Natural Frameworks Ltd

19/12/2023

We lost a very fine framer this year. Just two weeks ago in fact.
As I waited for the rain to stop long enough to glue up the last pair of barge boards so I could finish for the year, I remembered that this frame contains what I am fairly confident is the most flawless piece of oak I will ever encounter. The only blemish along its four metre length is one tiny knot the size of a pinhead.
It’s perfectly square, perfectly straight, planed all round and, happily, is the full height central post of this glazed gable cross frame. I think anyone would struggle find a nicer piece of wood.

You’ll have seen on previous posts the mark I like to leave on my frames, a little symbol that means something to me and marks them as mine. But on the cleanest, neatest, nicest piece of timber I have ever seen, it feels fitting that my mark should be dedicated to the carpenter who fits the same description. As true a glimpse of perfection as I could ever hope to get. Rest in Peace Tom. It was a pleasure and a privilege to have worked with you.

26/10/2023

11/09/2023

An extension frame we raised a few weeks ago. We just returned to fit the glazing. As ever hard to capture it with the scaffold in the way!

04/05/2023

Popped back to this site today. Lovely to see the job very near completion.

01/07/2022

I returned to site this week to glaze the lantern! Using Aluminium profiles from .

20/06/2022

Another sunny day. Another Frame to put up. A slow start with crane arriving later than planned. When everything’s been carefully cut and fitted in the workshop a frame can be remarkably quick to go up. Scroll through to see where we were at 10:30 and then where we’d got to by half four. Not bad for a short day!

17/06/2022

A busy couple of weeks raising this garden room extension. As well as the Douglas fir frame we’ve also done the roof deck, direct glazing, fascia boards, sliding doors and SIP panel wall. All that’s left to do is glazing the lantern which is Exciting and a little bit scary!

05/06/2022

Sometimes only a handsaw will do..

03/05/2022

In collaboration with the beautiful Douglas fir is on its way to becoming a beautiful glazed extension!

26/04/2022

A beautiful morning and a beautiful lorry load of UK grown Douglas Fir, dried, planed and ready to go! Courtesy of

23/04/2022

Another little job that’s gone up recently. Nick, the client, was keen to put this one up himself and a very nice job he’s done too by the looks of things. The photos don’t quite tell the full story but this was probably the most complicated roof I’ve ever cut. An irregular pentagon in plan, with each hip and jack rafter birdsmouthed over top plates and posts in different positions. The calculator was getting too hot to touch by the end!

16/04/2022

Some days are all about having a tea party in the woods!
Flying solo today as enjoys a very well earned night away.
Carpentry projects come and go but this is the most challenging, most exhausting yet most rewarding job of all.