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Rotten section of a timber window sill chiselled back to firm timber, ready for an epoxy splice repair

Rotted Window Sill? Repair It With Epoxy.

Step by step sill repair with wood stabiliser and structural epoxy, from a company that repairs sills every week. With real repair photos.

Rotted Window Sill? Repair It With Epoxy.

Step by step sill repair with wood stabiliser and structural epoxy, from a company that repairs sills every week. With real repair photos.

An old white painted timber double hung sash window from inside a room, lower sash raised partway, with a loose sash cord hanging at the side

Sash Window Won't Stay Open? The 20-Minute Fix

A sash that slams shut means a broken cord or seized pulley. How to tell which, and fix both, with the cord that lasts decades.

Sash Window Won't Stay Open? The 20-Minute Fix

A sash that slams shut means a broken cord or seized pulley. How to tell which, and fix both, with the cord that lasts decades.

The bottom of a closed timber door meeting a wooden floor, with the gap visible underneath

Stop Door Draughts: Brush Bottom + Perimeter Seals

Fix the two gaps every draughty door has. Step by step brush bottom and perimeter seal install, with the kits that do a whole door.

Stop Door Draughts: Brush Bottom + Perimeter Seals

Fix the two gaps every draughty door has. Step by step brush bottom and perimeter seal install, with the kits that do a whole door.

Diagram showing where to measure a sash window for ordering UNIQUE sash balances

Sash Window Balances: Why We Only Fit UNIQUE (N...

A sash window only stays up because something is pushing back against gravity on both sides of the sash. In an original window that's a cast iron weight on a...

Sash Window Balances: Why We Only Fit UNIQUE (N...

A sash window only stays up because something is pushing back against gravity on both sides of the sash. In an original window that's a cast iron weight on a...

A coil of black brush pile draught seal on a timber windowsill by a double hung sash window

Compression vs Brush vs V-Seal: What Goes Where

The honest 3-way comparison: brush, compression and V-seal, which gap each one suits, and when to mix them on one window. With install videos.

Compression vs Brush vs V-Seal: What Goes Where

The honest 3-way comparison: brush, compression and V-seal, which gap each one suits, and when to mix them on one window. With install videos.

Rotten corner joint on a sash window bottom rail, paint peeling back to expose rotten timber

Splicing New Timber Into a Rotten Sash Window C...

Not every rotten corner can be sorted with a fill. On a recent job, six double hung sashes came back to the workshop for a full service, and one bottom...

Splicing New Timber Into a Rotten Sash Window C...

Not every rotten corner can be sorted with a fill. On a recent job, six double hung sashes came back to the workshop for a full service, and one bottom...