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"Our buildings are constructed with wood from sustainable, properly managed wood sources"

Traditional Oak Framed Buildings

Oak grows slowly and has a very light grain which makes its wood extremely strong and ideal for the construction of traditional oak framed buildings, furniture and flooring.

Acorn use Green Oak which originates from controlled, sustainable forests where two trees are planted for every one cut down. The materials used and the building process is all environmentally friendly. Using wood in this way also locks away the carbon absorbed by the tree as it grew, making wood as a building material carbon negative.

The word 'Oak' refers to several hundred different, yet related, species of tree spread across the Northern Hemisphere.

Oak is a hardwood and grows slowly. This gives it a very tight grain, making the wood very strong and perfect for countless applications from construction of furniture, flooring to traditional oak framed buildings. Oak was the material of choice for ships until the advent of modern metallurgy allowed steel hulls to be built.

As it seasons, oak contracts. This is down to the moisture evaporating. This is one of the reasons Acorn Buildings use traditional carpentry methods. These time honoured, highly effective methods work so well because the joints will harden and strengthen as the wood dries and matures. This makes the joints incredibly tough.

As it has such attractive grain, oak has been used for interior panelling for centuries as well as being used for the structural frame of buildings. Oak is still highly desirable due to it's appearance today and can be found being used in veneers for furniture and flooring.

Oak has been the material of choice for wine barrels for centuries as the wood itself contributes to the taste and bouquet of the wine. Vineyards across the world use woods from all over Europe and America to create different tastes. Oak is also used in the production of smoked foods.