Planning Permission for Garages | Tips to Save a Small Fortune
Planning permission can be a complex regulation which is why it’s essential you understand what you can and cannot build or install.
What is a Flitch Beam and What are Their Benefits?
A flitch beam (otherwise known as a “flitched beam”) is a compound beam made up of a steel plate (commonly referred to as a “flitch plate”) and two timber beams.
7 Must-Dos Before Starting a Garage Conversion | Advice from EHB
Undertaking a garage conversion can be an enjoyable and very cost-effective solution for creating more room for your cars or building a new office, study or storage area. Before starting your garage conversion, it’s important to understand what you can and can’t do with the structure you’re working with. You will need to assess the current foundations and structure of the garage (or house you’re building onto) to ensure your proposed plans can be applied.
How Much Will it Cost to Build a Garage in the UK?
When planning a new garage for your home, one of the factors that will often take precedence is how much it will cost. Ensuring that you are keeping to your budget is often a source of worry, and the cost involved in building a garage
Our Designs for Your Outdoor Kitchen Roof
When putting together your ideal outdoor kitchen, you may not always stop to consider the covering it will need to protect each part against the elements.
A Fully Comprehensive & Professional Guide to Oak Timber
When deciding on a construction material to complete a planned building project, it’s important to know more about what you can expect from each and what will make them the ideal material to use in your case. This is why we have prepared a specialist guide on oak timber, so you can learn about this material type before you order a product and start work.
The Foundations of Understanding Conservatories
After much research and study, paired with our expertise and knowledge of everything to do with Home Improvement, we have put together a guide on everything you need to know about conservatories.
We won! English Heritage Buildings has been awarded the South East’s Best Rural Manufacturing Business
We were announced the winner of this year’s award at a glittering ceremony held on 23 October.
A 32 Tip Home Extension Guide
Everyone’s dream is to buy a house and a few years later make their home bigger and better, right? But, as is the case with trying to achieve any one of your dreams, it’s a lengthy, costly and time consuming process.
Our lean manufacturing journey
Here Darren Hook, Managing Director at English Heritage Buildings, offers an insight into the company’s recent efforts to operate a more efficient manufacturing process and explains how the rewards of the lean journey are already being reaped by customers.
The Definitive List of British Oak Trees & Their History
English Heritage Buildings takes a look at the most popular British oaks and their history.
The environmental benefits of building with Green Oak
There are many benefits to choosing a Green Oak timber-frame building for your latest project. Amongst those is the knowledge that you’re selecting a material that offers a multitude of ecological credentials. English Heritage Buildings explains more.
Devising deadlines and designs for your oak-frame project
Darren Hook, Director of English Heritage Buildings, discusses why planning is essential to ensuring a successful build.
Green Oak – a bespoke alternative to traditional eco homes?
Darren Hook of English Heritage Buildings discusses why green oak is good for the environment, reduces energy costs and is a great investment.
Another award win for English Heritage Buildings
English Woodlands Burrow Nursery building has won a coveted award in the Sussex Heritage Trust Awards.
Top 5 Planning Permission Tips for an Oak Frame Building
Check our top five tips to help you successfully achieve planning permission for an oak frame building.
Planning Permission for an Oak Frame Garage
An oak frame garage provides a solid, life-long structure to protect your vehicles, with the added…
BUILD Award Win – Best Timber Construction Company UK
English Heritage Building is proud to announce it has been awarded a coveted BUILD Award 2017, naming…