Continue reading »]]> High Performance External Doors

Sometimes you need external doors which perform better than average external doors with respects to strength, weather performance and possessing enhanced security features.

To meet demand for these features X L Joinery have developed a small range of High Performance External Doors which have been developed and tested to meet the exacting requirements of PAS23 & PAS24 quality and performance standards.

High Performance Door Sets

High Performance External Doors can be supplied as doorsets which includes a high performance external door of your choice factory fitted into an external door frame using the following enhanced security door hardware:

• Shoot Bolts
• 5 Way Multi Point Locking System
• Vectis Locking System for additional Security
• Stormguard Trimline Door Threshold
• Weather Bar / Rain Deflector
• Option Letter Place

These High Performance External Doors meet all the requirements of PAS23 & PAS24 when supplied as a complete doorset and also offer the additional advantage of saving you time and effort during installation as you simply have to fit the completed doorset into your door opening rather than having to fit the frame and then fit the external door and related hardware.

PAS23 / PAS24 External High Performance Door Standards

As mentioned above X L Joinery External Doorsets have been developed and tested to meet the exacting requirements of PAS23 / PAS24. What does this mean precisely I can hear you asking?

PAS23: Includes testing the External Doors & Doorset to BS6375 Part 1 which focuses on the doors performance with regards to withstanding the weather and the doors general performance requirements. You can get more information regarding BS6353 Part 1 here

PAS24: Tests the External Doors & Doorset’s enhanced security performance and is a full blown attack on all parts of the external doors construction including glazing, locking system, joints and beading.

Available Doors

There are several popular choices of external doors in both traditional and contemporary designs which are available to choose from including oak colonial doors, oak suffolk doors, oak chancery doors, oak london doors and hardwood chancery doors.

For more information on External High Performance Doors you can visit our website at www.blueprintjoinery.co.uk or call us on 01691 671020 and we will be happy to answer any and all questions you may have.

Continue reading »]]> Blueprint Joinery has expanded its range of stair parts even further by adding the stunning Modus range of pine and oak stair parts from Clive Durose.

If you’re looking for a modern look for your stairs but want to avoid using square / stop chamfer spindles and newels or if you don’t want to use stair parts with metal components like Axxys Stair Parts, then you may want to consider using Modus Spindles, Handrails & Newel Posts.

Modus Slender Spindles / Newel Posts

Modus stair parts from Clive Durose use a sleek & contemporary slender design for its spindles and newel posts giving you a modern look for your staircase which also provides a very distinctive look. Available in a choice of both pine and oak spindles and newel posts, Modus is affordable as well as being a stylish alternative to traditional designs of spindles and newel posts.

Modus Handrails

The modus stair parts system also uses a unique contemporary style of stair handrail which from Clive Durose’s IKON stair parts range which compliments the sleek, slender look of the Modus spindles and newel posts. The handrails are supplied in a choice of 4 lengths allowing Modus to be used on the vast majority of staircases.

Visit us at www.blueprintjoinery.co.uk for more details about Clive Durose’s Modus stair parts system or call 01691 671020 or email us at info@blueprintjoinery.co.uk

Continue reading »]]> Once you’ve bought your oak cottage doors the next thing you’re likely to consider is what type of hinges to use with your new doors.

There’s no question what style to use as Black Antique style hinges compliment cottage doors the best, however there are two types of Black Antique cottage door hinges available to you – hand forged hinges or cast hinges.

Hand Forged Cottage Door Hinges

This type of cottage door hinges are hand forged using steel and are an extremely strong and durable door hinge. They also have the benefit of looking more authentic when installed on cottage doors being fitted in barn conversions, cottages and other period properties as these forged hinges have the dull natural finish of forged steel. Generally hand forged door hinges are more expensive to purchase, however the additional expense is offset by the higher quality of hinge.

Cast Cottage Door Hinges

The second type of cottage door hinges available are cast hinges which are manufactured using steel which has been smelted and poured into mouldings forming a cast rather than forged hinge. This type of hinge is generally finished with a black powder coated finish which has a shiny appearance which gives a more manufactured rather than authentic appearance. Cast cottage door hinges do have the advantage of being cheaper to purchase.

No matter what you decided – forged cottage door hinges or cast cottage door hinges - Blueprint Joinery can supply what you’re looking for. For more details call us on 01691 671020 or visit us at www.blueprintjoinery.co.uk

Continue reading »]]> At Blueprint Joinery we can supply both Engineered and Solid Wooden Doors and we frequently are asked what the difference is between these two types of doors.

The main difference our customers see is the price with solid doors being considerable more expensive to buy than their engineered counterparts. However the price of the doors isn’t the real difference between engineered doors and solid wooden doors.

Engineered Doors

Engineered wooden doors are mass produced usually in the far east and are constructed with either softwood or chip board cores. Engineered wooden doors are veneered with their final timber finish – pine, oak, hardwood or walnut – with this veneer being less and a 1mm thick in most cases.

Engineered wooden doors have the benefits of being cheaper and cost effective along with the benefit of increased stability. As there are two materials / timbers involved in their construction, engineered doors are a lot more stable and less prone to warping or bowing than their solid wood counterparts.

Blueprint Joinery supplies a wide range of doors from X L Joinery one of the UK’s leading distrubuters of engineered doors. Visit our website for to view their range of internal doors and external doors. – www.blueprintjoinery.co.uk

Solid Wooden Doors

Solid wooden doors are constructed using solid timber with no veneers or softwood  / chipboard cores. They are generally hand made by skilled carpenters which results in a high quality wooden door but also has a higher price tag and a much longer delivery lead time – as much as 5-6 weeks depending on factory workload.

For more details on our wooden doors visit us at www.blueprintjoinery.co.uk

Continue reading »]]> Being an online supplier of stair parts, perhaps the most frequently asked question we have is:

How many spindles do I need for my staircase and landing?

It’s a lot simplier to work out the quantity you need for your staircase refurbishment than you would think.

To work out the number of spindles needed for your staircase simply count the number of treads, multiply by two and subtract one for every newel post present on your stairs. For example a twelve tread staircase with a newel post at the bottom & the top would be:

12 x 2 = 24     less 2 = 22 spindles needed for your stairs.

To work out how many 41mm spindles needed for your landing it’s simply a case of measuring the length of the landing in millimetres then dividing by 121 to get your answer. For example 1800mm divided by 121 = 14.876 rounded up to 15 spindles. If using 32mm spindles divide by 117mm instead.

These calculations are based on staircases with pitches between 38° and 45°.

To view our range of stair spindles visit us at www.blueprintjoinery.co.uk

Continue reading »]]> Visit us at www.blueprintjoinery.co.uk to view the new additions to our range of internal wooden doors from X L Joinery.

Oak Internal Doors

X L Joinery have added a number of contemporary and traditional styles of oak internal doors to their range which includes the following doors:

• Monza & Monza Glazed Oak Doors
• Messina & Messina Glazed Oak Doors
• Shaker 4 Panel Clear Glazed Oak Door
• Contemporary Suffolk Glazed Oak Door
• SA77 Clear Glazed Oak Door

White Primed Internal Doors

To save time during installation X L Joinery have launched a range of white primed internal doors which are supplied ready for painting. These new white primed doors are available in Pattern 10, Pattern 10 Glazed, Palmero, & Palmero Glazed styles.

Fire Doors

The range of internal fire doors has also had a few new additions including the Worcester Oak Fire Door, Palermo Oak Fire Door, Pattern 10 Oak Fire Door and Shaker 4 Panel Oak Fire Door.

Visit us at www.blueprintjoinery.co.uk or call us on 01691 671020 for more details.

Continue reading »]]> We have just made available on our website www.blueprintjoinery.co.uk a special offer on selected X L Joinery Internal Doors & External Doors. This special offer gives excellent prices on some of the most popular styles of pine, oak and hardwood internal doors.

Internal Doors

The following X L Joinery Internal Doors are included in this offer:

• Oak Framed Ledged & Braced Internal Door
• Oak Suffolk Obscure Glazed Internal Door
• Palermo Pine Internal Door
• Palermo Pine Obscue Glazed Internal Door
• Victorian Hardwood Internal Door
• Oak Freefold Internal Doors

External Doors

The following X L Joinery External Doors are included in this offer:

• Turin Double Glazed Oak External Door
• Siena Double Glazed Oak External Door

For more details visit us at www.blueprintjoinery.co.uk or call 01691 671020.

Continue reading »]]> Oak Spindles

Nothing defines the look of your stairs more than this spindles. Blueprint Joinery has worked to bring you a choice of several oak spindles with each design providing a unique look to your staircase.

For those wanting a modern, contemporary look for their staircase, we have a choice of either plain square spindles or stop chamfer spindles to choose from. Both of these spindles work well and give your staircase a stylish and unique look.

However if you’re looking for a more traditional look for your staircase then you may want to consider one of our turned spindles. The most popular design is our Colonial Spindles, which are sometimes known as Edwardian Spindles. We can also supply Classic Spindles, Fluted Spindles and Barley Twist Spindles, making our range of oak spindles one of the most comprehensive to be found online.

All of our oak spindles are 41mm square and are available either 900mm long or 1100mm long. They can be installed in the 41mm wide groove in our Oak Handrails which are available in lengths of 1800mm, 2400mm, 3600mm and 4200mm.

Visit http://www.blueprintjoinery.co.ukfor details or call 01691 671020

Continue reading »]]> Here at Blueprint Joinery, one of the more popular of our product ranges is our wooden doors. Our wooden doors consist of both engineered and solid oak doors, all stocked in standard sizes and available in a variety of timber options and designs.

Oak Ledged Doors

Our oak ledged doors are hand made here in the UK using American white oak which has been kiln dried to 8-10% moisture content which produces an extremely stable and attractive oak ledged door. These wooden doors are an extremely fast selling door, and are a huge hit with those who are in the midst of a barn conversion project, or who have an older, period property where our internal and external engineered doors would look out of place. Our oak ledged doors can be made to measure and are available in several different designs. Visit www.blueprintjoinery.co.uk for details.

Internal & Engineered Doors

In addition to solid oak ledged doors, our range of wooden doors also features both internal doors and external doors supplied by X L Joinery. There is an extremely wide range of doors to choose from including oak doors, pine doors, hardwood doors, white moulded doors and walnut doors. There is a choice of traditional or contemporary styles available in standard sizes. Visit www.blueprintjoinery.co.uk for details.

Continue reading »]]> Oak Handrails give a wonderful, rich look to any staircase whether it be a softwood staircase or a solid oak staircase.

Blueprint Joinery Ltd offers several lengths of oak handrails which can be used with any of our 41mm oak spindles. Our oak handrails are available in 1800mm, 2400mm, 3600mm and 4200mm lengths. The oak handrails are pre-grooved with a 41mm groove ready to accept 41mm oak spindles and also ship with fillet strips to be fitted between the spindles.

Visit www.blueprintjoinery.co.uk for more details or call 01691 671020.