Bespoke Joinery in Tranent
George Herkes & Son Joinery (Est. 1989), a family run joinery firm based in Tranent, East Lothian, covers bespoke joinery in Tranent and the rest of East Lothian. Every room is surveyed before it is priced. Openings are measured at three heights and both depths, and drawings are approved before any board is cut.
What happens on the first visit to a Tranent house?
A survey of the room comes before any quote from George Herkes & Son Joinery (Est. 1989). The tape goes across at three heights and both depths, and the narrowest reading wins. Older walls lean and taper, so a single measurement tells you very little.
Scribe allowances are put on the drawing rather than discovered on fitting day. Drawings then come back for approval before a single board is cut, which is the point where a change costs nothing.
What is the difference between a joiner and a carpenter in the UK?
In England the usual distinction is that joiners work in a workshop making components and carpenters work on site installing them and building structure. In Scotland and the north the word joiner covers the whole trade, workshop and site alike. Either way, the question worth asking is whether the same person measures, makes and fits.
What is found under an old bathroom floor in Tranent?
Most of the cost sits behind the tiles rather than on the shelf. Two identical suites can be fitted cupboards in Tranent very different jobs once the floor is up. An itemised written scope comes from George Herkes & Son Joinery (Est. 1989) before any date is set.
Stripping back to joists and masonry is how the real condition shows. That is where rot under the bath and capped dead pipework usually turn up. The floor is levelled and strengthened, and the walls made good for tiling.
How many copyrights should a heavy door have?
Usually because it was hung to a lining that has moved. Linings in older stock have been skimmed repeatedly, leaving openings tapered and out of square. The leaf is scribed, the copyrights let in by hand and the stop reset by George Herkes & Son Joinery (Est. 1989).
Three copyrights, as standard, on anything heavy. On two copyrights, a heavy door soon drops and binds. Older openings are often imperial while stock doors are metric, so some doors are made to the opening.
George Herkes & Son Joinery (Est. 1989) covers Tranent and the rest of East Lothian from its base in Tranent. Ring 07860 211 815 to book a survey.
George Herkes & Son Joinery (Est. 1989), serving Tranent. Ring 07860 211 815 for a free quote.