Joinery Joy
Joinery Joy
When I studied for my Mechanical Engineering HND back in the 90’s we touched on other areas of building, construction and trade skills but despite spending a lot of time messing around in metal, I’ve always had a soft-spot for wood. As a material, it’s warm, strong and a renewable source which we still keep finding new uses for, I just love it. So, it’s always been a bit of a shame that I’ve never really had the time to get really good at shaping or building with it. Until now that is!!
Project time and with some of the spare C24 timber from the roof and a few bits of 4×2 I’ve had lying around for a while now I’ve managed to knock up what looks like an half-decent sash window. It’s a pretty close match for the ones at the front of the hall but whereas they are top-opening, this one is a proper sash, well, it will be once I’ve built-in the runners, weights and bottom sash part anyway. It’s got more filler on show than Towie, but as a first attempt I’m quite pleased with it. Whether it’s square or strong enough to put in isn’t quite known yet so once the glue has dried, I’ll see how it looks but right now, replacing the windows and doors is looking that little bit more affordable!