Replication in Woodford Green
K&D were asked to provide joinery to perfectly match that of an existing property, which the owner wished to embody the original detail, but with energy conservation as a key driver. K&D were able to replicate the windows and doors using both our traditional skills, combined with ...
Eastleigh Station, Southampton - June 2011 - January 2012
We were pleased to receive a nomination following previous work from a contractor to Network Rail, Geoffrey Osborne, and even more pleased to receive the intriguing order for joinery along the length of a footbridge spanning 4 tracks at Eastleigh Station, Southampton.
The station ...
Substantial works in London W3
We were asked by Francis Construction to manufacture and install a complex cut string staircase, requiring some novel design features, in London W3. This was particularly so as the oak stair had a 3.5 metre half landing, which required a bridge support of laminated birch ply bearers, to ...
Olympic delivery - 2011
In 2011 we supplied joinery through an order from Ellmer Construction, for one of the accommodation blocks on the Olympic site.
While this was for relatively standard door frames, although supplied in FSC timber using our Chain of Custody Certification, the first delivery ...
CHAS approval gained January - 2011
We have just gained the Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme -CHAS. We were totally committed to demonstrating our professional Health & Safety approach to our clients, and the CHAS certification seemed to offer exactly that.
As the scheme is regularly monitored it ...
Inamo St. James - Oriental restaurant with a difference - November 2010
inamo st james is an innovative oriental restaurant on Regents Street, London. This restaurant is providing the unusual feature of clients being able to order interactively using overhead projection technology. There is more, as the customer can choose the "virtual tablecloth" and even ...
Winning awards at the Company Barking and Dagenham - May 2010
K & D Joinery have won the Runner Up position in the Barking and Dagenham Borough Council Business of the Year Award for 2010. The award was based on three key elements:-
Environmental best practice
Business benefits of the company's environmental products
Evidence of ...
Low Energy Retrofit - April 2010
Rob Prewett, of Prewett Bizley, is the architect behind the scheme and the pioneering project to demonstate how carbon emissions can be reduced, with a property heated only by a towel rail!
The Technology Stategy Board was set up to show how deep cuts can be made in ...
FSC and PEFC certification - February 2010
FSC and PEFCAnother success story for K & D as we gain certification for both FSC and PEFC. We are now able to offer FSC 100%, FSC Mix and 100% PEFC, for many of our diverse range of products.
We have found this to be a requirement on a number of prestigous projects, ...
A prestigious London development using engineered Red Grandis
Manufacturing in Red Grandis has many advantages, with less waste, improved machining and a perfect factory finished product showing virtually no visual defects.
The Uruguayan species used is 100% FSC and is an engineered high-grade clear timber.
Please read the recent article ...
U value of 0.8W/m2K
Our Tilt & Turn window has now been certified to have a U value of 0.8W/mēK. We have a Fully Reversible soon to gain the same level of U value and also an 84mm thick insulated door to offer the same level.
This range we have called Zero 8, and we will look to build on energy ...
Essendon Park, a most majestic mansion house near Hatfield receives a new life
During 2008 K & D Joinery were asked to supply, by P J Livesey, a range of external joinery products for Essendon Park, a most exquisite mansion house near Hatfield. The house itself is approached through a lime tree drive and is surrounded by 400 acres of parkland, with not ...
A Dunkirk Little Ship comes back to life
K & D Joinery have received a number of interesting commissions over the past 2 years, but to assist with the rebuild of a 1939 Dunkirk Little Ship is as interesting as they come.
The White Marlin started life ordered from Thornycrofts by an Armenian sugar broker, ...
Highly acclaimed at the British Woodworking Federation Annual Awards Ceremony 2008
This wooden facsimile of a World War 2 V2 rocket was hugely acclaimed by Members of the British Woodworking Federation, at their annual dinner in November. This is not the first project for the artist Paul Fryer who trained with Damien Hurst, but it is the largest at 47 feet ...
Taxidermy and Joinery - what a mixture and what a talent!
Over time we have been asked to produce a variety of work, and for artist Polly Morgan we have again been able to assist.
Polly Morgan is a gifted taxidermist who recently had one of her works titled "Carrion Call" at the Haunch of Venison group show, Mythologies, ...
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