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 […]
Rust had eaten right through this coolant pipe in one spot, and the spare part is no longer available for this vehicle. So we repaired rather than replaced: cleaned the damaged area back to bright metal in our workshop, brazed it with silver solder and got it permanently tight again – silver solder copes easily […]
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.
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 […]
Both doors of the hunting towers were badly damaged at the bottom and had to be rebuilt. While we were at it, the joints were replaced and the paintwork redone.
Here’s a restoration of a window that had been badly damaged by a broken gutter and the splash-back it caused: