Big owl joinery

24/04/2026

27/01/2026

All windows great and small

21/12/2025

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24/10/2025

We professionally refurbish your wooden windows with ❤️

01/08/2025

We make replica hardwood windows and doors for your listed building. Good quality cabinets as well.
Based in the Waveney Valley, Suffolk
www.bigowljoinery.co.uk

13/06/2025

All good things come to an end and here are the photos from a complete refurbishment of the hexagonal bench on Elm Hill in Norwich.
The refitting took all week including the levelling of the surrounding cobbles and flints and what a nice week we had. The repairs took much longer.
In preparation for the planning I drew the seat in cad for historical purposes and it was accepted by Norwich council which also nice.
The people and visitors of Norwich were enthusiastic and really complimentary towards the repairs.
From early on we learned how much this landmark, meeting place and rest stop means to the nice people of Norwich. From commuters and residents to students and tourists, lots of people stopped and asked about the repairs and the age and history of this iconic landmark on the oldest street in Norwich. It’s been great do, to embrace the sheer wonkyness of it all and make a really good well thought out repair that will hopefully last another 46 or more??
In more detail we removed the bench, sanded it right back to see what kind of repair were needed (2 sanders unfortunately died in this process)
then seeing how many ridges there were on the boards, decided that epoxy resin repairs would be the best course of action to allow the water to bead off. So epoxy repairs is exactly what we did followed by a lot more sanding.
Lots of the end grain had deteriorated too which needed repairing and unfortunately 2 of the seats were beyond repair so we made some replacements with new oak.
I feel that pieces with this much character don’t need to hide their repairs. It’s more honest to their life’s journey to show where rot had taken hold and where the original has continued to survive. The obvious new and old wood share the story,
not just to carpenters but for every person who sits in the bench to unravel as they take their 5 min break.
Btw if you take a rest on the new bench definitely consider a pop in to the Bear Shop or the cafe/restaurant (world class sausage rolls) and gift shops on Elm hill. They have genuinely kind owners.
Thank you.

02/05/2025

A sleek 3 panelled screen, made from Hardwood it has toughened double glazed units with pilkington frosted glass to give more light and privacy.

02/05/2025

Today we finished possibly Suffolks smartest garden gate! 😀
This hardwood door features a small ‘who is it?’ hatch.
To make it even more original we made wooden hinges and latch.
A lovely gate for a lovely home, it’s kind of them to let me share the photos of the setting too.
Another thank you is to Phil at AllBolts in Eye who ALWAYS helps when I have machinery needs, for this project he made some guide rings so we can now make all manner of curved projects and on the way is a stainless steel bolt for the hatch and some hinge pins.
What a handy person to know. 👍

09/04/2025

Most of this frame is sound and rot free, in fact it’s all ok except the bit we replaced.
This repair removes all the rotten wood with minimal disruption.
We copied the existing cill and jamb dimensions, made it in the workshop and it fitted perfectly 😮‍💨😀.
It will be painted black it has a stainless steel water bar will and last for years.

28/03/2025

This is an insulated front door that we made.
We discussed a style the customers liked, designed it in cad, planed sawn timber, then made the door, decorated and hung it ensuring a satisfying click when it closes and snugs against the draft seal perfectly.

27/03/2025

When asked for some strips of wood for a glass mover, we thought we'd make some very nice strips of wood for a glass mover, we don't do things by halves here..
Using the laser machine and a standard router we inlaid the company logo flush in to some maple boards and varnished them.
The devil is in the details and this robotic glass mover is the smartest one around.
From a bit of welding to a supermarket and pretty much everything in between seek out A.N Fabrications Ltd www.anfab.co.uk and ask for Neil.