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It certainly doesn't look like hornbeam which generally has a very twisty grain. Incidentally, Hornbeam is known as ironwood as it is the only wood that burns with a hot enough flame temperature to smelt iron ore and is great in a wood-burning stove - this is how I know. Due to its hardness, it...

Yes operation Brock has been a nightmare in the local area in previous weeks - it is almost back to normal now.

May I ask for comments on my design? I have built the brickwork up to three bricks high with class "B" engineering bricks and 3:1 mortar. I was going to use 100 x 50 (95 x 45) C24 to build the framework walls (600mm stud spacing with noggins halfway, double depth at the top) which I will add...

I'm hoping to do some hand joinery but I have allowed for a 1.2 or 1.4mt door just to make it easier to move machinery etc. in when I'm ready to start using it. Unfortunately, yes it is the "local vernacular" roof angle along with kent peg clay roof tiles to match the existing outbuilding and...

Sorry for the delay in posting the drawings. I will post some photos soon.

We are mid-Kent near Charing/Pluckley area.

We also went for pre-approval then incorporated their comments mainly regarding the roof design and then submitted the formal application with an access statement, heritage statement detailed drawings etc. The case officer then after two months rejected the application based on the roof design...

Good Morning everyone. I thought I would join and post my experience on my project even though I am part of the way into it. We live in Kent in a very old (mid1500's) property and wanted to remove a small, old (20 years old) timber-framed building and build a large 4.4 x 6.8 workshop. We of...