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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The Boat House, Cliveden, National Trust
Dorothea carried out the conservation of the 160 year old iron roller shutter.
Restoration of 17th century strong box
It not very often you get the opportunity to restore an object with so much history and stories to tell. The strong box forms part of the C. Hoare & Co history and the transfer of gold and coins across oceans and dirt roads.
Bishop Montague's Tomb, Bath Abbey
Dorothea Restorations had the privilege of working with Peter Meehan ACR on the restoration of the historic railings around the Montague Tomb. The conservation of these railings form a part of the significance the Abbey has played in Bath's long heritage and the history of the Abbey.
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