Steelworks and RSJ’s are an essential part of modern building practices these day but they look so awful in older cottages I came up with a way to clad the steel beam using real oak planks, glued together in such a way as to create the appearance of a solid oak beam. Sometimes I will… Continue reading Real oak beams to hide RSJ’s and steelwork
Category: Restoration
Restoring listed windows in Frome
House in Bath Street This listed house in Frome was a completely different kettle of fish, the window completely through me when I started work on it, the house I was told was some 500 years old but this window had a secret to it that I only discovered when… Continue reading Restoring listed windows in Frome
Cottage in Chilcompton
I’m bias but wooden joinery may be a pain to maintain but looks 100% better than this, certainly on a cottage anyway New doors and windows fitted made from idigbo which is very good against rot but you do need to give it two coats of aluminium primer or something like Zinsser cover stain to… Continue reading Cottage in Chilcompton
Chapel door restoration
Restoring the chapel doors in Rudge These doors look pretty terrible and some might think there only good for fire wood, even the client set fire to the right side all though it was by accident whilst having a go at burning off the paint and got distracted by a visitor, he then decided to… Continue reading Chapel door restoration
Listed Window Restoration
The Chapel at Rudge 1839 There are many companies on the internet that claim to restore windows back to there original state but I’ve yet to find any that seem to do this in the traditional way, either they patch bits of wood in and fill around all the massive gaps or they don’t use… Continue reading Listed Window Restoration