Our wide range of facilities and services
Dorothea Restorations delivers a nationwide metalwork service from its base in Bristol.
Facilities and services include:
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Concept design
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Pattern making
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Castings in iron, bronze and steel
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Traditional blacksmithing
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Hot set riveting
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Machining and erection
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Surface preparation and coatings
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Mill work, including millstone dressing
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Specialised woodworking, including complex handrailing
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Maintenance and breakdown work
We also carry out a significant amount of work on site, operating as project manager, principal contractor or subcontractor.
Having agreed the most effective combination of on and off-site activity with the client, we are then equally skilled at dismantling, lifting and transporting large, delicate objects, establishing on-site workshop facilities as required.
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Restoration of the historic wrought iron canopy at the Palace Theatre in London
Dorothea had the privilege of carrying out the repair of the wrought iron spandrel brackets at the Palace Theatre in London. The canopy of Shaftesbury Avenue was damage by a bus that crashed into it in the summer of 2024.
The jewel of Scotland is Preston Mill
Preston mill is one of the few original watermill remaining and part f the National trust for Scotland portfolio.
Preparing your water mill for the winter
Autumn is always a time to reset, and our team replaced two traditional sluice gates in the Cotswold ready for the rainy seaon.
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