http://www.thesolidoakshop.com en-gb thesolidoakshop.com 2011-11-7T00:00:00Z thesolidoakshop.com http://www.thesolidoakshop.com/page19.htm#106295 Each year the time that I have to sit down and write this post seams to get earlier and earlier but here goes.We are now at the point where we can not take any more oders for 2011 delivery. Any orders taken from today 7th Nov will be delivered 2012. Our diary for January always fills up very quickly so if you want delivery early next year you will need to be placing the order shorlty. If you do place any order between now and the new year you will be emailed with a approx production date and delivery date shorlty after placing the order. Should you wish to get a rough idea of next years work load before placing an order just drop us an email.You may well have seen that our shelves are 28 day delivery. Last year the amount of orders placed towards the end of the year ment that we had more than the 28 day work load in January. If this happens again we will post again on the blog and up date the situation. This would not affect any orders all ready placed.Finally should you have any quest... 2011-11-7 07:59:03 http://www.thesolidoakshop.com/page19.htm#105549 If this is not your first visit to our site you may well notice that the site is a little light on sales pages. We have had to hide some pages mainly the more labour intensive items in an order to maintain control over our work load. Basically we are trying to slow down sales All of the missing items can still be ordered and indeed most are pictured in our gallery but we will then be able to give you a better idea of a lead time based on your requirements at the point of order. This will stay like this I would think into the new year and may be even longer we will just have to see how well our new planned system works. If you have any questions please email us. 2011-10-27 20:06:29 http://www.thesolidoakshop.com/page19.htm#97860 Over the last week it has come to light that we have a problem with our email. We are getting incoming email but for some reason around 20 of out going emails are not getting through. If you have sent us an email are are awaiting a reply please try again or ring us on our contact number. We are currently working to fix this and hope to be back to normal shortly.Update to the above post 23711It has come to light that the above problem is more wide spreed than we first realised. All in bound emails and orders are getting to us. However a lot of out bound emails and order confirmation emails are failing to reach customers. This problem was down to our ISPs email server and has now been by passed from this end. From today everything should be back to normal and if you place an order or send us an email you will get a reply. Please remember to see our questions and answers page regarding the slight time delay on order confirmation emails in general. The problem we have now is that ... 2011-7-7 11:48:22 http://www.thesolidoakshop.com/page19.htm#84754 On Tuesday the 18th we will have no power The website will be still live and we will be able to take web orders. However we will have no phone or internet and as such will be unable to anwser any emails during this time. There will also be no order conformation emails sent. At this time we are unsure how long the power will be off but aim to get all emails answered and order conformations sent as soon as possible once power is restored. 2011-1-16 19:17:24 http://www.thesolidoakshop.com/page19.htm#81776 The snow is here again and yet again the country grinds to a halt. At the start of the year when we had the last bad lot of snow we continued to dispatch items on the days the courier was able to reach us. Once dispatched the items took much longer to arive as the couriers had problems getting to all their drops each day. The result was that as the items were spending much longer aboard the couriers vehicles and at depots they were much more liable to damage in transit and we saw a sharp rise in reports for damages. A damaged item is no good to yourselves or us and just delays your order even further.With this in mind and the current adverse weather conditions we have taken the decision to suspend dispatches until this coming Monday 5th Dec. We must apologise for any inconvence caused in advance but Im sure you will agree that your items are better of a little late than damaged.We use three different couriers depending on size and weight of items and one courier was able to get to us ... 2010-12-1 12:04:04 http://www.thesolidoakshop.com/page19.htm#80217 Important information regarding prexmas deliveryFloating shelvesAs stated on our QA page production times for floating shelves is 21 days. However in the run up to Christmas we are always busy with these items and prduction times will be extened to 28 days. Our last courier collection date is the 17th of Dec so this will make the last day for placing an order for prexmas delivery Friday 19th Nov. You are more than welcome to order shelves after the 19th Nov but delivery will be in the new year. Placing an order after this date will ensure early Jan delivery as for the last few years we have had very strong sales over the Christmas week so if you do want early jan delivery you must get your orders in late Novearly Dec.All other itemsSorry but the last order date for these has already passed and any items ordered between now and Xmas will be delivered in the new year.Should you have any questions regarding the above information please contact us and we will be more than happy to help. 2010-11-13 19:42:22 http://www.thesolidoakshop.com/page19.htm#80054 Yes thats right 16310 for taking a picture We are constantly looking for images of our products in their intended environment thats any of our items but mainly floating shelves and bespoke items. If you have purchased any of our products and can take a picture and email them to us it would be a great help. In return if we use your pictures on our website you will receive and discount code via email to use on your next purchase from our site to the value of 16310. There will be no minimum spend in order to use your 16310 and full details will be emailed to you should we use your picture. There will be no cash alternative. Happy snapping. Regards Pictures should be emailed to picturesthesolidoakshop.com with the word pictures in the subject title 2010-11-11 12:44:45 http://www.thesolidoakshop.com/page19.htm#65344 Home Insurance Make Sure Youre CoveredDan Collins Moneysupermarket.com.A piece of solidly built well made genuine oak furniture is not just decorative its an investment. Oak lasts a long time if well cared for so if you spend the money now you can enjoy your bookcase dining table or wine rack for years to come and pass it onto future generations.But accidents happen. Furniture gets knocked against or spilt on or subjected to boisterous children with scant regard for the value of the item theyre clambering on. This is where having a good home insurance policy comes in handy.Home insurance will reimburse you the cost of repairing or in some cases replacing an item which has been damaged or broken or stolen. You may think you wont need it that if anything happens to your belongings youll be able to afford something else. But you never know whats around the corner which is why it never hurts to have a back up plan. There are two types of home insurance. One covers the building itself incl... 2010-5-15 15:16:30 http://www.thesolidoakshop.com/page19.htm#30742 Oak timber and green oak Many customers keep asking me the difference between what the call normal oak and green oak so I thought I would post out lining a few points.The are of course different types of oak but the term green means the timber if freshly cut and will still have a very high moisture content it is not anything at all to do with the colour. As this timber drys it will be liable to splitting and twisting and is not suitable for the production of furniture. There are some furniture producers that use green oak ie for beam coffee tables where the drying process that will that place in you home will add to the character of the piece how ever anything else will just and the piece will just end up being worthless. Timber for furniture needs to be dry with a moisture content not above about 12. When the tree is felled the moisture content can be around 4060 depending on the time of year which needs to be reduced before the timber can be worked.This can be done by kiln drying... 2008-10-9 15:17:52 http://www.thesolidoakshop.com/page19.htm#30695 Most of my products are finished in danish oil unless the item is listed otherwise draining boards have a poly finish. An oiled finish is very easy to maintain by just wiping the item down with a slightly damp cloth. Should you wish to wax your item this can be done straight over the top of the oil and I would recommend the use of a natural product such as bees wax. Please try and avoid aerosol products as this can dry the finish of your product. An oiled finish will require reoiling about once a year depending on the amount of use the item gets. The item should be wiped down with a mild detergent solution or white spirit before the oil is aplided. The oil should simply be put on using a brush or clean rag and then left to stand a few minutes dont worry about any brush marks or runs at this stage. Absolutely no skill is required for application as even when the oil is applied with a brush it does not have to be brushed out in the same way as a varnish. The brush is merely used to sp... 2008-10-8 15:56:29