Month: February 2020

Our frame is now complete on this exciting project in Shaldon, Devon. Tucked away from the road through the village, the views from this new home overlooking the Teign estuary are stunning.

Our frame is designed to broadly meet Passivhaus standards, hence the panelvent sheathing to the external face. The timber frame to the main 2 storey element is built around a pre-installed steel structure, creating an impressive cantilevered first floor.

We look froward to seeing the finished home but for a sneak preview click here to see the project details on Morton Scarr’s website.

After completing his Dietetics study in Hungary Niall has been working in our factory for the last 6 weeks, helping to ensure our frames have been delivered to program.

He is now off to study sport psychology in Adelaide, Australia for 6 months to complete his International study year, before returning to Keele university to finish his bachelors degree in Physiotherapy.

Once again, we wish him the best for the future, and just want to say that there is always a place next to the saw for him if he needs it!!

While attending a meeting in Bristol last week we took the opportunity to visit one of previous projects. The student accommodation called William & Matthew House on Colston Street really does look impressive.

This was a challenging project in many ways – working around an existing historic building maintaining the front facade, with cranage and deliveries also requiring a lot of extra consideration.

I would love to see the view from the top but obviously access is now a bit of an issue!! We formed a flat roof to an unequal triangular building falling in 3 different directions. It’s the tricky ones that test us but in the end make it all worthwhile.

We are proud to be moving into our 20th year of business and couldn’t be more positive with what the future holds.

2019 was a busy year for us, with projects stretching across the South West from Gwithian in Cornwall to Horsham in West Sussex. Constructing a wide variety of timber frame structures from small extensions to large housing developments, Schools and Care homes.

Being based in Devon we are blessed with the opportunity to build some fantastic homes in what is a beautiful landscape. This year we are proud to of been involved in numerous local extensions, the change they make to an existing home makes you realise what a difference our humble timber frames can make.

Although we look forward to another 20 years in this ever-changing industry, we have also taken the opportunity to look back to where it all started. Below are some extracts from the Express & Echo in 1990, back then we were Oakmoor System with Terry Kingdon at the helm. Allwood grew out of this business in 1999.

Terry is still now a fountain of knowledge for us all but has weathered a little since these photos were taken!!