This Frome window is the oldest one restored by sashwindowstlc. Sheppards Barton consists of two rows of terraced weavers’ cottages dating from the early 18th century. A very early design, the window is solid-framed, the bottom sash only held open…

Sashes stuck with layers of old paint and the mortice& tenon joint on the end of the middle sash rail is coming apart.  These are common problems, easily dealt with once the sashes have been removed from the frames and…

A pretty cottage in Mill Lane, the windows crying out for some tlc. The top right one needed a new sill and repairs to both bottom sash rails in addition to our standard overhaul plus draughtsealing and re-puttying

We work year-round and in all weathers. This photo in late-Spring sunshine shows a window after full restoration by sashwindowstlc. But the ‘Before’ photo of the same window in less idyllic weather shows what we often find under layers of…

Rot confined to the exterior face of the bottom rail meant we could retain the original internal moulding on this Sherborne sash. The less-good news was that rot had extended up into the sash stiles and into the lower ends…

‘The George’ was Martock’s oldest inn, but ceased trading as a public house in 2011, by which time it needed extensive restoration. After it was acquired by the Martock Christian Fellowship, I was commissioned to repair and restore all the…

Always a bad sign too when plywood or metal flashing has been fixed over an old sill – it not only looks dreadful, it nearly always hides extensive rot underneath as with this window in Milborne Port. Botched repairs such…

The upstairs bay sash window in this quirky Listed Cottage was made up of five sections, the outer sashes convex and the middle three pairs flat, though the centre top sash had a semi-circular arched head. Project Details The main…

A new piece of wood had been glued onto the outside of this sill. They eventually parted company revealing extensive rot all along the sill and in the bottom ends of both pulley stiles. No other option than to replace…

Not all of our work is in grand Listed Buildings, nor does it always involve replacing rotten wood. This late Victorian 2-bedroom mid-terrace (built in 1894) is one of many thousands of similar houses built throughout the nineteenth century to…