french doors repairs – Joinery Shop https://joinery-shop.co.uk (Berks and Bucks) Sat, 11 Mar 2023 10:45:40 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 French door repair to an Ovalo roomed listed building in Watford. https://joinery-shop.co.uk/french-door-repair-to-an-ovalo-roomed-listed-building-in-watford/ https://joinery-shop.co.uk/french-door-repair-to-an-ovalo-roomed-listed-building-in-watford/#respond Sat, 11 Mar 2023 10:43:43 +0000 https://joinery-shop.co.uk/?p=927 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 vertical metal rod being installed 200 years ago as a modern material (at the time) tenon.This of course rusted over the years and then expanded to double its original size damaging the jambs from the inside.

Split jamb

Rusted rod

This shows how much rust the rod tenon produced

Hardwood sill just before gluing using a T & G biscuit system

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