Forgot to take a picture

Forgot to take a picture of the finished sash

Repairs to a sash

[caption id="attachment_580" align="alignnone" width="300"] All the rot cut out[/caption]

Pictures at last

Pictures at last

Finally the pictures from my phone

Chesters sashes

Ten new replacment sashes for the old rectory in chester pics to follow left my phone on site again.

Half the work force on holiday

Half the work force on holiday lucky people the rest of us are hard at it in the work shop, sashes for chester new windows for overdale.

Getting Busy

Sorry we have been away fro a while ,things are now getting busy for Kensingtons , we have a new contract at Macclesfield Cheshire to repair sash windows in a Victorian property overlooking the canal.

Also we have a small contract in Shrewsbury , Shropshire to totally overhaul and re-glaze several sash windows,

The property we quoted for at Bangor on Dee has just come in as well this is several weeks work to draught proof and repair the sash windows.

And of course we still have all our ongoing projects

Will it ever stop raining

Not a good week so far our spindle moulder motor failed last week and now our hi tech dust extraction unit has burnt out its motor , oh well the sun will come out soon in north wales i am sure.

The Spindle moulder is not well

Kensingtons are having a bit of down time today in the workshop , our state of the art spindle moulder has burnt out its motor.

We have managed to track one down in Wrexham and ere awaiting delivery, not to worry we will be up and running again by the end of the day.

Things happening in the workshop

Our workshop is busy making the large bay casement window for the front elevation of Dee House Chester.

Also they are making Four new sash windows for phase two at overdale Sandiway Cheshire.

We have been out to survey a property in Rhuddlan , Denbighshire , the property owner thought she needed two new windows , so we was happy to inform her that we can repair both windows significantly cheaper than replacements.

We also got called back to a nursing home in Denbigh that we priced about eighteen months ago and it looks like we may get the go ahead on this one too.

Update on major repairs to shell canopy Chester

This is the latest update on the shell canopy at Chester , Cheshire

Just to recap this is before and after pictures of both elevations.

 

        

      

 

 



The porch is looking good now it needs the painter to burn off the rest of the paintwork and new lead.

 

We have also been out to Bangor on Dee today to price for a very nice Victorian property in need of full rot repairs and draught proofing , a total of eighteen windows in all.

The workshop will be busy over the next month with new casement  windows for Chester and new sash windows for overdale in Sandiway Cheshire

Major works restoring the georgian front door porch

As you can see this Georgian porch is in a dreadful state , this right hand gallows bracket is rotten to the core and all the decorative mouldings will have to be hand made as well as reproducing the rotten carved sections , and the other side of the porch is not much better.



Here are a few views of the major repairs taking place step by step



A huge wasps nest inside the porch , luckily it was empty.



Starting to dig out the rot its not looking good.



It was so rotten in the end we had to remove the bracket to get at all the rot



The repair begins , firstly we hand formed the three curves and then blend in with repair care epoxy resin

 

 

This is a huge hole through the top of the gallows bracket before and after



To be continued.

 

 

 

 

Another Cheshire window fully renovated

Just a few more pics of some renovation work at the old rectory Chester . This window is a later addition casement window that has rotted from the bottom up due to having a flush joint with the surrounding brickwork , making it impossible to achieve a sound mastic seal , hence water has penetrated over the years. We have removed all the rot and spliced in new sections and created a new dwarf cill bridging the flush joint and eliminating any future water ingress.

                

Chester , Cheshire , some sash window restoration pictures

Here are a few really rotten windows in varying stages of renovation.

                                      

 

Overdale sandiway Cheshire

We have been back out to overdale today, this is an ongoing contract we have already completely renovated sixty sliding sash windows in the first phase .

Now we are about to move on to phase two the old stables and the new extension block , this will entail about sixteen sash windows to restore and several new windows.

Update on Llandudno project

Just pretty much the same stuff going on today , we are still hard at it on the large Georgian property in Chester , i am hard at it in the office putting some tenders together for some large projects.

The workshop is busy making ten new sash windows for a Victorian town house in Llandudno , North Wales.

 

 

 

 

North Wales Coast

We have been down on the North Wales coastline today to tender for a large hotel conversion, it looks like about 100 windows in total and a proportion of new windows to match the existing ones.

It is just Kensingtons tendering for the sash window restoration work plus one of our high quality competitors , we will keep you informed on this one.

The old courthouse St Asaph , Denbighshire , North Wales

This is a new one we have been so survey , it is a grade ll listed building in the heart of St Asaph, Denbighshire.

We have been asked to submit a detailed survey and costing for the complete sash window restoration of 26nr sash windows and draught proof.

Also to fit slimlite double glazing to the sash windows.

 

 

 

The old coachouse with new roof going on in Chester

Sorry we have been away for a while a few technical issues.

We are still ongoing with the sash window restoration work at  dee house in Chester, Cheshire.

This is a picture of the coach house stripped off and battened ready for new tiles.

 



 

Ruabon Wrexham

Not much to report , all the teams are doing small works , a typical example we have just draught proofed a pair of sash windows today. A bit of a pain really , they have had new sashes made with double glazing units , and they are too big for the sashes so we could not get any sash catches to fit as the timber section left was only 12mm so we had to adapt the catches to work.

Anyway it all turned out well in the end and another warm customer

Update on Dee House Chester , Cheshire

Another day more rot and repair work. This is a sash window that has been stripped and draught proofed , and we are in the process of priming.



 

This is a sash window that has had a new oak cill bonded on with epoxy resin ,  and all the profiles repaired in repair care epoxy resin system .



 

This is a repair to the bottom section of a Georgian door it has had a plant on section on the bottom in the past and the joints have lost all strength , so we have grooved a 6mm rebate and used repair care epoxy resin achieve a permanent elasticated repair.

 

Dee House Chester

Our latest update from dee house Chester , this is a sequance of pictures of a typical rot repair.

This is the window before we start to do restoration work.

 



 

Strage 2 the front cill has been cut off and all the rot has been cut out from the moulded outer profiles.

 



 

Phase 3 all the outer profiles primed with repair care epoxy resin system , the main new oak cill will be bonded on with timber build epoxy resin system.

 



Another close up view of the sections that have been hand  profiled using our epoxy resin system.

 



Phase 5  the perfect repair , this is just a picture of the repair in primer.

 



 

St Anslems College

Kensingtons spent three hours today doing a full window survey of the college building called  Outwood House. I have got to say we survey and work in many impressive buildings but this one has got to be near the top of the list . The building is tired and is going to get a complete refurbishment , but the original architecture and fittings are of such high quality . We will keep you informed if we get this one and perhaps we can then fill you in with some of its history.

Do you think he is scratching his head thinking how the hell am i going to lift that sash up lol .

 



 

 

 

Tender for St Anselm’s College, Birkenhead

We have been invited to tender for St Anselm college Birkenhead , this is a prestige contract on a very important building. A total of forty five windows is involved all requiring full restoration and draught proofing , and three new sash windows to make and install, we will keep you posted on this one.

This is a architects drawing of one of the south elevation.

South Elevation

 

 

Surveying in Liverpool and Wallasey

We have been view a property in Wallasey , Merseyside in view of doing full restoration draught proofing and slimlite glazing a total of fourteen windows involved.

Next over Rodney Street , Liverpool. this particular property was the first building to be erected on rodney street. The customer invited us along to discuss Kensingtons renewing three windows and refurbishing several more , and the possibility of more ongoing work on this building and several more adjoining buildings.



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

The old rectory in Chester , Cheshire

Second day at the old rectory in Chester  probably about six to eight weeks on this one as we have lots to do.

All the sash windows need draught proofing and major rot repairs , as well as paint stripping.

The casements also want rot repairs and draught proofing. The large  Georgian canopy over the front door is in a poor state and we are having to reproduce the cutters to make new profiles for the repair works .

Also as you can see the bay above the front door is in a major need of reconstruction , we will have to remove this window and remake it completely only saving the original sashes.

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What a fantastic  Georgian front entrance shell canopy , this is one of the most ornate ones we have come across , but it is in need of some major restoration work as the gutters have been leaking for quite some time . We are looking forward to this one as we love a challenge. The canopy has about ten different moulded sections, so we needed to have custom  made eight sets of cutters to exactly match the original profiles.



 

 

 

LLanfairfechan, North Wales

Last day at llanfairfechan , finished the draught proofing and upgrading with slimlite glazing , a couple more pictures for you.



This is slimlite double glazing in a sash window as you can see you it is not visible.

Fitted in sash ready to be installed.

 



A really nice property in Llanfairfechan North Wales.



By the way we did put the window back.

 

 

 

 

Double glazing in Llanfairfechan North Wales

We are currently working in Llanfairfechan on the North Wales coast. The customer is having several windows draught proofed and fitted with slimlite double glazing.
Here you can see a picture of one of the windows before the work started as you can see the windows is quite heavely misted with condensation



Here is the box section open ready to recieve new lead weights

 



Here is a sash on the work bench the glass has been removed and is ready to recieve the new slimlite double glazing

 



The frame is prepared ready for sashes to go back in.

 



 

 

No rest for the wicked

Sorry to say we don't all get weekends off , it is my turn for doing surveys this weekend , as in me Michael Clough Paul Fereday , Company directors ,we are all hands on here.
Today we covered two small Victorian properties on the outskirts of Chester with a total of sixteen windows.
A very large Georgian property in Cheshire , if we get this one i will keep you updated as it has a very interesting history.
And lastly one Georgian town house in Shropshire , and on the way back a lovely three storey Victorian detached property in Denbighshire.
All part of a days work.
Bye for now Michael Clough

Components for Hoole contract

Our joinery workshop started machining the window pillaster and door frame components today after sending over our profile samples to our local water jet machining company , they produce for us unique cutters to exactly match any profile we provide ( not cheap but a perfect match ) .

We should be finishing our draught proofing contract on a thirty five bedroom hotel in llandudno in the next two weeks ready for the summer season , they will see a reduction in heating costs and a big drop in noise reduction .

New project in Chester

Kensingtons have now been given the go ahead to start work on a grade ll listed Georgian rectory in Chester, after working closely with the client it was decided to draught proof and repair a sample sash window for appraisal by the local authority conservation officer.

The window has now been fully approved and we have been on site today to take samples of all the mouldings that are required and we will be making these in our joinery workshop from custom made cutters.

As well as the sash windows we have a large selection of casement windows to fully restore, some external doors and a large very ornate shell canopy above the front entrance.

[caption id="attachment_234" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Some of the window profiles we need to make"][/caption]

 

[caption id="attachment_235" align="alignnone" width="200" caption="A few more sash window and door frame mouldings to make"][/caption]