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New Cedar Wood Shingles
New Western Red Five Star Blue Label shingles replaced the old decayed shingles on the southern elevation of this bungalow in Westerham and finished with a generous coat of Texnap 22 oil, resulting in a stunning look!
The cedar shingles on the northern elevation had more life left in them, so all that was needed was a cold water pressure clean, following by a generous coat of Texnap 22 oil.
A Thermally Improved 1970’s Colt Extension
With the onset of winter and spiralling fuel costs, we were commissioned to thermally upgrade this late 1970’s Colt extension, together with four new argon gas filled A rated white uPVC factory fitted frames in our unique softwood treated sub-frames.
The window replacement took two days followed by the removal of the decayed cedar shingles and the original fibre insulation board for later refitting. The cutting and fitting of the Celotex insulation into the open wall void then followed, together with the fibreboard and an additional layer of Celotex. This was then covered with Tyvek breathable membrane and battens, finished with best quality vertical Western Red cedar TGV boarding.
Our local approved building control inspector oversaw the project with only two site visits required.
Work was completed in just seven days!
Insulate and Re-clad in Perthshire
The men swapped South East England for Perthshire to work on a bungalow we visited several years ago to replace the windows.
Decayed cedar boarding was removed from the front elevation; Celotex was fitted in the void for insulation, in addition to re-fitting the original insulation board and a further layer of Celotex, completed with a Tyvek breathable membrane. Battens were then fixed and finished with best quality Western Red cedar boarding, completed with a coat of Texnap 22 oil.
This will result in not only an outstanding look, but warmth for winter!
Composite Doors
We offer a range of A rated double glazed composite doors fully installed into your home. Here are a few of our favourites!
New Irish Oak Windows
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!
New Shingles and Boarding
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.
Summer Cedar Care
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!
New Welsh Windows!
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!
New Church Room Roof
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!
“A Kentish Cottage…”
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!
What’s new?
Colt Houses Wins Welsh Home of the Year!05/10/2026 - 2:41 pmWorth celebrating? The owners have confirmed that it is a Colt; a variation of the show house on stilts built next door to the old Colt factory in Bethersden. The owners still have the original plans and catalogue. Wales Home of the Year: Ferryside house on stilts wins competition – BBC News
Gable End Bedroom Extension03/10/2026 - 8:39 amHaving worked with this young family on this modest sized bungalow near Ashford in Kent over the past ten years, including installing all the windows and carrying out re-shingling work to several elevations, in the late Autumn of 2025, planning approval was granted, building regs followed and the foundation was completed during Summer 2026. An […]
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