http://www.woodworkersuk.co.uk/blog Wooden gates and garage doors made to measure Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:58:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.woodworkersuk.co.uk/blog/news/bwf-code-of-conduct-assured/ http://www.woodworkersuk.co.uk/blog/news/bwf-code-of-conduct-assured/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:40:50 +0000 Jon http://www.woodworkersuk.co.uk/blog/?p=2861 If you’ve visted our main site homepage recently, you may well have seen a new logo at the top of the page and you may be wondering what the logo that says ‘BWF approved’ actually means. Who or what is the BWF? This blog post will tell you who the BWF are, what they do [...]

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]]> http://www.woodworkersuk.co.uk/blog/news/idigbo-shortage-continues-to-bite/feed/ 0 http://www.woodworkersuk.co.uk/blog/news/european-oak-now-available/ http://www.woodworkersuk.co.uk/blog/news/european-oak-now-available/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:00:18 +0000 Jon http://woodworkersuk.co.uk/blog/?p=2138 We are pleased to announce that from today, we will be re-introducing beautiful kiln dried European Oak into all of our products, due to increased demand from our customers. We are really excited about the possibilities this affords us, as we’re sure you will be too. Why choose European Oak? There are many reasons why [...]

]]> http://www.woodworkersuk.co.uk/blog/news/european-oak-now-available/feed/ 0 http://www.woodworkersuk.co.uk/blog/news/new-addition-to-our-wooden-garage-door-range/ http://www.woodworkersuk.co.uk/blog/news/new-addition-to-our-wooden-garage-door-range/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:20:33 +0000 Jon http://woodworkersuk.co.uk/blog/?p=1791 We’re extremely pleased to announce another new and exciting addition to our bespoke range of wooden garage doors that will make your neighbours green with envy. Our brand new addition, the ‘Aber’, is available made to measure especially for you in long-lasting hardwood or in reliable softwood and comes pre-beaded (internally), ready for glazing as [...]

]]> http://www.woodworkersuk.co.uk/blog/news/new-addition-to-our-wooden-garage-door-range/feed/ 0 http://www.woodworkersuk.co.uk/blog/news/new-fenceinfill-panels-to-match-our-range-of-gates/ http://www.woodworkersuk.co.uk/blog/news/new-fenceinfill-panels-to-match-our-range-of-gates/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:42:30 +0000 Jon http://woodworkersuk.co.uk/blog/?p=1699 Check out our newest page on our website; it’s all about the fence! We are now pleased and proud to offer a range of complementary fence panels that will adorn your garden or driveway and make you the envy of the neighbourhood! Each panel is made to measure in a choice of kiln dried Scandinavian [...]

]]> http://www.woodworkersuk.co.uk/blog/news/new-fenceinfill-panels-to-match-our-range-of-gates/feed/ 0 http://www.woodworkersuk.co.uk/blog/news/new-addition-to-our-wooden-gate-range/ http://www.woodworkersuk.co.uk/blog/news/new-addition-to-our-wooden-gate-range/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:19:06 +0000 Jon http://woodworkersuk.co.uk/blog/?p=1631 We are pleased and proud to unveil the latest exciting addition to our extensive and popular range of made to measure and bespoke wooden gates. The new Kendal driveway gates (right) features everything you have come to expect from a Gate Expectations driveway gate; beautiful natural wood, lovingly chosen especially for its quality, a solid [...]

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