Vincent Timber’s Vision magazine is your eye into all that goes on at Vincent Timber, including our mill.
Dive into our business values, our facility, our favourite projects and our latest headlines.
In addition to the timber yard, where most of the arrivals were by canal or railway, there was also an extensive stable of horses
Vincent Timber are on a journey to Net Zero For the last few years, we have been making changes big and small to reduce our carbon output
We have a range of saws, drills, cross-cutting and profile cutting machinery in our onsite mill to make your designs bespoke to you.
Browse through some of our favourite projects from the humble garden room to our unforgettable grand designs.
We are delighted to have won our second consecutive Façade Award for the Best Use of Timber Clad System
100 Year HISTORY
W.J.Vincent started in 1923 when my grandfather, W.J.Vincent Snr., known as "The Governor" bought at auction, the premises of Fairbanks Timber Merchant at 473 Bristol Road, Selly Oak Until then, he had been a director of Jones Manley & Co. Limited. Before that, he had been its foreman, then manager when the hours of work were 6am until 6pm, 6 days per week.
In addition to the timber yard, where most of the arrivals were by canal or railway, there was also an extensive stable of horses to look after and feed It was not unusual for a man to lead, mainly on foot, a drawn load of timber to Redditch and back in one day. After my grandfather started on his own, my father soon joined him upon leaving school.
In the words of the late John Vincent
During the war years we machined timber for Mulliners Ltd for military vehicles, amongst many other Government requirements Following this, we continued to hold part of the national stock and supplied large quantities of whitewood. It was deep cut on our own two modern Robinson bandsaws to very thin sections for the manufacture of packing cases for the export of Cadbury's chocolate to the Middle East
We also used to supply loads each day of Abura to Chloride Alcad in Redditch, to produce battery cases. I recall the sawing created so much dust that we used to issue bottles of milk to our sawyers.
Today
Core Values
Dealing in High Quality Timber
We supply the highest quality timber products including cladding, shingles, louvres, decking, lorry beds or any other use for timber you can imagine.
Respecting Our Heritage
As a family business we treat everyone with the same respect we would our own family This is partly why we have a team with so much experience. We firmly believe that looking after our people is what makes us so successful as a business.
Our customers include selfbuilders, market leading installers, contractors, some of the largest architect practises in the country and those from the vehicle body industry. They understand that timber is truly our passion and they return to us time and time again
Protecting the Future World
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"The highest quality timber products."
Vincent Timber are on a journey to Net Zero For the last few years, we have been making changes big and small to reduce the carbon output at our facility and in turn, the production of our timber.
We are exceptionally proud to say that we are now delivering your timber products with 50% less carbon thanks to these changes
A little about what we have implemented so far:
Efficient lighting
ULEZ compliant lorries
Electric side-loaders
Biomass heating from onsite waste
Bike-to-work scheme
Onsite fuelling
Our most recent innovation was the replacement of our extraction system. We striped out the old, unsustainable extraction for an eco-friendly air plants system
Co2 Targets
This change has reduced our energy usage by 112,608KWh per hour. As a reference, cooking in an oven for 30 minutes uses 2,000 watts. It also means improved air quality for staff, contributing to the wellbeing of our people and planet
Responsible Forestry
Vincent Timber are at the fore-front of the campaign to protect the environment We are only the 2nd company in the UK to be awarded Chain of Custody for CSA and SFI to cover Western Red Cedar. Chain of Custody refers to the ability to track wood from the time it leaves the forest through the processing and marketing channels to the final consumer. This means we can verify that a certified product genuinely comes from a certified source. All our timber is responsibly and sustainably sourced, managed by PEFC and FSC.
Adding Extra
JOINERY
Our facility affords a wide range of joinery processes These include laminated sections, CNC machining and curved timber options as well as mitre cutting, slotting and drilling.
FINISHES
Unless a specific finish is chosen, your timber would have our ‘machined finish’. However, we also offer, sanded, wire brushed / groomed, textured / combed or re-sawn finishes
FIXINGS
Don’t forget to order your corners, trims and fixings from us, too We can colour match corners and trims if you’re choosing Cape Cod.
COLOUR MATCH CORNERS AND TRIMS WITH CAPE COD
FACILITY
We work from a 2 5 acre site in Birmingham Plus, we’ve recently grown, purchasing the site next door.
Our facility is where the magic happens. We have a range of saws, drills, cross-cutting and profile cutting machinery in the mill to make your designs bespoke to you.
More from us B U I L D I N G B E A U T I F U L
We work on our facility and processes continuously to ensure we are more efficient and always improving our product/service.
Projects
Browse through some of our favourite projects from the humble garden room to our grand designs.
BLACK & WHITE BUILDING
The Black & White Building, designed by London studio Waugh Thistleton Architects for The Office Group, is the tallest mass-timber office building in London, and it features Vincent Timber's thermally modified tulipwood louvres on its façade
The timber fins change in depth as they ascend the building, allowing them to manipulate the sun to the building's benefit and reducing its carbon footprint.
Innovative
Totally
Timber
The 4,480-square-metre structure is the 1st of its kind, being made solely from timber past its foundation. It was precision-engineered to be slotted together from prefabricated components
Its not just the structure and façade, either. Oak setts cover the floor, the furniture is made from a mixture of ash, walnut and cork, whilst the walls are spruce and the columns are beech.
Let’s grab a coffee and talk timber.
sales@vincenttimber.co.uk
‘We’re committed to offering ethically purchased and responsibly produced, sustainable products of the highest quality.’
Brand Community
‘We take pride in conducting business responsibly and supporting communities where we do business, from bean to cup.’
AllofVincentTimber'swood productsaresourcedfrom responsibleforests,certifiedby PEFCfortheirsustainability We alsoselectpartnershipswithinthe industrysuchasAccoyawhose materialsarealsokindtothe environment.
CHOOSING ACCOYA WOOD
Accoya out-performs even the most durable tropical hardwood cladding.
Accoya has world-leading sustainability credentials
Resistant to rotting, Accoya cladding is likely to stay free of any visible distortion over its lifetime.
LONDON BRIDGE Internal Cladding
Designed by Grimshaw Architects, this striking £400m redevelopment has one very important visual focus. Vincent Timber supplied and machined over 7,000m of beautiful Western Red Cedar to create these phenomenal Class A and B acoustic timber panels for the station ceiling
Not only is the timber visually stunning but practical and intentional, too. The panels help to absorb not only the ambient sound of passengers through the station but the structural reverberation produced by the 18 trains that pass through the build every hour.
In such a high traffic public space, increased safety is always a factor The timber was therefore fire treated to Euro-class B, but what’s more impressive is the spring loaded dampener top-hangers and bomb blast safety tethering integrated into the ceiling design to provide upward blast protection in the event of a terrorist situation.
The open configurable system allows lighting via a handy integrated trough and is fully demountable increasing the sustainability of the whole design.
Visual Focus
Over 7,000 square metres of Western Red Cedar panels, in three distinct patterns, made up a major part of the £400m redevelopment of London Bridge Station.
Award WINNING
In 2024 Vincent Timber won their second Façade Award for Best Use of Timber Clad System with Unusual Rigging’s HQ alongside 1Eighty Roofing Solutions.
The new HQ is a 100% sustainable, ecologically sound site. It is the 1st build in the world to replace plasterboard with the eco-friendly, carbon sequestering product, breather board Naturally, they also chose one of the most sustainable timbers to create the beautiful façade, Vincent’s Accoya.
Eco-conscious A fitting HQ
Unusual Rigging ’s Managing Director has a passion for sustainability and for more than a decade has been working to align the business with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.
This is a company used to taking on big projects in theatre, film and sporting events. They’ve covered the World Cup and the Olympics, but now they have one of their own.
The Swan School 2023
Eco-focused
The school in Oxfordshire chose our timber to keep inline with its environmentally friendly designthe sports hall is served via a heat pump, coupled with passive ventilation wind catchers, creating a low energy facility
