(Berks and Bucks)
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
These 3 pairs of shutters were for the Alhambra Castle,the lattice work was made first consisting of 1000’s of 90 degree and 60 degree housing joints using a dark hardwood .The arches were simply made by over lapping planks and … Read More
This grade 2 listed building needed a hardwood new sill and the doors need rehanging.The moulded glazing bars were made from copper and not wood.The biggest challenge was both jambs had split and expanded ,this was caused by 1 inch … Read More
3 x new keyhole windows fitted in the Alhambra Castle Bourne End.The 2 at the front were fixed glazing where as the one in the bathroom need to be made with a lower opening casement.The hardest part was getting the … 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
At last the Alhambra ceiling is now up and finished, the 4 x corners needed finishing to make a perfect square approx 3 metres x 3 metre .The corners are really the same pieces that make the centre and pattern … Read More
This was a hardwood porch made (by someone else )only 6 years ago the corner posts and all the glazing beading had twisted and warped exposing huge gaps that would have inevitably led to the whole this rotting.The corner planks … Read More
This made from scratch Accoya picnic table that will of course never rot so it was worth investesting some time into getting a cool design.I copied a stylish American table .I finished the table in OSMO oil and should match … Read More
This 1980’s circle window in Maidenhead was rotten at the bottom needing 1/2 inch new veneer pieces to be added , over lapping at 22.5% intervals so that no end grain is showing .All the repair work was carried out … Read More