Holy Island- Door repairs

We had the pleasure of being asked to travel to Lindisfarne (the holy island) in Northumberland to examine one of the castle doors and bring it back to our workshop for repair.

​Following an early start our joiners reached site at 8:30am and made their way to the door, they were met on site by the property’s building surveyor and discussed the methods by which the door was to be repaired and together agreed the best way to proceed, following this we were asked to take a look at another door, to which we removed the lock for refurbishment in York.

​The below photos show the process of the repair where we carefully removed the existing bottom rail front and the rotten bottom front of the stiles, we then manufactured replacements to sit in their place. In order to encourage water to run off the new bottom rail (rather than behind as it has been) the rail has been set back into the back-bottom rail. The bottom rail and stiles have been joined using a traditional mortice and tenon.

​The door was then returned to its home, in time the repairs will begin to weather and blend in with the rest of the door and we look forward to seeing it in a few years’ time once the repair has aged.