Our joint research project has recently been featured in the Timber Trade Journal and also displayed at COP26.
Working with London Metropolitan School of Architecture and Grown in Britain, the project is investigating the potential for getting UK-grown Sweet Chestnut Coppice into construction, especially using small-scale sawmill such as ours. There are huge areas of under-managed coppice in the South-East of England and as a coppiced timber it is very quick growing and so an amazing carbon sink. By using the timber for construction, the carbon is removed from the atmosphere and sequestered within the timber.
It has very similar properties to oak, but grows in much smaller diameters. We are now on the second phase of the project; building a cabin in the woods using either milled or cleft (split) chestnut and diseased ash suffering from ash-dieback; of which there is a huge amount now.
The cabin is due to be completed in April 2022 and hosted at our campsite, Badgells Wood. Please come and try it out and let us know what you think. Bookings open in April 2022.
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