When constructing timber and oak framed buildings, English Heritage Buildings adheres to a strict multi-point system that ensures a precise manufacture, a high-quality finish, and a clean and consistent result every time. As part of this, we also ensure that our team continues to follow a series of normative documents that allow this to happen. 

These are the rules, regulations, and standards by which our products are kept too and all oak-framed buildings should be manufactured too:

  • BS EN 1995-1 Eurocode 5 – Design of timber structures.
  • BS 5268 – 2 Code of Practice for permissible stress design, materials and workmanship.
  • BS EN ISO17025 General Requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories.
  • BS EN 1990 Eurocode 0 – Basis of structural design.
  • BS EN 45011 General requirements for bodies operating product certification systems.
  • BS EN 45012 General requirements for bodies operating assessment and certification/registration of quality systems.
  • ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems. Requirements.
  • ETAG 007 European Technical Approval Guideline 007 ‘Timber Frame Building Kits.
  • BS EN 13986 Wood-based panels for use in construction–Characteristics, evaluation of conformity and marking.
  • ISO Guide 65 General requirements for bodies operating product certification systems.
  • ISO Guide 62 General requirements for bodies operating assessment and certification/registration of quality systems.
  • BS 5756 Visual strength grading of hardwood. Specification.
  • BS EN 6399-1 Loading for Buildings. Code of practice for dead and imposed loads.
  • BS EN 6399-2 Loading for Buildings. Code of practice for wind loads.
  • BS EN 6399-3 Loading for Buildings. Code of practice for imposed roof loads.
  • BS EN 120 Wood-based panels. Determination of formaldehyde content.
  • Extraction method called the perforator method.
  • BS EN ISO140-7 Acoustics. Measurement of sound insulation in buildings and of
  • building elements. Part 7 Field measurements of impact sound insulation of floors.
  • BS EN ISO 6946 Building components and building elements. Thermal resistance and
  • thermal transmittance. Calculation method.
  • BS EN 14081-1 Timber structures — Strength graded structural timber with rectangular cross section — Part 1: General requirements.
  • BS EN 338 Structural timber — Strength classes.
  • PD 6693-1 UK Non-Contradictory Complementary Information to Eurocode 5:
  • Design of timber structures Part 1: General – Common rules and rules for buildings.
  • BS EN 1912 Structural timber — Strength classes — Assignment of visual grades and species.

English Heritage Buildings follows a strict multi-point system to ensure the precise manufacture, high-quality finish, and consistent results of their timber and oak framed buildings. To ensure their products meet customer expectations, the company adheres to a series of normative documents, including codes of practice, regulations, and standards. These documents include BS EN 1995-1 Eurocode 5, BS EN ISO17025, ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems, BS EN 13986, and others that provide guidelines for product certification, quality systems, loading for buildings, and acoustic and thermal insulation measurements. By following these normative documents, English Heritage Buildings maintains the quality of their products and services.