Glan Dulas
[Oak Extension]
For us Paul and Janes extension was an exercise in making something complicated look simple. The vision was clear – an existing stone outbuilding was to be partially dismantled and extended and then linked to the main house to provide an additional room. The challenge was the location – cut into a steep hillside with no access and very limited space - everything had to be carried in and out by hand, across a road and up a flight of stone stairs. Needless to say we were fit by the end of the job.
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Due to the hillside needing to be retained and a belly in the existing masonry wall we decided it was best to rebuild the retaining wall and with the help of a geophysicist and a structural engineer eventually arrived at a design that would hold the bank.
Once we were out of the ground, we really hit our stride, the timber frame was a delight to cut, despite its relatively modest size it had lots of interesting details, such as the link building’s roof intersecting the main roof at 113 degrees rather than the more usual 90 - we love a challenge. Since it was a whole build, we then also got to lavish our attention on the roof, the face glazing, the Joinery, in fact everything other than the electrics was made by hand by Jody and I. we insulated, plastered, slated, lead flashed, and we loved it all. We think the work speaks for itself and as the testimonial below shows the customers do too.
It is not often that you encounter consummate professionals, who are not only experts in their field, but who are also thoroughly decent and pleasant individuals. Robin and Jody clearly love their work, take great pride in doing a good job and go the extra mile to get things right. We were particularly impressed, and to be honest surprised, by the extra touches that they added to our wonderful extension. Indeed, we were so pleased with their work that we have employed them again and once more are delighted with the end result. I have no reservation in recommending ‘Vincent and Parry Timber Framing’.
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- Paul Smith
