Wessex Restoration was established in 1996 as specialists in the replacement and restoration of timber sliding sash windows. Soon afterwards, we introduced our own bespoke joinery manufacturing facilities in order to keep up with the growing demands for traditional joinery services. Today, Wessex Restoration is a thriving company that offers a range of services encompassing fabrication, installation, replacement, refurbishment and replication. We can manufacture and install period style timber windows and doors to your exact specification, and can even cater to any unusual or highly specific design requirements you might have with our bespoke joinery service.
Wessex Restoration is a specialist heritage joinery with 25 years' experience designing, supplying and installing timber glazing products for period properties. We have worked on a range of projects alongside some of the UK's best architects and contractors, mainly refurbishing and repurposing period and listed buildings. With a combination of precision woodworking machinery and experienced traditional bench joiners, we can offer traditional look timber windows, doors, profiles and panelling that achieve modern specifications.
Wessex Restoration has worked with construction companies, contractors and architects on a number of large heritage restoration projects, such as refurbishing museums and hospitals, and repurposing old buildings into new residential developments. We can supply any period timber joinery required for commercial projects across the UK. Most of our projects have included sash window restoration or replacement, but we also manufacture and fit other timber glazing systems, internal fire doors and wooden ancillaries.
In most cases, we can restore and renovate timber sash windows, even replacing parts of the timber and rescuing sashes that have been painted shut. But there are occasionally times when conserving the original windows is not possible or is no longer a cost-effective option. We offer a comprehensive design, manufacture and fitting service for any type of wooden sash window, from sliding box sash windows to bespoke designs, with or without Georgian bars and other decoration, painted or unpainted. One of our experienced sash window joiners will visit your property to discuss your new windows and measure every aspect of the window including top and bottom rails, frame depth, sill, astragal bars and sashes.
Our bespoke joinery service caters for all angles of your timber restoration project, including restoring period features. We aim to repair first rather than replace, using our vast expertise to restore wood trims and panelling, window sills, shutters, skirting boards, architraves, coving and more. Whether the wood is rotten, flaking or worn, we can help you to return your period property to its original look. One of our experienced joiners will be able to advise you on the best path to take, whether it's possible to repair, treat and paint your existing wooden features or whether they will need replacing.
Highly coveted for their period charm and characteristic design, timber sash windows make heritage buildings beautiful. Without regular maintenance, older timber windows can become prone to water infiltration, rotting and cracking, and sashes may start to stick or rattle. Rather than replacing sash windows, a simple and cost-effective solution is to have your windows restored. After servicing, existing sash windows will not only work perfectly, but inside a property will be more energy efficient, soundproof and dust-free.
Would you like to work in a fun, friendly and thriving joinery company? With a variety of manufacturing, joinery, installation and customer service roles on offer, there are many opportunities to learn new a new craft at Wessex Restoration. If you think you have what it takes, download and fill out the form below. You can send us your application by email or post. If there aren't any vacancies currently available we'd still be happy to receive your CV and keep it on record for the future. We have carried out renovation projects on numerous properties in conservation areas and listed buildings.
We design, manufacture and install fire rated timber doors for period properties. These external and internal doors comply with the Fire Safety Law without breaching heritage planning requirements, allowing them to be installed in listed buildings and conservation areas. Fire resistant doors and panels can significantly slow the spread of fire along a room or corridor, as well as reducing damage caused by the smoke and flames. This is vital to maintain the integrity of the building's often timber framed structure.
At Wessex Restoration, we provide high performance draught proofing systems specifically designed for period style windows and doors, without altering their appearance. After draught proofing, windows and doors operate more smoothly and create a warmer, quieter and dust free living or working space. Due to a lower 5% VAT rate for homeowners of residential properties, draught proofing existing windows is a cost effective way to upgrade the energy efficiency of a building. Over time, warping, rotting and other issues can cause draughty gaps between sashes and frames.
Wessex Restoration specialises in the restoration of historic and listed buildings. As well as renovating existing timber glazing, we design, supply and install wooden windows and doors to match original specifications. We work closely with conservation officers and local authorities to design timber products in-keeping with the building's appearance, so that we can help preserve the best period properties of the past for the future. As experts in the renovation of traditional timber windows and doors, Wessex Restoration understands the importance of care and attention to detail when restoring historic or listed buildings.
