materials

PEFC Douglas fir

Douglas fir is both beautiful and functional. For our exterior cladding it’s extreme durability against weather is matched aesthetically by the cloud like patterns that appear when it is treated. 

On our decorative interior sills, it’s rich peach and pink tones and tight end grain sit alongside warm clay plaster to create a pallet of calming colours. 

On our floor, its toughness is vital in order tolast a lifetime of heavy foot traffic - it also feels incredible to walk on. We use Dinesen solid douglas fir floorboards - slow grown wood sourced from family owned forests in europe, where skilled foresters have for centuries nurtured and protected the forest, preserving its ecological balance, healthy biodiversity and ideal conditions for continued growth. This careful production results in a floor that is durable, dense and naturally sound dampening, which we then work to an incredibly fine and smooth finish, replicating the feeling of walking on the wooden temple floors of Japan.

When building our huts, we take time indivudally deciding where each plank be used in the build based on appearance and quality.

Inside

Our walls are insulated with British sheeps wool, and finished with natural clay plaster. Sheeps wool is renewable, sustainable, breathable and naturally fire retardant. It also purifies the air by absorbing and neutralising nitrogen and super dioxides.

After insulating we finish our walls with clay plaster. This creates a surface that is naturally beautiful, breathable and functional. Clay helps to moderate humidity, staying cool in the summer and holding in warmth during the winter.

Timber as a sustainable building material

Unlike other building materials, wood captures and locks in carbon as it grows, rather than producing it - around one ton of Co2 per cubic metre of timber. A building made from responsibly sourced timber will therefore store carbon in its structure, rather than releasing it into the atmosphere. Sadly, timber produced in unregulated conditions often causes more environmental harm than good. That is why our timber is all certified under the PEFC and FSC systems for recognising sustainable forestry management and its supply chain. This means that no valuable ecosystems have been damaged where the trees for our timber are grown and cut, and that the forests are managed in order to benefit local communities in an ongoing way.