Before & After

Case studies

Photographs of finished work only tell you half the story. These are projects shown from both ends, with what the room or the garden was actually doing wrong, how the job was built, and how long it took.

Before

The completed close-board timber fence running along the boundary and returning across the rear of the garden

After

Fencing & DeckingRenfrewshire2 working days on site

Replacing a Collapsing Boundary Fence

A rotted painted panel fence, held up mostly by the ivy growing through it, replaced with close-board timber on properly set posts.

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Before

After

JoineryRenfrewshire3 working days on site

Opening Up a Dark Stairwell With Glass and Oak

Swapping a run of painted timber spindles for toughened glass and an oak handrail pulled daylight back into a landing without touching the structure of the stairs.

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Before

The finished media wall with warm-lit display niches, a recessed wall-mounted TV, soundbar and inset electric fire

After

JoineryEast Renfrewshire6 working days on site

Building a Media Wall With Lit Display Niches

A blank living room wall became a full-height media wall with eight lit niches, a recessed TV and an inset fire, with every cable buried before the plasterboard went on.

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The full gallery is sorted by trade, from kitchens and bathrooms through to media walls and fencing and decking.

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