We offer a range of A rated double glazed composite doors fully installed into your home. Here are a few of our favourites!
Sixteen A rated double glazed Irish Oak/White uPVC frames factory fitted in our unique softwood treated sub-frames were installed during the summer in Surrey.
Each frame has a trickle vent at the top, locking handles and is toughened Argon gas filled. Three coats of Sadolin wood stain was applied to the exterior of the outer frame, leaving internal decoration to by completed by the client, resulting in beautiful craftsmanship!
This past summer the men took advantage of the drier and warmer weather to strip the cedar shingles off selected elevations of two bungalows near Canterbury.
One gable elevation saw the removal of cedar shingles, replaced with new shingles and finished with a generous coat of Texnap 22 oil.
The other bungalow saw decayed cedar shingles removed and replaced on part of the bungalow. On the gable end, the cedar shingles were removed, fibre board and Celotex insulation was added, followed by cedar boarding and a coat of Texnap 22 oil to nourish and prolong the new cedar.
Late Spring and early summer is an ideal time (weather permitting) to undertake our cedar maintenance programme. This involves pressure washing the cedar and thereafter applying a generous coat of Texnap 22 oil. The oil will nourish and prolong the cedar, in addition to a visual transformation!
With striking blue skies, a beautiful garden as a backdrop and close to the sea, what more could the team ask for when working away from home?!
The penultimate week of May saw the team travel to Newport in Pembrokeshire to undertake the replacement of seven single glazed windows.
The old Crittall windows and sub-frames have done the best for over fifty years and were replaced with a more thermally efficient, secure system whilst retaining the original integrity of the buildings and appeal!
Seven white uPVC windows were factory fitted in new softwood treated sub-frames in our workshop in Kent, thus reducing the installation time to only three days on site!
Two weeks during the Spring sunshine saw the completion of the re-roofing of both elevations of the Church Room at St Cosmas and St Damian Church, Blean, near Canterbury, Kent.
Each cedar shingle was stripped from the roof, then the roof was covered with a Tyvek breathable membrane, followed by the fixing of roof battens and completed with new Western Red cedar shingles, resulting in a stunning new look for the Church clergy and all walkers passing by on the nearby Crab and Winkle Way en-route to Whitstable!
Cedar clad finishes to our buildings are not always what the doctor ordered! This quaint family bungalow in the Weald of Kent for many years has boasted a typical Kentish Country cottage feel, together with painted feather edge boarding and cottage style windows.
This was the theme our clients have enjoyed and wanted to keep, although, on a larger scale!
Having removed a uninteresting redundant flat roof addition and with the foundations put in, work began in September with erecting the many pre-manufactured wall panels; this was closely followed by the cedar wood shingles on the roof and treated feather edge boarding, all just in time before the autumn weather turned grim.
Some remodelling to the internal layout kept the team busy through the inclement weather and the extension was completed in time for the Christmas holidays, welcomed happily by the owners!
The summer of 2022 and with sweltering temperatures provided the ideal time to add a much-needed coat of Texnap 22 nourishing oil to all four elevations, in addition to the roof of this beautifully located bungalow on the West Sussex/Hampshire border.
The dryness of the roof resulted in almost 180 litres of oil being directly applied to shingles by way off a knap-sac sprayer; the side walls requiring much less, although the finish of both roof and side walls look thoroughly re-nourished and rich!
It only took two days to apply a generous coat of Texnap 22 oil to the cedar boarding on this two storey house, in addition to the cedar boarding on the summer garden room in Brentwood, Essex.
A bank of full height windows in the living room of a Colt bungalow typically consists of five four foot units. The brief on this occasion was to reduce the width of the other two units, thus enabling some screening of the tv wires and a more suitable wall for the curtains to hang in the corners.
All five redundant windows and under panels were removed, replacing these with energy rated A Nut Tree uPVC windows, all factory fitted in our unique treated softwood sub-frames. For a brighter finish, the inside section of plastic remained white and together, with new Southern Yellow architrave and skirting, all that remains is the client’s choice of finish for the internal joinery. New insulated under panels were installed and the ebony stained cedar boarding was carefully married together by our expert craftsman.
With temperatures in the high thirties, work was not compromised and still completed in two days!
Luxury Garden Store/Workshop Delivered to the Isle of Mull16/06/2026 - 7:13 amThe original owners of this family bungalow on the Isle of Mull were adamant that nothing less than their very own cedar-clad luxury garden store and workshop would suffice, creating a building worthy of standing proudly alongside their beautiful coastal home. Our small team of skilled craftsmen manufactured the wall panels in our workshop, allowing […]
A delightful Place to Sit02/06/2026 - 8:09 pmWith Spring all around and long summers just around the corner, we were delighted to have the opportunity to build this attractive 5m x 2.4m south facing garden shelter. Designed to make the most of its sunny position, the shelter provides and welcome shade from the heat of the midday and afternoon sun, whilst offering […]
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New book! - COLT HOUSES THE HISTORY OF W H COLT SON & CO LTD by Clive Kennett
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