20 November, 2020 | Carpentry, Modernisation, Refurbishment, Roofing, Windows
This was a nice project to work on between lockdown 1 and 2. My customer wanted the old roof, window and doors refurbed. As you can see it was very old and tired, the kerb appeal wasn’t that good. I installed a new roof, new ventilated panel and refurbed an old...
27 July, 2020 | Carpentry
One of my friends asked me to build a pair of ramps for his children to use with their bikes. I made one with a gentle curve for the take-off and the second was a flatter ramp for landing. They can be moved further apart as confidence grows and actually after these...
24 July, 2020 | Carpentry, Shelving
Another Alcove finished with some strong shelves, these are reclaimed scaffold boards, which are available in short lengths (offcuts from building scaffold where the boards are cut to fit safely round corners and windows etc) for little money. They do however, need a...
23 July, 2020 | Carpentry, Garden
I’ve just completed some large garden seating for an Eastbourne client. This consists of one 4 metre wide bench seat, two 2 metre seats and a pair of one metre square tables with hidden large drinks buckets. The client plans to paint these themselves. All...
21 July, 2020 | Carpentry, Covid, General Handyman, Safety
New partition screens built and installed in one of Eastbourne’s best venues, this helps protect their customers from Covid 19 transfer. You will see I laid paper beneath the screens as I installed them so that staining them would be easier without have to...
27 June, 2020 | Carpentry, Door hanging
One of my customers in Heathfield asked me to replace a missing door in her house. This needed new hinges, handles and catch, I usually reset or replace the jams too but the new door sat well in the frame and met the old jams just right. You can see the door is nice...
