13 03, 2012

Environmentally friendly hardwood?

Hardwood is a word that usually has negative connotations with respect to growth and felling practices of less scrupulous companies in South America.  For a long time, companies like ours were only able to purchase hardwood that was at best 70% FSC.  That basically means that only a portion of the timber was environmentally harvested [...]

7 03, 2012

Stuck-on Glazing Bar or Applied Bar……But Why?

What are stuck-on glazing bars? This is a question I wish I had been given a pound every time I heard it.  It has a simple answer: I suppose it is simple for me as I have been doing this for years, but for a customer about to part with a lot of money, it [...]

2 03, 2012

Why purchase Oak windows?

Oak windows have a real character about them. They are found on a great many types of property and are generally referred to as high-end windows due to their cost. But why choose oak windows? European oak, and indeed English oak, are both a very hard, durable type of wood that can last an incredible [...]

2 03, 2012

Two sets of oak bi-fold doors with a stunning result

Stanbrook and Nicholson recently completed a project in East Horsely. Two sets of oak bi-fold doors were supplied and arranged in a corner configuration in a new extension. The client's new kitchen was installed and I think you will agree the overall result is fantastic! Our hardware supplier Westward Building Services was so impressed with [...]

2 03, 2012

Hardwood bi-fold doors in Surrey

Stanbrook and Nicholson supplied a set of hardwood bi-fold doors for the garden house of a private client in East Horsley.  The doors all open one way with a master door one side.   The doors are supplied in laminate hardwood to offer a greater amount of stability.   Stanbrook and Nicholson get great feedback on the [...]

16 01, 2012

Flush timber windows in Cobham

Flush timber windows, bi-fold sliding doors and an oak front door in Cobham surrey. Stanbrook & Nicholson were pleased to be involved in this project in Cobham.  Our customer had a home that had a mis-match of windows that had been replaced by different people  over the years.   As they were having some building work done [...]

14 01, 2012

What happens to our waste?

Being a company that manufacturers out of timber, we understandably create wood waste. The majority of our waste is made into chippings when the timber is converted through our machines. Our extractors duct the waste away from the machine being used and suck it into large bags that are attached to a dust extraction unit that [...]

13 01, 2012

Joinery spray finishing and how it has changed

In days gone by Joinery companies in the main supplied their products in bare timber. In the sixties the timber quality of softwood had reduced substantially and builders tended to fit the timber windows as the house was being built and then paint and protect the joinery much later on. This has caused huge problems for timber [...]