Steel Windows

Restoring or re-creating steel windows allows us to bring a traditional window back to its former glory. The object here is always to salvage as much original material as possible and retain all the original features. We are happy to restore any steel window. Please enquire here.

Modern finishes mean a long life but more importantly maintain clearances for ease of operation and prevent the slow slide into violent operation and its subsequent damage to historic fabric. 

Non-ferrous fixings and fastenings, in the correct forms, preserve heritage features whilst preventing the onset of corrosion at the most vulnerable points. These also allow for ease of future repair and maintenance without recourse to violence or heat with their attendant damaging effects. 

It should be noted that many original frames were not galvanised and that galvanising such frames is a destructive act of vandalism. 

Some steel frames are not painted in any way before installation and do not even have clearance for any type of finish. Besides rust, the single most problematic feature of original steel frames is the build up of paint finishes and forced on ‘draught preventers’. Our tried, tested and proven methods will make any steel window truly as good as the day it was made.  The materials we carefully select and employ will defend any window efficiently against the biggest scourge to such fenestration, namely, water ingress and rust.

To do this we:

  •  Identify method of fixing into sub frame of timber or stone

  • Carefully remove undoing screws wherever possible

  • Label all parts separated to ensure correct assembly on completion

  • Transport to works for complete overhaul of frames

  • Carry out complete disassembly to single component parts

  • Inspect each part and carry out repairs as required

  • Repair of all threads to facilitate replacement of all screws with non ferrous fasteners in original thread form

  •  Clean and coat all ferrous and non ferrous parts on all surfaces

  •  Reassemble using non ferrous fastenings and grease all moving parts

  •  Replace, rebuild, restore glazing panels to relevant spec

  •  Re-glaze frames using suitable sealants and fixings

  •  Refit to opening using non ferrous screws and fixings 

We also offer:

  • Pattern making from scratch or original parts

  • Casting of parts in Iron, bronze, brass  and other metals

  • Sand casting, lost wax casting and general fabrication

  • Welding, brazing or soldering, silver and lead/tin

  • Stitching cast iron in as a repair

  • Frame sections from Blacksmith to W20 to Patent to Thermally broken

  • Hinges from pintle to butt to projection to friction – including Victorian ones!

  • Thread forms in Whitworth BSC,BSW, and if needed metric

  • Blast cleaning in all media, silica ,beads, soda, even walnut shells

  • Glass types and selection from Norman Slab through Mouth Blown, Sheet and Float

  • Glazing format from  groove to patent to gas filled high performance IGUs

  • Glazing execution from Pitch to Putty to Polymer

  • Finishes from oiling to paints to powder coating and its removal

We think that the above covers just about any and all eventuality – But we know that we haven’t seen it all and can’t wait to see something different.