(Berks and Bucks)
The hardwood sill of this set of French doors was severely rotten to the point where the central section could be pulled out by hand. A combination of the outside ground level and a poorly fitting weather bar meant that … Read More
Belonging to the gatehouse of a former manor, this gate had been incorporated into the driveway of the gatehouse when the manor was divided up and sold off. The gate itself retained its own separate grade 2 listing which might … Read More
The bottom rail of this casement window sash had been flagged by the customer for being in need of some attention, with flaking paint and the typical spongy feel of rotten wood. With the sash removed from the frame, the … Read More
The ground floor windows of this mid C19 parkland villa had rotten sills. Designed to mirror the appearance of sliding sashes elsewhere on the building, these windows featured a fixed bottom sash and a top-hung light. A severe plumbing leak, … Read More
Back at the Grade 2 listed Rothschild farmhouse, we were ready to start on the sash repairs. During the Victorian conversion of the building, the bottom rails of the sashes had been replaced as evidenced by the difference in timber … Read More
Whilst these bay windows were being redecorated, the painter found a small but deep patch of rot in the sill. Too deep to fill and with the potential to cause future structural problems for the bay, we were asked to … Read More
This was a challenging job which revealed hundreds of years’ worth of workmanship and differing approaches to repairs. The first thing we noted was that the sashes pre-dated the frame of the window. Originally a farmhouse, the building was acquired … Read More
This exterior Victorian pine panel door was structurally solid, but over the years the bottom 18 inches of the door had suffered as rain worked its way into the panels and bottom rail. Being made from high quality Baltic pine, … Read More
This Georgian sash window had a rotten bottom rail. After from initial investigation from the outside of the window, it became clear that the rot was severe enough to have passed from the outside to the inside of the window. … Read More
We were back in Maidenhead this week to add some finishing touches to the repairs. We’d already replaced the old rotten casement sashes with new pressure treated, double glazed units. Now we turned our attention to the porch area where … Read More