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We were in a little village s’arf of the river Thames this week, repairing some casement windows. The current owners had already got stuck into their stewardship of the place and were very familiar and practiced with some of the … Read More
This time we were at the other end of the Old Town. We were asked what we could do with a couple of warped doors and some rotten windows in this Grade 2 listed cottage. The building was originally an … Read More
Working on the highstreet has it’s pros and cons. Space tends to be a little limited, especially with the size of some of the windows along the road. But you get plenty of interested passers by keen to share interesting … Read More
We were asked to take a look at these casement dormer windows. With the layers of flaky paint removed, we could see that some areas of joinery needed repairs. We used Accoya to repair the rotten joints, for it’s rot … Read More
You might remember that this building was originally built as stables? To get hay in for the horses, the choice was either a jolly long walk round from the ticketing gate, or this handy winch to pick bales up off … Read More
The next area to address was those sills. With the windows being set into deep reveals, one end of each sill was in reasonable condition while the other was battered by the elements. We removed the rotten sills and took … Read More
With the windows securely back where they ought to be, we could turn our attention to the repairs themselves. We removed the fixed sashes and took them offsite to be repaired on terra firma. A lot of the paint was … Read More
These late Victorian windows with Georgian glazing bars and glazed swept-head lights had survived 4 major renovations to the Grade 2 listed original building. Initially built as a stable block for Ascot Racecourse, the building was converted for use by … Read More
This Grade 2 listed cottage still had many of it’s original oak frames dating back to 1788. Some of the sashes are slightly later Georgian. In this particular case, the sash didn’t fit fantastically in the frame, particularly around the … Read More
Whilst fitting a new fixed frame and glass to this conservatory, it was noticed that a leaking gutter had caused some damage to the sill. This is a fairly quick and easy repair as the rot hadn’t spread too far … Read More