Carpentry Services Southampton
Carpenter and joiner. Wood window repairs, fitting doors, traditional joinery
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Fitting a newel post and stair components
The original Newel Post was cut off many years ago, a common practice, often to make it easier to get large items of furniture upstairs. The problem with this particular ‘stub’ was that it had been cut at 45 degrees…
Read MoreReplacement of a worn out garage door
This type of up and over steel garage door is still very popular, and these had seen better days. The garage is of a standard precast concrete type. The replacement garage doors are off the shelf, I did not manufacture…
Read MoreWindow repairs
My portable home made jig for machning rotten timber from the face of an otherwise sound window. Once I have machined off the rotten face, in this case to a depth of about 1/2″ i then ‘flannel’ (see terminology) new pieces…
Read MorePlastic out – wooden in
I was asked to replace a french bay, the original timber bay was replaced 17yrs ago with this plastic substitute. i was given a photograph taken before the old bay was replaced. Using only this as a guide, i was able…
Read MoreChimney breast storage cupboards
Chimney breast storage cupboards with floating shelves. Filling in each side of a chimney breast has its advantages, tidying up an otherwise cluttered room, storage like this enables the usual stuff like t.v. and music centres to be accommodated whilst inside the cupboard…
Read MoreFramed Ledge and Braced gate
This Gate in Southampton is made from tannalised Redwood with galvanised fittings a gate like this is pretty well bullet proof when it comes to weathering and should give at least 30yr service life
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Repairing a split door panel
Repairing a split door panel in Southampton. This split in a door panel happens when the door is in an exposed position, full sun all day through the summer and rain water in the winter. There is no need to…
Read MoreDouble glazed units fitted into existing windows
This is something I am asked about frequently. It depends on the style of window you have and the thickness of the openers or sashes. Unless I am taking out double glazed units and replacing them, the rebates will need…
Read MoreRot in openers and sliding sashes:
Putty The number one cause of rot, it cracks over time, usually starting in the corners, water gets in, and the damage starts. Water sits in the rebate where it has no means of drying out sufficiently, until next winter arrives,…
Read MoreRot in window frames
There are very few instances where a window frame has become damaged by rot any significant distance above the cill. Such rare instances have four main causes: when water gets into the drip bar or the transom; when a closed opener…
Read MoreWoodenWindowsrepair.com
Visit our new site Wooden Windows Repairs. http://woodenwindowsrepair.com Giving your period windows a ‘birthday’ will save you money compared to replacement plastic windows. In my experience, I find that ‘replacement’ really means ‘replacement every 10-15 years’, as the plastic degrades and double-glazed…
Read MoreHand rail in Southampton
Hardwood mopstick handrail with brass brackets. None of us are getting younger! Fitting a handrail to supliment the main handrail is a good idea if you, or some one you know is finding it a little tougher getting up and…
Read MoreThe culprit
The culprit. A leaking gutter over time will do this damage. Repairs to a bay window the result of a leaking gutter. Showing the damage to the frame and cill and a example of one of the pieces taken out…
Read MoreCorner Unit in Southampton
This corner unit is made with a combination of man made boards and timber edging, i can source over 200 various colours and tones of man made boards in melemine faced MDF or Chipboard,
Read MoreRenovations of a pontoon in Southampton
This was in a dilapidated condition. Most of the piles were, however, in sound condition, so the whole structure was dismantled and a new deck and handrail fitted. The wood used was tanalised redwood and the decking boards have an anti-slip bead manufactured…
Read MoreReplacement of rotten cills to a former Victorian school in Southampton
Replacement of rotten cills to a former Victorian school, the grooves in the brickwork were made by pupils in the 1800s that used the bricks as a sharpening stone for their pencils, a marine primer was used to protect the…
Read MoreTable repairs
This particular table, probably from the early part of the 20th century, had opened up on one of the boards that make up the table top. The method of using oak keys was employed to keep the joint closed once it…
Read MoreFloating shelves
Floating shelves are shelves without brackets. Here are the frames that are made to fit into the recess in this instance next to a chimney breast. Next comes the MDF that is glued on the underneath of the frame as well as on…
Read MoreReplacement door in Southampton
Previously a UPVC door was fitted which was not in keeping with the rest of the interior of the house. This particular door lets in light whilst giving privicy with its obscure glass it was fitted inside the porch into the…
Read MoreRemoving a stained glass window
How to remove a stained glass window from an old frame? To take out a piece of glass without breaking it soften the putty with paint stripper This putty was hard it was installed in 1937 so i had to…
Read MoreA display case
A display case made and fitted into a opening between the hallway and living room enabling light into the two area’s plus the added benifit of a display cabinet.
Read MoreStorage cupboard in Southampton
Storage cupboard manufactured using 18mm MDF with pine lippings, the pine on the edge of the MDF (lippings) which is 18mmx25mm prevents the MDF Sagging under weight, allows a suitable fastening for the hinge screws, ordinarily a hinge screw will work loose over…
Read MoreFloor to ceiling Bookcase
This floor to ceiling Bookcase with a total length of 4.5Meters and a height of 2.2Meters, has shelving strips fitted into groves on the sides this enables you to create various heights between the shelves at 20mm increments so that…
Read MoreWooden exterior doors Maintenance
I have written this in response to the number of enquiries I receive from home owners who say’ the door is only x yrs old and its falling apart’ and I take a look at a door tired before its…
Read MoreFour panel internal door
Four panel clear pine internal door fitted with a Rim Lock and knobs. Rim locks make an atractive and functional addition to internal doors not seen so much now they were very common in victorian houses.
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