Hardwood Shopfronts

If the building is listed or in a conservation area, yes — listed building consent or planning permission is usually required, and the officer will want to see a drawn elevation with mouldings and section sizes. We produce those drawings as part of the survey so you are not submitting a photograph and hoping.

Accoya and iroko for anything facing weather. Accoya is dimensionally very stable and holds paint for years longer than softwood; iroko is naturally durable and suits a stained or oiled finish. European oak looks right on a period frontage but moves more and stains around ferrous fixings, so it needs stainless throughout.

Eight to twelve weeks from signed drawings, most of which is machining and finishing rather than fitting. The fit itself is typically two to four days. Trading can usually continue, though the glazing day needs the frontage clear.

Yes. We take the profiles off the original with a moulding gauge, so the ovolo, the cornice and the pilaster proportions come back the same rather than approximately. That is normally what a conservation officer is checking.

Security comes from the glazing spec and the closing hardware, not the timber. We build for laminated glass, concealed shootbolts and a proper mortice, and we can detail for a shutter box behind the fascia so the shutter does not spoil the elevation.

Part M expects a level or gently ramped threshold on a commercial entrance. We detail a low-profile weathered cill with a drainage channel so you get accessibility without a puddle inside the door.

We build and fit the joinery and coordinate the glazier. Signwriting is a separate trade, but we size the fascia and set the blocking to carry it, which is the part that goes wrong when a fascia is built too shallow.

Factory finished before it reaches site — primer plus two coats, on all faces including the ones you will never see again once it is fitted. Sealing the back and the ends is what stops moisture getting into the joints.