The doors we see in everyday houses are usually designed specifically to exclude draughts, with sophisticated and long-lasting designs intended to prevent airflow and heat loss. However, on older doors, especially the kinds of doors you would see in preserved buildings, there are often gaps through which air can travel. As well as that, normal wear and tear on a centuries-old door, combined with rot, shrinkage, swelling and decay in the wood, will often make it necessary to repair older doors and replace the damaged parts.
We have a great deal of experience in dealing with these older designs and maintaining their architectural and aesthetic beauty while bringing them up to modern standards of energy efficiency.
I have two small apartments with old fashioned wooden sash windows and the management company is very restrictive as to how they can be dealt with. Rather than replacing the windows, which would have been very costly, I contacted John Gormley to see how the windows could be dealt with. John gave me a very reasonable quote and refurbished the windows very professionally, replaced two cracked panes, draft proofed the windows and repainted them to bring them to their full functionality. They look great and are working perfectly. John has been a pleasure to work with over a short period of time to refurbish the windows in a cost-effective way with minimal disruption to me and my tenants. The apartments are much warmer as a result of the work done and are fire safety compliant. I am delighted to recommend John's work.
Eleanor Daly
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