Timber Framing Oak Pegs

Customer Reviews

By RuEllingham on 9th July 2021

"Excellent service as always from the team at Yandles. The Oak pegs are well made, strong and will be using them from now on. "

By JeremyMurfitt on 24th November 2020

"I only needed a small number of pegs for some framing I am doing and this is there second lot I have purchased. Easy process to order and they arrived within 48 hours. Excellent quality."

By DAVIDJOHNSTON on 13th September 2019

"Did exactly what they were purchased for."

By Simon on 5th September 2019

"Really pleased with these pegs. The taper makes them much easier to use than oak dowels that I had already brought from another supplier. I’ll be back for more for my next project. "

By TimKeates on 26th April 2019

"Disappointing pegs as machine cut and very dry so fractured easily. Ended up making our own from green oak. Should have done this in the first place as handmade follows the grain!"

By StefanMacDonaldBrown on 4th April 2019

"Really good and well priced."

Common Uses

These timber framing Oak Pegs are most commonly used for

• Houses
• Garages
• Pourches
• Extentions
• Summer Rooms
• Garden Projects
• Restoration

How to use

The pegs should be tapered 3/4' to 5/8' and so ideally the hole drilled needs to be between this at 11/16' The peg is then hammered into the hole so that it sticks out evenly either side of the hole. The peg is air dried and so will not change shape, but the beam is green and so will shrink over time tightening on the peg and creating a very strong joint. While it will be tempting to cut off the peg level with beam, it will look odd after a period of time. The beam will shrink over a period of time, whilst the peg doesn't. As the beams will shrink at slightly different rates, the pegs will then stick out again at different lengths and there will not a consistent look to them.