(Berks and Bucks)
An exposed position along, with some subsidence meant that the two front facing opening sashes had become damaged, with the joints letting rainwater. We decided to replace the sashes, making them oversize, then shooting them in to fit perfectly around … Read More
We were asked to take a look at restoring the function and appearance of these doors which belong to a 250 year old barn. It quickly became clear that the tongue and grove boarding (made from a fairly cheap and … Read More
These 11 exposed joist ends or jetty joists, were in various states of repair. Some had retained their original shape despite rotting on the top face. Others had rotten, been cut back and painted, and then rotten again in the … Read More
This was a very rotten triple casement window in Maidenhead ,but because it was a listed building the sashes had to be copied like for like reproducing exactly the same mouldings and dimensions all the way even matching the internal … Read More
This is a wooden window from a grade 2 listed building in Amersham dating back to 1775 .The sill wasn’t rotten enough to replace so we took the unusual method of patch repairing in Accoya. For this method the rot … Read More
This was a grade 2 listed building that was dated around 1850 , copying an arts and craft style but originally wooden guttering was mainly an Elizabethan method of collecting the rain water.Interestingly the construction method ie the build up … Read More
This 1920’s triple casement window had been attacked by hungry ants so a while new window was required.The unusual mouldings need to be copied like for like including the exact jamb /head/mullion and sill timber sizes.The frame once made was … Read More
Today we have at last finished the tiling in the Alhambra ensuite as well as the tiling under the mango timber breakfast bar and the entrance doors with lattice work framing above.This design was copied from lattice work shutters opposite … Read More
This was another listed building window that had a rotten sill but this time instead of completely replacing and re-joining the sill we only replaced the front half cos the back half was still in perfect condition.This isn’t an easy … Read More
2 x mock gothic arched dormer windows on a listed building in Maidenhead (mid Victorian). The sill needed fully replacing along with both lower jambs and just to make things worse both casement sashes were badly rotten too.Total time approx. … Read More