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Our newsletter number 4 for April 2004

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SECRET DOOR

We knew that our first web site didn't really hit the spot! Many of our customers are increasingly IT literate, so we decided to upgrade to broadband to allow the sending and receiving of large files by Internet, and to completely revisit our web site.

Our new web site is based very much on visual content and uses around 300 high quality images as a small sample of the breadth of our work. This does mean it will be a little slow on dial up connections but we hope you will enjoy it in its full glory on broadband. You may well recognise some of the images that we have used and we hope you are as delighted with them as we are.

They are all anonymous in order to protect your privacy! We would value and welcome your feedback on the website. You will find a response form here.

Our client had a book storage crisis in their home office. Our solution was to design and make an Oak bookcase that also gave them access to a store room.

The "door" is opened by pushing an antiquarian book which operates a spring loaded self-retracting lock, all designed and built specially for the project.

 

The door is weighty and purpose made hinges and pivots were manufactured to transport the 500kg door with ease.

The end result has delighted the family and adds a greatly improved definition to the overall design of the room.

   

ROSSLYN CHAPEL

Simpson & Brown Architects asked us to refurbish the existing woodwork within the Baptistry and create, to their designs, a new door and carved fretwork panel above to replace a sub-standard 1950's scheme.

Salvaged Pitch Pine beams were sourced to ensure an excellent stock match. The new carved panels are a faithful reproduction but are double sided, sandwiching a glass panel to allow daylight but to avoid draughts.

The end result is a magnificent restoration of the wood to a standard suitable for such a world class historical building,

Charles Taylor Woodwork, West Church, Old Edinburgh Road, Dalkeith EH22 1JD. Tel: 0131 654 2221 Email: web@ctww.co.uk
Charles Taylor Woodwork is the trading name for Charles Taylor Woodwork & Design Ltd which is a company registered in Scotland with company number 104176. The VAT Registration number for the company is GB 446 4165 46. The registered address for the company is West Church, Old Edinburgh Road, Dalkeith EH22 1JD.
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