our old thicknesser has started to make random divots and chunks out of the lengths. we have tried to get repairs to fix it, but alas its not possible.
we’ve had it at this factory for 24 years, about 5 years in the previous site on rosburg road we rented, and how ever long the previous joinery had it – its been a great and long lasting workhorse.
but times wear out all things, so we get to move to the space age with our new modern one. after the easter break we will set it up in the factory.
Adelaide Examiner has listed us in their tops of window installers of Adelaide. SDW beat us, but we supply them with their timber frames,windows,doors and sashes as well.
We have 2 similar jobs on the go right now, but there is a difference in how they operate; weights and pulleys versus spiral balances
These are single hung cedar sash windows. They will operate using a spiral balance tube on either side of the sash. The spiral balance means no weights and pulleys/ropes are needed. You can get custom made heavy duty spring balances for heavy glass up to about 36kilos.
A standard whitco spiral balance. suitable up to 14kgAn example of heavy duty balances from Schlegel. Thicker tube, custom made for specific orders. Up to 36kg.Cedar Boxframe windows being assembled – sashes are not in.
These are box-frame sash windows being assembled. Both top and bottom sash will move up and down, using the pulleys on the side, with rope and to the weights which will be hidden on the side boxes (hence box-frame).
This is the traditional method of sash windows, but because you need to hide the weights you have more timber and less glass/view than using spiral balances.
The bigger / thicker the glass = the bigger the weights need to be – making them very heavy in some circumstances.
We were sent to McLaren Vale for this job. Insurance. A flash flood had swept down the cellar and destroyed the existing doors. We made new ones, and new doorframe jambs. Installed using the existing arched doorframe head, and a few tweaks on the curves on the doors we had made at our factory.
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A client wanted ventilation in their bathroom, so we removed their existing fixed pane window and installed a new awning window instead. Now they can have a hot shower and get rid of the steam.
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