Windows and Doors
This category covers joinery firms that make, restore and repair timber windows and doors for period and listed buildings: sliding sashes, casements, panelled doors and their frames, cills and mouldings. Original windows can usually be repaired for less than replacement – rot spliced out, cords and weights renewed, draught-proofing added – and repair is generally what conservation officers expect on listed buildings. Where replacement is justified, these firms make new joinery to match existing profiles and glazing patterns. Related categories cover metal windows, secondary glazing and historic window glass separately.
What this category covers
- Repair and overhaul of sash and casement windows
- Draught-proofing and re-cording of sliding sashes
- New timber windows and doors made to match existing patterns
- Panelled door repair and replication
- Frames, cills, mouldings and associated joinery
Bakers of Danbury Ltd
Bakers of Danbury is a privately owned building contractor established in 1878 ...
Clement Windows Group
Clement Windows Group designs, manufactures and installs steel windows, doors and screens ...
Cocoon Window Insulation
Cocoon Window Insulation supplies and fits bespoke magnetic secondary glazing and draught-proofing ...
ES Restoration Ltd
ES Restoration has more than a decade of experience conserving listed buildings, ...
Gills Joinery Ltd
Gills Joinery is a family-run Yorkshire joinery workshop making traditional bespoke timber ...
HCM Window Products and Sash Doctor Services
HCM Window Products and Sash Doctor Services is run by proprietors A ...
Repair, upgrade or replace?
Start from the presumption that original joinery can be repaired. Rotten sections can be spliced in matching timber, sashes re-corded and rebalanced, and putty and paint renewed; a window that looks beyond hope to a general builder is often a routine job for a specialist. On listed buildings, repair also avoids the consent problems that replacement raises.
Draught-proofing transforms comfort for modest cost. Brush and gasket systems fitted into the frames cut draughts and rattle substantially, and slim double or vacuum glazing can sometimes be fitted to existing sashes – though on listed buildings glazing changes usually need consent.
Where replacement is unavoidable, match what is there: section profiles, glazing bars, horn details and glass type all show. Ask the joiner what timber they use and how it is finished; slow-grown or modified softwoods and factory priming extend repainting cycles.
Get a survey of every opening rather than a per-window rate; condition varies hugely across one house.
Questions to ask
Can I replace windows in a listed building?
Replacing windows in a listed building almost always needs Listed Building Consent, and consent normally favours repair of the originals. Where replacement is justified, new windows generally must match the originals in material, profile and glazing pattern.
Is it worth draught-proofing original sash windows?
Yes. Fitted brush and gasket systems typically cut air leakage and rattle at a fraction of replacement cost, keep the original glass and joinery, and normally need no consent because the appearance is unchanged.
How do I tell whether a timber window can be repaired?
Probe the bottom rail, cill and joints; localised softness can be spliced, and loose joints re-glued and pegged. Replacement is only compelling when most of the frame has decayed, and a window specialist's survey costs little compared with joinery.
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