Wooden windows

Wooden windows & frame repairs

We repair wooden windows all the time, It is well worth the time and effort to repair timber windows and frames.

Traditional Joinery

With well over 45 years experience in carpentry, and fully functioning static and mobile workshops, I am able to offer all aspects of bespoke carpentry and joinery,

southampton door fitting

Changing internal or external doors

hanging your interior doors will have an immediate impact on the ambiance of your home.

Carpenter jobs

Painting and Decorating

Over the years I have not only manufactured items and fitted them  but ended up doing the painting as well . Indeed once something has been fitted or repaired it is often followed by the question ‘do you do painting’ or ‘do…

Bespoke Stair gate

An elderly customer was becoming increasingly concerned about accidentally falling down the stairs in the middle of the night when she wished to leave her bedroom for the bathroom. She had to pass by the top of the stairs from her bedroom as…

Replacement Double Glazed unit in a Barn Door

Not always a straightforward job and having been told by several carpenters ‘ you need a replacement door’ it took this customer 6months before he found me. A replacement solid Oak Barn Door like this plus the fitting charge would land a…

Herbert Collins – Architect

Herbert Collins 1885-1975 was a British architect.He designed many suburban developments in Southampton primarily but not exclusively around the Highfield and Basset Green area of Southampton.Distinctive in their design and built during the 1920s and 1930s. Today their uniqueness is…

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A custom made cupboard

Beautiful Hand-made Shelving Units

This shows a completed shelving unit which was built into a chimney breast in aVictorian terraced property. The object was to create a copy from a original thatwas taken out by a previous owner, using an old photo.

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Boat joinery in southampton

Boat Joinery and Boat or Yacht Repairs

The restoration of the interior of this boat, a 40ft Edwardian Gentleman’s Motor Yacht, to give it its correct description, was undertaken back in the early 1990s using reclaimed pitch pine sourced from the old Southampton dock. It was finished over a…

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