The Oakwrights blog aims to share some of the interesting, useful and fun things that our people experience in their day to day activities, in and out of work.

We hope you find the articles informative and that our blogging gives you a better feel for the quality and dedication of the Oakwrights team.


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A Happy New Year from the Oakwrights Team

by TimCrump 12. January 2012 09:32

2011 was an interesting year. Our turn over increased to £6.4 million and our actual sales broke the £7 million barrier for the first time. The last quarter has been very strong giving us a good order book coming into the New Year. If I did not read the newspapers or watch the ne... [More]

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Supporting The Community

by TimCrump 13. October 2011 13:43

  The pupils and staff of Stretton Sugwas Primary School are once more feeling the benefit of having an established county employer right on their doorstep. TJ Crump Oakwrights have built on their already rooted support of the community with a donation of a new sports kit for the childr... [More]

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Oakwrights Ride for Charity

by TimCrump 27. September 2011 10:38

The Carpenters Fellowship, which is the body that represents all oak frame carpenters and oak frame companies, holds an event called Frame each year at a different location which is normally an open air museum.   The idea is to have a weekend where knowledge can b... [More]

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Evening Sky

by TimCrump 16. September 2011 11:01

Here is a taster of pictures to come. At first glance you would be forgiven for thinking that this is a typical Cotswold stone house. There is no real indication of any oak framing being involved in this project but how wrong this assumption would be.   ... [More]

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MasterChef comes to The Woodhouse

by TimCrump 19. August 2011 16:14

  Earlier this year my wife Serena had success in getting to the final 20 of this years’ Master Chef competition on the BBC.   Serena found the competition great fun, and I benefitted from tasting all her new ideas.... [More]

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Open Day in Kent

by TimCrump 12. July 2011 10:07

Last weekend was rather hectic. On Friday night I went to a neighbour’s home for their 10th wedding anniversary, which is tin so we took them a watering can! It is an old brick and stone Herefordshire farm house, and I imagine there are some lovely oak timbers in the roof. The party wa... [More]

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A Rainy Weekend in Herefordshire

by TimCrump 17. June 2011 16:54

Back in those balmy days of April and May it seemed like a great idea to be entering the Mountain Mayhem 24 hour mountain bike race. Now with torrential rain I am not looking forward to hauling my old body around Eastnor Castle’s beautiful grounds that have turned into a representati... [More]

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Oak Framed Barn in Cambridgeshire

by TimCrump 6. May 2011 08:52

Alison and Chris built a beautiful compact barn in a small village in Cambridgeshire. Alison kindly agreed to give her thoughts on the project.   What first gave you the idea to contemplate a self build project?   We hav... [More]

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The Show is Over

by TimCrump 11. April 2011 10:38

The National HB&R show at the NEC was a great success. Following all the hard work that the team put into creating The Low Energy House by Oakwrights, we were really pleased to see just how well it was received. From Thursday morning through to Sunday afternoon I hardly found time to dra... [More]

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One Day to Showtime

by TimCrump 23. March 2011 12:42

Today is the last day for preparation at the National Home Building & Renovating show. The team have been working hard and it is now just down to adding the finishing touches. The graphics are all being applied ready to show how The Low Energy House works. You can see from this picture... [More]