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Exterior commissions

Below are some of the pieces that we have designed and made in the past.  

Please contact us with your requirements if you would like a quote for any similar, specific designs.

We rent our workshop from our main timber supplier who cuts most of the wood we use on site, we also have our own stocks of F.S.C. certified timber. This reduces transportation to a minimum and enables us to maintain control over the sustainable sources of our timber and maintain the important links between timber growers and users.

All prices quoted are only for guidance and are exclusive of VAT charged at 20%

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Heartwood Oak is classed as "durable" by The Building Research Establishment. This means that a 50mm square section in ground contact will have a life expectancy of 15-25 years. A 100mm square section would have around 30-50 years. A 150mm square section would have around 45-75 years.

Oak bridges

14m long Oak bridge for Lewes District Council to provide access across a ditch to a new children's play area. The sides were filled in with oak slats to help deter the children from climbing and jumping off. Installed on site in Seaford in June 2011.

A local architect asked us to make an exact replacement for a bridge that had originally been made from Larch but had badly rotted. The decks have stainless steel rods running through them with threaded ends and nuts and bolts to secure the structure together. These rods also form the pivot points to form the bridge into a curve. The bridge is 6.2m long and 1.4m wide. Made and installed by us in December 2010.

A local garden designer asked us to undertake the complete construction of a 25m oak footbridge, for their client to gain access across their lake. They organised getting the lake drained and dredged, we then constructed the concrete footings and built the oak footbridge on site.

The RHS garden at Hyde Hall, Chelmsford asked us to build these bridges as they were redeveloping their "Robinson" garden and needed to provide easy access around the sloping site. Each bridge is approx 15m long, one is 1.8m wide, the other is 2.3m wide. They are both constructed entirely from FSC certified English Oak.

Oak Gazebo

The RHS garden at Hyde Hall, Chelmsford asked us to design this gazebo to fit the specific site, with integral oak deck floor, balustrade and seating. It is constructed entirely from FSC certified English Oak. Prices around £8,000- £15,000 plus VAT depending on sizes and specifications.

"Chain Link" Sculpture

A graphic design consultancy came up with the design and asked us to make and install it for them. Made for the Battle of Trafalgar Bicentenary celebrations in 2005 It is to celebrate "the link" between locally grown oak trees and ship building in the Chatham area.

Oak bridge for private garden, before and after instalation- £1,900 plus VAT.     Footbridge for London Borough of Havering- £2,400 plus VAT.

Seating.

Oak benches for The RHS Hyde Hall, we made three of them from FSC pure certified English oak, each one is 5.4m long

Oak benches for The Ashdown Forest, they asked us to design commemorative benches specifically for them, they wanted them to be chunky, vandal-resistant, comfortable and to have an organic design to them, to be in keeping with their surroundings- £750 plus VAT each.

Oak seat for Community Centre in Hailsham, S-shaped, made with wedge shaped oak blocks, secured together and dug into a trench in the ground- £4,000 plus VAT.

Curved seating, Uplands Community College, Wadhurst. Made from windblown oak from the 1987 storm.

Single block seats- £150-£280 plus VAT each depending on sizes- 300mm square- 450mm square.

Oak gates for Victorian Walled Garden.

We were asked to design and make one pair of gates with a curved top (2m tall) and one pair of rectangular gates (3m tall) for a local walled garden. £6,000 plus VAT.

Two oak gates for a walled garden, with carved oak leaves- £800 plus VAT each.

Oak gate, an exact copy made to replace the existing rotten one.

Buchan Country Park Gates.

W.S.C.C. asked us to make a simple oak gate with carved lettering, along with shaped posts with oak leaves on the top of them.

Wakehurst Place (Kew Gardens) Information Frames.

Kew Gardens asked us to design and make oak information frames and fence posts to house lozenge shaped information panels for the recently opened "Francis Rose Reserve". The shape of the frames is inspired by the rare mosses that grow in the reserve. The frames are attached to the Sussex post and rail fence at an angle to make them easily read.

Wakehurst Place (Kew Gardens) Picnic Tables.

Having completed the information frames, pictured above, the team at Wakehurst Place asked us to design and make oak picnic tables to house oval shaped vitreous enamel information panels for the "Francis Rose Reserve". The shape of the tables is again inspired by the rare mosses that grow in the reserve. The main structure of the tables is kept underground to enable users to simply walk in and sit down, rather than having to step over components, there is wheelchair access at each end of the table. £1,500 plus VAT.

Fishing Platforms.

The Environment Agency and Hastings Borough Council asked us to provide a solution to allow anglers to fish on the very steep banks of a reservoir in Hastings, where conditions were dangerous for fishermen carrying and setting up their equipment. After numerous site meetings and discussions we built and installed four "platforms" along with sets of steps and paths. By retaining the bank at the front, rear and sides using oak we were able to excavate the area and provide a 3.6m square, level area for the fishermen to be able to set up their "bivvys" (tents) on and fish in comfort and safety. Each platform has land-drain installed and is finished using "type 1" gravel and woodchips to keep the area dry.

Each platform and set of steps/paths cost around £3,000 plus VAT

Wheelchair Access Fishing Platforms

Twelve months after completing the platforms above, The Environment Agency asked us to install four platforms and a path/gate at Harmers Pond, Hastings. Again, the bank was muddy and steep which made it dangerous for people to get near the water to fish. We installed the platforms pictured below, along with a 65' long path and gate. The four platforms range between 22'-38' long, they are constructed using oak planks and uprights to retain the bank at the front and rear, the surface is finished with a layer of "type 1". The long, gently sloping path enables wheelchair access to the platforms.

Conservatories

Oak conservatory, designed to fit on a brick base constructed by the client. Oak door, toughened glass- £5,000-£12,000 plus VAT.          

Rooflights/"Lanterns"

 Our customer was converting an existing single storey extension into a kitchen but wanted to make the room much lighter. We designed the lantern to fulfill this requirement. It has double glazed units installed, is made from oak and measures 2.4m long x 1.4m wide. Prices start at around £3,500 plus VAT (not including the glazing).

Bus shelters.

Company Details.

Postal address- High Weald Furniture Ltd., 45 Summerheath Road, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 3DR.

Telephone & Fax- 01435 810402

E Mail- dave@highwealdfurniture.com

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Last modified: March 23rd 2012