How To Use The 3D Office Designer

Office Setup

Stop Office Rotation

If this option is ticked the 3D designer will stop spinning so you can get a better look at certain parts of the structure.

Custom

This control allows you to change the size of the office from outside of post to outside of post. The minimum size is 2.5m x 3.5m and the maximum is 4m x 8m.

Thickness

The thickness allows you to decide ont he section size of the posts and headplates.

Doors

Position

You can choose to position the door on the left hand side, right hand side or in the middle of the front side.

Size

We offer two sizes of door, single and double. The single is 0.9m in size and the double is 1.8m.

Glazing Methods (Glazing Not Supplied)

Glazing

We offer two Glazing methods which are designed to allow you to install your own window glass easily. You will have to source the glass as that is something we don't supply.

Boarding | Battens | Roofing

Boarding

If you don’t want to look up and see battens and the underside of your shingles you can choose to see Larch, Cedar or Oak boarding instead.

Battens

You can choose between softwood and Oak fixing battens. The Oak battens are only normally used if they are seen.

Roofing

We can also provide cedar shingles (either treated or untreated). The treated are slightly darker in colour, although over time both sets will fade to a silver grey colour.

Cladding and Studwork

External Cladding

We provide three external cladding species including European Oak, British Western Red Cedar and Canadian Western Red Cedar. These are all excellent tuimbers for outside use, while we recommend treating our cladding, for the European oak it would be essential to seal the timber.

Interior Cladding

For the internal cladding we only offer European Oak and Canadian Cedar. These are both stable timbers which wouldn't shrink too much from the internal heating. We still recommend treating the cladding for extra protection.

Cladding Orientation

The cladding orientation defines the profiel of cladding we supply and how the studwork is mortise and tennond into the posts or wallplates. Both the external and internal cladding must go the same way. If horizontal cladding is selected, we will supply the boards machined to OTS3 and if vertical is selected we will supply the boards to OTS5.

Floor Joists

Floor Joists

You can choose whether or not you'd like us to supply softwood floor joists. These joists are what you would lay your flooring over the top of.

Oak Framed Garden office

Working from home can be a tricky business. There is a balance between where the workday ends and the rest of your day starts. Haunting the same four walls day in, day out can be tiring at the best of times, so how can we help?

Well, we are now offering custom built Oak Garden offices, these offices are ideal for you to work in, giving your own space and a place to concentrate without the distractions from around the home like the TV.

We can supply all the joinery work to the frame as well as external and internal cladding for extra insolation, helping to keep you comfortable in your new office. The modern design of these offices allows a lot of natural light through the front windows and doors.

Either a single or double Oak framed door can be provided, as well as a glazing method to the front beams for the windows (you would have to source the glazing separately).

Before you put the structure up though you would need to make sure the groundwork is in place and the dwarf wall it sits on is built (or some alternative) then you can erect the structure and source the glazing and flooring you want.

All of the woodwork is already done, so most people hire general builders to construct them, rather than carpenters. Because of the weight of the oak, people will usually hire one or more Genie Lifts to hold the oak in place during construction. (The above link is to a generic Genie Lift. Please check the heaviest piece of your structure with us to make sure you hire a strong enough lift.)

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How Your Oak Garden Office Will Arrive

Your office will arrive in kit form packaged like the following:

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How To Order Your Oak Framed Office

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Ordering from Oak Timber Structures is straightforward. Nevertheless, our team is on hand to help throughout the process. Here are the simple steps to order a bespoke oak office:

1. First, create the oak office using the designer or send drawings to contact@oaktimberstructures.co.uk.
2. For online orders, click ‘Add to Basket’.
3. Navigate to your shopping basket where you can checkout securely online. We accept all major credit cards excluding American Express (as image). If you run into any checkout issues, please contact us using the online chat or call us and we’ll talk you through the process. Alternatively, you can order over the phone.
4. We then produce technical drawings for you to sign off and gain approval from a structural engineer if needed. CAD drawings take between 2-3 working days to produce.
5. If you are unhappy with an aspect of the drawings, we encourage you to call and seek advice from our helpful and friendly staff. They’ll revise the drawings accordingly and send them back to you for re-approval.
6. Once signed off, we add your structure to the production queue and create it according to the stated lead times. During this time, many people use the approved drawings to get their groundwork in place if required.
7. Our skilled team assembles the oak office to make sure there are no issues. This also allows us to code all components for seamless assembly. We then dismantle the office and organise it into transportable kit form.
8. If you're running behind schedule, we're happy to store your structure for up to 4 weeks at no extra charge. Please note that we limit storage to 4 weeks. As green oak dries, it shrinks. Shrinkage is normal. In fact, our skilled staff prepares your structure for shrinkage to fuse joints, making them tighter and more robust. Yet, after 4 weeks, joints can become misaligned and harder to assemble, so it's important to limit storage time.
9. We schedule delivery by liaising with you once your bespoke oak office is complete.