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This squinted bay had been painted shut and kept that way for a number of years until the new owners moved in. In order to get the windows open, they were forced to damage the sash stiles. The stiles were … Read More
These casement windows in Amersham had leaded single glazing. Unfortunately, damage to the putty had allowed rain into the bottom rails and rotten the sashes. Whilst repair was still possible, the customer took the opportunity to upgrade to double glazed … Read More
This dormer window was a victim of poor material selection in the form of untreated softwood. Unfortunately, it wasn’t worth repairing, so we made a new pressure treated softwood window and fitted it with the latest argon filled double glazed … 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
This Georgian-style casement window had been fitted 10 years before. Being non-pressure treated and designed and fitted poorly, it had completely rotten-through and wasn’t worth repairing. For the replacement, we made subtle but crucial changes to the head, stiles and … Read More
The wooden bay window of this Victorian Semi originally had a planted window sill extension. Combined with the masonry sill underneath, the whole thing looked a bit busy so the builder was asked to remove the wooden sill extension and … Read More
This unusual square and squinted bay window presented 2 challenges for us. The first was the condition of the existing sashes. The second was that the bay itself had subsided in the past by up to 3 inches, causing the … Read More
This casement sash barely made it out of the timber frame in one piece. It couldn’t even support a full cup of tea so Colin had to drink a bit of before setting it down. This repair required the full … Read More
This casement window was starting to rot from rainwater making it’s way past chips in the putty. The rot had opened up the bridle joints of the sash and was into the mullion of the frame. After removing the sash … Read More
We were back in Amersham to replace some rotten single glazed casements with the latest super-insulated double glazing. It’s often said that windows are the eyes of a house but in this case, they’re the eyebrows. This eyebrow dormer window … Read More