What Paul does
Sash windows, restored properly.
Sash windows are the specialism, but every wooden window, door and bit of period joinery gets the same care. Across Bristol, Bath, Gloucester and Cheltenham.
Repair first, replace when it has to be
Six ways Paul can help.
Every job starts with a free survey and a written quote, window by window. Paul is your point of contact from start to finish.
Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian
Sash Window Restoration
Most original sash windows can be saved. The old timber is better than anything sold today, and repaired properly it outlasts a replacement.
- Full survey and written quote
- Sashes removed and repaired
- Rot repaired with the Repair Care system
- New cords, pulleys and balanced weights
Casement and bay windows
Timber Window Restoration
Not every period window is a sash. Casements, bays and cottage windows rot in the same places, and a carpenter can put them right.
- Survey and honest advice on repair versus replace
- Rotten sills, rails and mullions replaced
- Frames squared and rebuilt
- Ironmongery sorted
Usually a day a window
Draught Proofing & Overhaul
Many sash windows need an overhaul, not a restoration. Painted shut, broken cords or a constant rattle is a day's work.
- Sashes removed, eased and cleaned
- New cords and balanced weights
- New beads with brush seals fitted
- Meeting rail sealed
Made to match
New Sashes & Replacement Windows
When a sash has been patched once too often, Paul works with a joiner on new sashes or a full box sash made to match.
- Survey and measured drawings
- New sashes or full box frame made to match
- Glazing to suit the property
- Fitted and sealed
Window, hardwood and door sills
Sill Replacement
Sills take more weather than any other part of a window or door. When they rot, Paul replaces them in hardwood, shaped to match.
- Survey and written quote
- Old sill cut out
- New hardwood sill fitted to match
- Sealed to the frame and wall
Doors, shutters, panelling
Carpentry & Joinery
Paul is a carpenter first. The skills that save a sash window also put a sagging front door right or rebuild a set of shutters.
- Doors, frames and thresholds
- Shutters and shutter boxes
- Architraves, skirting and panelling
- Window boards and sills
Two honest routes
Restore or replace? A straight answer, every time.
Paul offers both, so there is no reason for him to push you one way or the other. He looks at the window and tells you which it needs.
First choiceRestore the original
The first choice nine times out of ten. Rot repaired, cords and seals renewed, sashes rehung.
Keeps the glass, the character and the value of the house.
Rot cut out and new timber spliced in
Re-corded, balanced and draught-proofed
Original glass kept wherever it is sound
Painted inside and out
When it has to beReplace to match
For a window past saving, or an old replacement that never looked right. Made to match with a trusted joiner.
Same profiles, same horns, same proportions.
Measured and made to match the originals
Timber throughout, finished in the workshop
Single or slim double glazing to suit the house
Managed by Paul from survey to fitting
Window check
What's wrong with your windows?
Tick what you have noticed and get a plain English idea of what it probably needs. A rough guide only. Paul's survey decides.
Tick a symptom or two
Most problems with old windows are far smaller than they look. See what yours probably needs.
Give your windows another hundred years.
Free survey and a written quote, window by window, anywhere in Bristol, Bath, Gloucester and Cheltenham. No pressure and no replacing what can be saved.