(Berks and Bucks)
These French windows and side lights had rotten bottom rails, as well as the lower glazing bars being in quite bad condition on the left hand side where a leak had kept the timber wet. After removing the fixed sidelights, … Read More
This sash window in a Grade 2 listed building had a rotten sill. It’s a very common repair and traditionally joined timber sliding sash windows are, in fact, designed to have their components replaced from time to time. To replace … Read More
We were asked to look at repairing these rotten casement windows. They’d been repaired in the past using untreated pine. The owners had kept on top of the decorating and filling, but the rot that had already set it was … Read More
This side light of this 1960s front door was more exposed to the elements than the doors itself. As a result, the sill they shared and parts of the frame were rotten and needed repair. Once the side light was … Read More
On first inspection, this casement with glazing bars and roundels didn’t appear to be in too awful condition. However, insect and fungal attack on timber can be deceptive. The core of the timber can be eaten away to mush and … Read More
We were asked to take a look at this Arts and Crafts window by the new owners. It had several decades worth of filler built up which was hiding the rotten oak underneath. It took a little while to get … Read More
With the new sill in place, would turn our attention to the sashes. Curved sills aren’t uncommon, but curved sashes are rarely seen. These sashes were also fairly large to the joinery was doing a fair amount of heavy lifting. … Read More
With a plan in place, we started with the sill repairs. We employed the use of a trammel arm and templates to match the curves and make the replacement section of sill from Accoya. Once again, we were grateful to … Read More
This 1920s home had some particularly nice features, including this true Curved Bay, complete with curved sashes. We’d like to start this post by thanking the homeowners for giving us the opportunity to work on this window. We regularly get … Read More
The victim of a previous repair attempt using 6mm ply, this French door had no bottom rail left to speak of, was letting plenty of weather in and could no longer be opened as the glass would probably fall out. … Read More