Stage 1 · What is required
Rating, and whether a closer is needed.
What we fit, in detail
Four kinds of finish joinery, all measured on site and quoted in writing.
Program 01 · The whole assembly matters
Doors & fire doors
A fire door is a system, not a slab. The leaf, frame, intumescent strips, smoke seals, hinges, closer and the gap around the leaf all form part of the certification, and we will not substitute ironmongery or leave out a closer because a client prefers the look. The certification evidence goes to you on completion.
Stage 2 · Door set
Specified complete, not assembled ad hoc.
Stage 3 · Fit
To the manufacturer's tolerances.
Stage 4 · Handover
Certification evidence for your records.
Stage 1 · Sample
A short offcut of the existing profile.
Stage 2 · Match
Copied, or cutters ground.
Stage 3 · Fit
Scribed to walls that are not straight.
Stage 4 · Finish
Filled and ready for decoration.
Program 02 · Matched to what exists
Skirting, architrave & trim
In a Victorian or Edwardian house the difficulty is matching a profile that has not been made commercially for a century. We can have cutters ground to copy an existing section so a repair or an extension does not announce itself with a slightly wrong moulding.
Program 03 · Part K is dimensional
Staircases & balustrades
Part K sets rise and going, headroom, handrail heights and the guarding rule that a 100 mm sphere must not pass through any gap — which rules out a great many spindle spacings people like the look of. We build to those figures and will refuse a design that fails them.
Stage 1 · Survey
Rise, going and headroom measured.
Stage 2 · Design
To Part K, not to preference.
Stage 3 · Install
Fixed and checked for movement.
Stage 4 · Guarding
100 mm sphere rule verified.
Stage 1 · Check the room
Floor level, walls, services.
Stage 2 · Level carcasses
Before anything is fixed.
Stage 3 · Scribe
Panels and cornice to the walls.
Stage 4 · Other trades
Gas and electrics referred out.
Program 04 · Levelled, then scribed
Kitchen & wardrobe fitting
Flat-pack kitchens assume square rooms and level floors, which London houses rarely provide. The work is in levelling the carcasses and scribing the end panels and cornice so the finished run looks built-in. Gas and notifiable electrical work goes to registered trades.
Got doors or stairs to fit?
A free measured quote, with the fire rating and regulations confirmed first.