Trew Turner is a building and carpentry firm that builds a variety of timber frames, ranging from houses to modern architectural buildings and high-end garden studios. We work directly with architects, project managers and with clients themselves to create unique and individual builds. We don’t mass produce the same design off the shelf and are happy to incorporate all those extra features that make it special, from rooflights to furniture, flagstone floors and underfloor heating.
How we do it
We work from our rural workshop in Somerset, pre-fabricating timber frames and garden studios. If the access to your garden is good we can get much of the work done from our workshop, even down to power sockets and light fittings! If access is a little more challenging that’s also fine, we’ve been building in London for 13 years so we understand how to run a job that has to be moved through the house and we take special care to minimise impact to you and keep the house clean and tidy.
If access is only through the house we still make the frame in the workshop, constructed in panels that will fit through your house and assemble the flat pack on the other side. Pre-fabrication not only makes the project cheaper and quicker but it also reduces impact and fuss in your home.
Our Ethos
As a small independent family run business our ethos is to uphold good, honest construction and great communication! We treat every job with the same respect and attention to detail it deserves. We are a hardworking, polite, smart team that doesn't fit the usual stereotype. Our brilliant business is built on word-of-mouth recommendations from happy customers, and we are known for our quality of communication, keeping clients in the loop is very important to us. To us no two jobs or two clients are the same, and we pride ourselves on knowing our building work and forming great relations with our wonderful clients.
Sustainability
At Trew Turner we make a conscious effort to review the sourcing of our materials, especially our timber. We strive to purchase timber from sustainable certificated suppliers with an FSC certification. At the moment these tend to be European and North American as the supply chain is shorter and the process is much more transparent. We avoid using tropical hardwoods as we cannot trust that they have come from a sustainable source. We are committed to reviewing this regularly within the company and discussing this with our suppliers. When it comes to the foundations of our builds, we prefer not to use cement, due to its huge carbon footprint and instead opt for screw piles. These are huge screws made from high-strength, heavily galvanized steel, which are wound into the ground to create a durable, eco-friendly foundation.
Get in touch
We love to hear your Garden studio ideas, why not give us a call or send us an email.