WoodWorx Carpentry and Joinery - Barton Mills

04/04/2026

**Professional Sash Window Repair Services**

Is your sash window in need of repair? At Wood Worx Joinery, we specialise in restoring sash windows to their original condition. Our services include:

- **Draft Sealing**: Enhance energy efficiency by eliminating drafts.
- **Glazing Repairs**: Replace broken or foggy glass.
- **Wood Restoration**: Repair or replace damaged wood.
- **Sash Mechanism Repairs**: Ensure smooth operation.

Contact us today to discuss how we can restore your sash windows to their former glory.

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Expert carpentry and joinery for period building restoration and refurbishment. 30 years experience in Suffolk. Specialising in sash windows, bespoke furniture, and traditional craftsmanship.

29/12/2025

Are your Sash Windows in need of repair?

I've spent the last 30 years bringing tired sash windows back to life across Suffolk.

There's something special about working on a window that's been in a house for 150 years. The craftsmanship that went into them – it's worth saving.

Most of what I see can be repaired rather than replaced:

• Broken sash cords
• Rotten timber sections
• Rattling and draughts
• Windows painted shut

I work with the original materials wherever possible, adding discreet draught-proofing so you keep the character but lose the cold spots.

If you've got sash windows that need some attention, give me a call or drop me a message. I'm always happy to come and have a look – no obligation, just honest advice.

📞 07964 327861

📍 Based in Barton Mills, covering Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and beyond

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23/05/2024

A Cost Effective Alternative to a Floating Staircase.

For this project the owners of an Edwardian stable block, originally part of a large village House had a second small, dark fully enclosed staircase leading up to their master bedroom. My stepdad (an architect and developer of period properties) had designed a conversion into a dwelling about 15 years previously.

The new owners wanted to open up the stairwell and were looking to have a floating staircase fitted but decided the cost was too much. The metalwork involved in floating stairs can be quite costly.

So I designed a false floating staircase.

This involved building a shallow studwork against the wall about 300mm wide that I fixed large hardwood treads to and then plasterboarded and had plastered. This then acts as an anchor cantilever point giving the effect of floating stairs.

I finished the 3” thick solid sapele treads with a few coats of black stain and a couple of coats of hardwax oil. And a new oak door at the top of the stairs combined with a nice iron handrail which finished it all off quite nicely. We were all very pleased with the end result.

If you're looking for Quality Craftsmanship, please contact me for an estimate.
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22/05/2024

Sympathetic Additions to a Quaker-Style Kitchen - Arts & Crafts Style property.

The remit was to remove a section of wall and floor carcasses to afford space for a large gas oven, whilst increasing storage space.

A little tricky you might think!

So, we started in one corner that just had worktop with no wall carcasses. I designed a tambour unit with a corner carousel storage unit below. Then a full height larder cabinet in Pippy Oak adjacent. The cabinet had full height spice rack on the reverse of the door to maximise space with a second shelved door inside. This design doesn`t particularly increase storage but makes the shelves beyond much more accessible and easier to see the contents.

With a few details to finish off including through wedged mortice and tenon joints with contrasting wooden wedges in the doors, sleek black soft-close hinges on the main door and black butt hinges on the internal door. Moving clockwise we had a section of small worktop that the client hated because it was the forever cluttered with paperwork part of the kitchen (we all have one).

I fitted a full height end panel and manufactured an oak tambour with internal shelf. Next was the built-in fridge freezer area. Originally an open shelf above. So, I built an oak carcass with doors pilfered from the cabinets removed where the cooker went with a pippy oak panel above to tie it across with the larder cabinet. Next was the far right where the client wanted some large pan drawers to replace two single doors.

Fortunately, I was able to reuse the existing doors from the removed wall carcasses, to make the drawer fronts. This meant I didn`t have to make any fully new doors where colour matching old doors is very hard. Great news.

You might be thinking we haven`t created more storage space than before but above all the wall carcasses I made white doored carcasses with push to open doors. New oak kick boards replacing old black ones finished off the re-fit.

I`ve been replacing single glazed sliding sash windows with double glazed ones intermittently for around 10 years (large houses can be very expensive to replace all the windows in one hit). The existing kitchen was in a timeless oak quaker style, and we felt not in need of totally replacing.

If you're looking for Quality Craftsmanship, please contact me for an estimate.

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11/04/2024