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Updating your home with solid oak skirting boards can bring a sense of style and warmth to any property. You don't change skirting boards often so it's important to choose a style and type carefully before proceeding.

Architrave is the finishing trim or wood that fixes around internal doors, windows and loft openings. These strips cover the small gap between the wall and the door frame. Architrave frames a doorway much like a painting is framed. When choosing architrave try and match the skirting board design because both come in various styles and widths in different types of wood.

Well, finally we have managed to launch our new site. we have just been so busy it really has taken a long time but we hope you will agree that we have just made a large improvement! We have taken many many tips and ideas that we have collated over the years and are now beginning to roll them up to help you with choosing your doors. Over the next few months we will be rolling out many improvements to the site,  sorry for the initiate large change but we simply could not phase the first part of the design and had to take a running jump. Luckily so far all comments have been positive but we are still getting there, if you have any comments or find any bugs please get in touch on 01455 565 565, we will make a note of the problem and get it sorted ASAP.   

With increasing demand for natural wood – it’s important to have sustainable forests and sustainable construction. As wood prices increase and availability of exotic wood decreases and rain forests are harvested – the world’s eco and climate structure will surely be affected and companies will need to recognize a global disaster may be round the corner.  Choosing Ethically Sustainable wood is a recyclable material that can be mass produced for various products. When choosing a wood, it is good practice to check for the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) logo, to ensure the wood comes from sustainable managed forests. We all have to play our part to protect the environment and making the right choice when buying solid wood - is one way how we can do this. Options Using reclaimed wood – (Used wood) – will ensure wood is not wasted unnecessarily. UK Oak Doors based in Warwickshire are very conscious about climate change and the impact deforestation has on the climate. All UK Oak Doors are sourced from managed sustainable forests in Europe and you can be sure you are making the right choice when you buy from us. Impact on Life It's estimated - 137 plant, animal and insect species are lost every day due to rainforest deforestation. That totals  - 50,000 species a year and many possible cures for life-threatening diseases are lost as a result. Currently, 121 prescription drugs sold worldwide come from plant-derived sources. While 25% of Western pharmaceuticals are derived from rainforest ingredients, less that 1% of these tropical trees and plants have been tested by scientists. - Source https://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm Rainforests are widely believed to contribute a significant amount of world's oxygen, although it is now accepted by scientists that rainforests contribute little net oxygen to the atmosphere and deforestation will have no effect on atmospheric oxygen levels However, the incineration and burning of forest plants to clear land releases large amounts of CO2, which contributes to global warming. Scientists also state that, tropical deforestation releases 1.5 billion tones of carbon each year into the atmosphere. It could be argued there are many factors and causes associated to deforestation such as globalization, corruption in governments, population growth, urbanization and palm oil production. Another impact of over harvesting is global warming - tropical deforestation is responsible for approximately 20% of  the green house gases released into the atmosphere.   Information is accurate at time of publishing, however, may be subject to change.