Frame Homes

Our Story

Frame UK have one of the largest fully automated timber frame manufacturing plants in the country, and have been at the forefront of providing economical and energy efficient timber engineered solutions across all sectors of the construction industry nationwide since 1974. Specialising in the design and manufacture of cost-effective buildings across a broad spectrum of uses, from self build to healthcare, the company now has an annual turnover of £16 million and employs 130 staff. All their products are thermally efficient, ecologically sustainable, and quality controlled to a high specification. Frame UK’s ‘one-stop shop’ factory environment provides: open panels, closed panels, roof trusses, feature trusses, glulam structures, engineered joists, insulated roof cassettes and large span floor cassettes, infil panels to steel frame structures and includes their innovative range of FrameProtectTM fire treated timber frame components. Through speed of production, Frame UK is now one of the largest manufacturers of closed panel units in the country, with over 5000 delivered to date. Frame UK have achieved full certification for ISO 14001 (Environment), an internationally accepted standard for effective Environmental Management System (EMS). The company is committed to preventing pollution, to minimizing environmental impacts and to developing a culture of continued environmental improvement. As stated in the company’s Environmental Policy, through the implementation of a management system based on the requirements of BS EN ISO 14001:2004 Frame UK will develop specific environmental management procedures to ensure environmental issues are considered at the operational level. In so doing the company will seek to comply with all relevant environmental legislation and where practicable will strive to achieve standards of environmental performance which are better than the minimum legal requirement. Frame UK have achieved full certification for OHSAS 18001 (Health & Safety), the internationally recognised standard for occupational health and safety management systems, providing a framework to identify, control and reduce the risks associated with health and safety in the workplace. As stated in the company’s Health & Safety Statement of Intent, as part of this process Frame UK will ensure so far as is reasonable practicable that control of all company activities is maintained at all times by competent people who are trained and informed, who will co-operate with everyone they encounter in their business activities and will maintain effective communication through all levels of the company as required. Frame UK have achieved full certification for ISO 9001 (Quality) - by far the world’s most established quality framework, which sets the standard not only for quality management systems, but management systems in general. This integrates seamlessly with the company’s ISO 14001 (Environment) and OHSAS 18001 (Health & Safety) certification through Integrated Management. As stated in the company’s Quality Policy, implementation of an on-going management system review and evaluation, including formal internal audits and documented review by senior management ensures that the management system is complied with and that it continues to be suitable and effective, that management system improvement opportunities are identified and implemented and that all applicable legal requirements are complied with as part of this policy. Frame UK has long adopted the Chain of Custody system and is accredited by both internationally recognised bodies PEFC and FSC®. The procedures are integrated into our own management system providing our clients with clear evidence of certified timber products. All steps, from transporting wood from the forest to the saw mill until it reaches our customers, gets audited and certified. All our timber is fully treated and for every tree harvested another three are planted, adding around 252 million cubic metres annually to the carbon sink. For further information on the extensive services offered by Frame UK please contact Shawn Joy (Sales Manager) on 01209 310560.