Old box sash windows are usually far too good a piece of craftsmanship to replace, but in winter the draught comes through every joint. At this property in Berlin-Zehlendorf we retrofitted seals to around 15 window sashes: a groove is routed into the rebate of each sash with a router, and a silicone tubular seal […]
On this outdoor staircase one step had crumbled away completely: the clinker bricks were lying loose and the mortar beneath had turned to soil. At this property in Berlin-Zehlendorf we took the step apart entirely, cleaned the old bricks of mortar and cleaned the base down to the solid core. So that the new mortar […]
In a period stairwell in Berlin-Pankow a baluster was missing from the wooden banister – with an original from the time the building went up, that’s not something you pick up at the DIY shop. We took one of the existing balusters as a pattern, took off its profile and dimensions and turned the piece […]
In old box sash windows the original panes are often only 2–3 mm thin, and at some point the first one cracks. At this property in Berlin-Zehlendorf we replaced several cracked panes: removed the old remains, cleaned the rebates of old putty and fitted new panes of 4 mm float glass, puttied and neatly struck […]
This shed of around 300 m² in Löwenberger Land was covered with corrugated asbestos cement sheets over old roofing felt, and the roof had already partly collapsed. We took the sheets off intact, removed the roofing felt separately and disposed of both separately as hazardous waste – the client received the disposal certificate. The work […]
At a glasshouse in Löwenberger Land the large panes had come loose from their mountings – two glass walls totalling 5 m wide and 2.60 m high, each pane around 300 kg. We removed the panes and disposed of them properly, and in their place put up a timber stud frame wall with two narrow […]
On the veranda door of a timber house in Västerbotten a pane had cracked. The door is coupled in the classic Swedish way: two sashes with single glazing are screwed together and act together like double glazing. To swap the damaged pane without putting the second one at risk, we took the door off its […]
The job was to cut back a box elder with 6 trunks quite substantially. The particular difficulty: two crown limbs were hanging over the neighbour’s property and conservatory. So we had to secure and redirect part of the crown while cutting it back. All went brilliantly.
Our job was to prepare the timber of these garage doors for painting. In the lower third there was some standing-water damage to repair. All the kick boards were to be replaced and in future edged in aluminium. I think they look great.
The timber of these two park benches wasn’t just suffering from damaged paint – it had already started to rot. So, everything new. Now they’re gleaming again and inviting you to sit down a while.
Here we restored an extending dining table. The old finish was in very poor condition. There were also burn marks in the lacquer and a few chipped spots. The particular challenge, though, was keeping the wood surface showing through, even though the table veneer was made up of different materials. The table was completely stripped […]
An extensive shutter refurbishment. One challenge was getting the heavy 3.5 m tall shutters off in the first place. Some of them were already in a very bad way (see pictures), so we had to replace a lot of timber.
Besides taking down the old, broken plastic roof, a new trapezoidal sheet metal roof was put up here, with a gutter along the eaves.
In this project, besides all the walls and ceilings, which got new woodchip wallpaper and paint, the floorboards were restored too. Because the flat was due to be let, we only had a tight window of time for this project. 🙂 We didn’t just keep to the schedule – I think it’s turned out very […]
Bei diesem Projekt wurde eine verwitterte Multiplexfassade durch eine Kieferfassade ersetzt. Wie sich heraus stellte, war der Dachablauf nicht nur zur vermeintlichen Traufseite sondern auch nach vorn – daher wurde zusätzlich vorn eine Dachrinne installiert. Bei diesem Projekt wurde eine verwitterte Multiplexfassade durch eine Kieferfassade ersetzt. Wie sich heraus stellte, war der Dachablauf nicht nur […]