Period Doors
We work on both internal and external period doors, most of what we do is in the workshop, we do occasionally do work on site. We do know a very skilled carpenter who's able to fit and adjust period doors.​
We also have a another site Architectural Decor selling antique & period door furniture.
Victorian front door in BS6
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Missing mouldings, big gap at the top of the door and and a lot of the original draught excluder had perished. All repainted including the frame in the same colour as the door as well as the inside. New draught excluders all round and we switched the chrome door furniture for brass.​
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A lovely English oak cottage front door.
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The door needed a few repairs on the base and a new weather bar. It was then a lot of time trying to get some colour back into the oak without sanding off the age. The customer also wanted all the door furniture refurbishing and turning around so the door doesn't open into the room.​
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Pair of oak doors on the front of a commercial building.
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The previous varnish had really started to flake off and a few gaps have started to open.​
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Unfortunately no power so limited to using battery had sander. Took off all the old flaking varnish, a heavy sand. Filled all the gaps, cheated a bit by having the varnish tinted with a bit of oak colour.
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A large Victorian pine front door in BS6.
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Fairly standard refurbishment on the outside, good sanding, epoxy filling, 2 coats of quality primer and 3 coats of exterior gloss paint in the customers choice. We also refurbished the door furniture and made a couple of small repairs
There were a couple of issues on the inside. The door didn't close properly and could be pushed open from the outside and door closer didn't work properly.
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We repaired the frame and made a new keep for the existing lock. Replaced the broken door closer and replaced the post basket.
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Period front door in central Bristol with
lovely linenfold panels.
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Fair bit of work on this one, off its hinges, we sorted out the gap on the inside, sanded down the door. Filled all the holes with resin, frame filler for all the panels. 2 coats of quality undercoat/primer & 2 coats of the colour. We then polished all the original door furniture, couple of minor repairs and replacement escutcheon.
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Original period door sourced by the customer from a rec yard, slightly bigger than the original.
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It actually came to us with lots of layers of coloured paint. We had it dip stripped, a few repairs, sanded, undercoated. We supplied and fitted all the door furniture. Had the door fitted and finally 2 coats of customers colour choice.
A pair of pine master/slave front doors sourced by the customer, I'm pretty sure they're early 1900s & French.
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Turned out they were quite rotten on the bottoms. We cut it all out and replaced it with hardwood & quite a few general repairs. It hadn't been overly painted so just a good sanding on both sides.
We spent a fair bit of time refurbishing the original door furniture, including a mechanism with a very unusual sprung mechanism. We then replaced some of the items that were missing, letterbox and handles
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Finally several coats of exterior grade undercoat and the customers colour choice, we also wrapped them for export.
Edwardian pine vestibule door.
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We actually ended up hand stripping this one, finishing with several coats of wax & refurbishing the original door furniture.
Victorian internal pine doors.​
Forgot the before pictures, the sections around the handles were rotted out and a number of splits in the panels. All repaired, refitted the door furniture and repainted to match existing doors.
