About Us

Who We Are

Welcome to Oakenclough Buildings Limited. The home of the purpose built garden building. It is our aim to provide you with the building that is right for your garden and your lifestyle.

We do not have a range of models to select from, as all our buildings are made to order, so it is you the customer that decides the size, the layout, position of windows, and all other aspects of the building.

The choice is many and varied, and all the staff are available to consult with you and discuss your requirements.

This page is aimed to help you understand how we work, and to answer many of the questions that people ask, so that you are best equipped to choose the building that is right for your garden and your budget.

Where Does the Timber Come From?

All the Timber we use at Oakenclough is harvested from well managed and sustainable European Forests - typically that would mean that mean either Sweden, Finland or Russia.

The timber is slow grown, and each piece of timber harvested will take around 70 years to grow. This gives the wood that we use a greater density and durability than fast grown timber.

What is more important to us is the strict controls placed over the harvesting of the timber. For instance certain trees are left in situe as well as the top part of the trees, to allow the forest to regenerate naturally.

This would also include leaving tree stumps to allow rare birds and wildlife to flourish even after the trees are felled.

Machining the Timber

The timber is collected from the forests, and delivered to the local mill, ready for machining.

At the mill, the logs are sorted into sizes, using sophisticated computer techniques, so when they are machined the most efficient cuts can be made out of each log.

After machining, all the timbers are graded, kiln dried and packed ready for export to the UK.