Whether it's a whole house of door furniture & hardware, a single item, or just looking for a bit of advice, it's always worth dropping us an email or giving us a call. We fully understand old door furniture & hardware can be a bit of a minefield.

This Georgian oak front door lock with iron banding (above) needed a fair bit of restoration, new keep and a replacement key.

A customers 1920s Servants call box. A good clean and a couple of little tricks got all 4 windows working. Lots of paint stripping by hand, a few repairs & lightly refinished.

A mid 1800s front door rim lock. Various repairs, new slide knob & sympathetically refinished.

Early 1800s (& later) rim locks, mortice locks, handles & some hardware. 

Restoration Testimonials

Early 1900s call box in not great condition, with a thick paint effect finish. Stripped, refinished & new flags. The internals cleaned & eventually working.

A collection of Victorian rim locks, heavily painted as usual. A few minor repairs, springs & a few new keeps. Perfectly usable for another 100yrs.

Brass knocker, door pull and lion head knocker, all polished for a refurbished front door project.

Painted locks, latches & knocker. Stripped, finished refurbished & new keys.    

A lot of what we do involves stripping old paint, varnish, lacquer & general grime, more often than not polishing is required. It's a relatively quick process.

Cost

We base our costs on our time & materials, rather than the retail value of the item. Most of what we do can be quite labour intensive, but generally it's cheaper to restore than to buy the equivalent. Some items can't be repaired & occasionally it might be uneconomical, we'll let you know.

Process

Give us a call or better still send us an email with pictures and an idea of what you have. We'll have some correspondence & go from there. We'll give you an accurate quote as possible from the information provided, send us the items & we'll give you a final quote.