Bathroom Renovations in Prestonpans

Joinery Built Off Site for Elphinstone Homes

George Herkes & Son Joinery (Est. 1989), a family run joinery firm based in Tranent, East Lothian, covers bespoke joinery in Elphinstone and the rest of East Lothian. Carcasses, doors and drawers are made and sprayed in the workshop, so a fitted cupboard job is usually one or two days in the house.

Why is fitted joinery built off site?

George Herkes & Son Joinery (Est. 1989) makes carcasses, doors and drawers in its own workshop. Spraying happens there too, with each coat flatted before the next and the doors stacked to cure. Curing is the one stage that cannot be hurried.

No sawing or spraying takes place in the room itself. Floor protection and dust sheets go down before anything is carried in, so a run of fitted cupboards is normally one or two days on site.

What is a bespoke joinery?

Bespoke joinery is woodwork designed and made for one particular room, to the measurements of that room, rather than bought as a stock size. A bespoke wardrobe, kitchen or staircase part is drawn from a survey and get more info built to fit the opening it goes into. George Herkes & Son Joinery (Est. 1989) surveys the room, builds the piece in its own workshop and fits it with the same team.

How far does the work reach from Tranent?

George Herkes & Son Joinery (Est. 1989) works from Tranent and covers the whole of East Lothian. Elphinstone is covered, along with Tranent, Prestonpans and Cockenzie and Port Seton.

Coastal houses and inland villages are surveyed the same way. Close to the coast, salt air shapes the choice of ironmongery. If your street is not named, a quick call settles it.

What are good fitted wardrobes made from?

George Herkes & Son Joinery (Est. 1989) builds carcasses from eighteen millimetre board with dowelled joints and glue blocks. Hand painted MDF is used for Shaker doors, since it keeps a sharp arris and stays flat. For a grained look, oak veneer is laid so the figure flows along the run.

Layouts are drawn from what goes in them: full length rails, doubled rails and drawers where there is depth for them. The top box takes the seasonal things nobody wants at eye level.

George Herkes & Son Joinery (Est. 1989) covers Elphinstone and the rest of East Lothian from its base in Tranent. Call 07860 211 815 for bespoke joinery.

George Herkes & Son Joinery (Est. 1989), Elphinstone. Call 07860 211 815.