburning stove in the main living area. All joinery will be high performance timber frame and triple glazed.

The client also required a certain amount of greenoak throughout the building to give a more natural feel. The kitchen/dining area is a traditional oakframe handmade and supplied by us.

The final deatailing will be feather edge wood cladding and a slate roof covering. The frame was completed in early March. The client expects to be in by Chistmas 09

What you see in this picture is the result of five weeks work. Total frame erection time is six weeks. Using pre-fabricated frames allow a shorter ‘on site’ build time. Other frames can be erected in even shorter periods depending on the frame system(see news).

This house is still under construction although our part in the process is over. More up to date photos to follow.

Group hug

Frame

down a bit!

Oak and I beam both being used as part of the main load bearing frame

We work in all weather conditions

Internal stud walls forming master bedroom and en-suite

Ready for pegging up

Vehicle and Implements Gallery, Weald and Downland open air Museum

admin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:45:13 +0000

A new gallery was commissioned by the museum to house their ever expanding horse drawn farm equipment collection. The project was funded by the Wolfsburg fund for museum development and the project was completed in Dec 2007. The design is a simple low impact pole barn made using reclaimed telegraph poles and covered in sedum, a drought resistant suculent, to help it blend in with the enviroment.

Ockley hay Barn circa 1805

admin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:42:15 +0000

The hay barn from Ockley, Surrey is the most recent historic building to be erected at the museum. The main repairs to the timbers were carried out by the museum’s veteran carpenter. I was asked to assist the collections department with framing up the replacement timbers and erection of the frame. This took place early 2008. The barn will eventually house the museum’s newly restored Marshall Threashing drum and living wagon.

At preasant, the building awaits its new roof covering due to be put on this Autumn by the collections dept with help from volunteers.

Manor Barn

admin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:36:42 +0000

After a bad 90’s barn conversion the south facing atrium on this traditional sussex barn had rotted to the point of falling out. We were asked to install a replacement made from green oak. It was finished with direct glazing with oak cover strips. We were also commissioned to make a new exterior door from solid kiln dried oak.

Coldwaltham cattle shed 17th century

admin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:06:05 +0000

Coldwaltham cattle shed is one of the first exhibits put up on the museum site. It was felt that its original position was out of context and under used so the decision was made to move it to the new expanding wood yard. The relocation of the building was initially carried out as part of a course for professionals in the trade. We undertook the foundations, completed the wall framing, repaired and assembled the roof members then clad it in feather edge boarding.