New Front Door in Beaconsfield
As part of some extension work being done to their home, we were asked if we could make a copy of the original front door. With 2 full length side lights and all in Accoya, we had the opportunity to … Read More
Leaded sash replacement in Gerrards Cross
The sorriest looking sash was a bit too far gone to warrant repairs. We might have made an exception if it had been a listed building but given the position of the window, it was destined to have a pretty … Read More
Leaded sash repairs in Gerrards Cross
These leaded casements lend character to an arts and crafts style home in Gerrards Cross. A really unusual feature of the home was the tiled soffit, which formed a corbelled course underneath the fascia line. The sash frames were in … Read More
Casement window repairs near Henley: Part 2
Back at this fantastic cottage, we were getting on with the dormer window. This window had very unusual housed glazing bars rather than a conventional fixed sash. Sadly, the bars were rotten beyond repair so we needed to replace them. … Read More
Casement Window repairs near Henley: Part 1
We were in a little village s’arf of the river Thames this week, repairing some casement windows. The current owners had already got stuck into their stewardship of the place and were very familiar and practiced with some of the … Read More
Door and Window repair in Amersham Old Town
This time we were at the other end of the Old Town. We were asked what we could do with a couple of warped doors and some rotten windows in this Grade 2 listed cottage. The building was originally an … Read More
Sash Window repair in Amersham Old Town
Working on the highstreet has it’s pros and cons. Space tends to be a little limited, especially with the size of some of the windows along the road. But you get plenty of interested passers by keen to share interesting … Read More
Georgian Casement repair near Beaconsfield
We were asked to take a look at these casement dormer windows. With the layers of flaky paint removed, we could see that some areas of joinery needed repairs. We used Accoya to repair the rotten joints, for it’s rot … Read More
Joinery Shop are off to the Races: Part 4
You might remember that this building was originally built as stables? To get hay in for the horses, the choice was either a jolly long walk round from the ticketing gate, or this handy winch to pick bales up off … Read More
Joinery Shop are off to the Races: Part 3
The next area to address was those sills. With the windows being set into deep reveals, one end of each sill was in reasonable condition while the other was battered by the elements. We removed the rotten sills and took … Read More