28 May, 2021 | Carpentry, Door hanging, Fencing, Safety
One of my regular customers asked me to build them some gates. I used some high quality pressure treated timber, all glued and screwed together. I also used heavy duty ironmongery and modified the field latch to make it wider – I cut it and welded a new section...
9 May, 2021 | Carpentry, Picture hanging
I built some simple shelves for a customer to place their holiday pictures, they needed to be handled so mounting them on hooks wasn’t suitable, they will get painted by the customer.
24 April, 2021 | Carpentry, Fencing, Garden
This morning’s task was to build a slatted screen to hide the top part of a neighbours upvc conservatory. I installed 4 posts, I originally thought 3 would be fine but 4 lined up better with the window frames of the conservatory behind, then simply cut and...
20 April, 2021 | Maintenance, Mechanics
One of my clients runs a gym, during lockdown I dismantled 21 spin bikes, refurbed many parts, the client had the frames powder coated in a few new colours and I then reassembled them ready for reopening. Click the pic to see the timelapse:
17 April, 2021 | Insulating, Modernisation, Roofing
I’ve done a few of these now, I’ve had the same request: make it less hot in summer and less cold in winter. In this Polegate conservatory I install treated battens to the existing structure, insert a foam and foil based insulation tightly between the...
