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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
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
After carefully considering the requirements of the owner of this Linden Avenue property, the position of the windows in the reveals, the materials they were made from and the standard of the joinery used, we decided that the best course … Read More
This timber conservatory was showing signs of rot, particularly around the doors. Our work involved a range of repairs to the doors, windows and framework of the conservatory, all in 50 year rot-proof Accoya. With the cost of a replacement … Read More
This fixed panel, part of a set of French doors, was rotting through from the outside all the way into the inside. A few creepy crawlies had moved in and were living off the rotten timber window. The previous owner … Read More
This sash sill had been the victim of a previous repair which used an off-the-shelf tropical hardwood sill, a steel weather bar, mastic, resin-based cement and a bucket of filler to bridge the gap between the repair and the remaining … Read More
One of the great challenges with windows in older buildings is that in a single window you can find yourself working with a broad range of materials; prepared wood for the window frames, structural timber, glass, brick, mortars, plasters, insulation, … Read More