Repairs here split between the commercial frontages in the Village and the homes and offices around SDA and Aurobindo Marg. The commercial side is doors and front glass that get heavy use late into the evening; the residential side is the ordinary list of windows, mesh, mirrors and railings.
Doors on a frontage that is busiest at night
A cafe or bar door does most of its work in the evening, and it is opened by people carrying things and not paying attention.
That is harder on a door than steady daytime use, because the door gets pushed rather than pulled and swung harder than it should be.
So the closer needs setting to close firmly but slowly at the end, and the hardware needs to be the heavier grade. A standard domestic closer on a frontage like this lasts a season. We fit the commercial grade and set the final action properly.
Glass in old walls in the Village
Buildings in the Village are old and have been altered many times, so an opening is rarely square and often not the same size top and bottom.
A replacement pane cut to one measurement will not fit an opening like that.
So we template rather than measure where the opening is visibly irregular - taking the actual shape rather than two numbers. It costs a little more and the pane goes in first time, which on a frontage that cannot stay boarded matters more than the cost.
Balcony and terrace railings on converted buildings
Terraces here are heavily used, and the railings around them are often original mild steel that has been painted over many times.
The paint build-up hides the condition, and the failure point is where a baluster meets the floor and water has stood.
On a terrace used by customers this is worth checking properly rather than assuming, since the load a railing takes at a busy terrace is quite different from a domestic one. We check by hand at the base, and we say plainly if a railing should not be leaned on until it is repaired.
How the job works
- Tell us about the jobSend a few photos, rough sizes and what you need. Use WhatsApp or the form. For a repair, a short video of the door moving helps a lot.
- We call you back in about 2 minutesWe confirm what you need and a time to visit. Where we can, we give you a rough price on the call.
- We come and measureWe measure the opening and check the walls, floor and ceiling around it. Anything made to size is made to these measurements, so they must be right.
- You get a written priceIt lists each item, with GST as its own line. If anything about the job changes, we tell you before we go ahead.
- We fit itYou approve the price and pay the advance. Our own team fits the work, checks that every door and window opens and closes properly, and clears up. Most jobs are done in 3 to 4 days.
