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The original fanlight Showing the original fanlight on removal.
Conservation work to fanlights

The original fanlight being carefully stripped down section by section. Every section was conserved and reinstated into the original frame.

New decorative lead castings being made

New lead castings were made using casts of the originals. We employed a combination of methods depending on the section.

Methods used were: sand casting, plaster casting, casting using vulcanised rubber and lead milling for the profiled sections.

The original frames under repair

The original frames under repair at Recclesia's workshops.

New timber frames & stainless steel sub-frames to fanlights New frames were made to match the originals. The original fanlights had a mild steel sub-frame, but in order to avoid a repeat of the corrosion seen in the originals, a stainless steel sub-frame was used in the new fanlights.
A row of fanlights awaiting decoration & glazing The lead sections were built up over the stainless steel sub-frame and jointed using traditional soldering techniques.
Fanlights being decorated The fanlights being decorated.
The workshops awash with fanlights. The Recclesia workshops - awash with fanlights as the frames are decorated.
Glazing the fanlights The painstaking process of glazing the fanlights using traditional mouth-blown cylinder glass and linseed oil putty.
QA fanlight on a lightbox for inspection A completed fanlight on a lightbox to allow final inspection of work before installation on site.
One section of the terrace on completion One section of the terrace on completion.
A full entrance on completion Showing a full entrance on completion
A completed entrance A completed entrance.
   
   
 
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