Oak joinery & outdoor furniture

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Can anyone recommend a source of oak joinery - need bifold doors, gable glazing and several other doors.

Also in the market for an outdoor table (14 seater) and chairs

I've done the google searches but would prefer a recommendation if anyone has used a company(s) that they can vouch for

Many thanks

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loughran said:

For oak outdoor furniture I recommend Gaze Burvil. They've given up putting a finish on their furniture and just fume it now. Not cheap but then you know that argument.

http://www.gazeburvill.com/oakcollections/index.ht...

Funny, just been looking at their website and fallen in love with the oval Broadwalk table

Have you bought from them?

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loughran said:

No, that's the curse of making furniture for a living as I do, I have to make my own. I do however have clients/customers who have bought from them over the last 25 years and it seems to last very well.

Early on they oiled (?) their furniture like everyone else but more recently they seem to be just fuming, that is exposing to ammonia in a controlled environment.

The thing with oak is that whatever you do to it, when you expose it to the elements, sooner or later it will turn a silvery grey. Fuming oak darkens the timber a bit and gives it an aged look, preparing it for a life outside.

I would say that if the price of what you want from them doesn't hurt too much, go for it... with the proviso that garden furniture never looks new for very long. At least furniture of this quality should age gracefully.

I do have a recommendation for oak bifolds as well but I'll have to get back to you about that.

No wonder I fell in love with Gaze Burvill, the table and chairs I was looing at are £48k!!!! When the sales guy sent me the email I thought the decimal point was in the wrong place and at £4800 it seemed reasonable value, but 48 thousand pounds for an outdoor table and chairs is crazy.

We have an 18 seater solid oak board table in the office which we had bespoke made for £5k, admittedly it doesn't have the detailing of the Gaze Burvill stuff, but that price differential is ridiculous.

If you clients buy this stuff, you must have some very wealthy clients!!

Thanks, I would appreciate the bifold referral, although not if it's at Gaze Burvill prices

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loughran said:

Some people have trouble getting rid of their money. My recommendation for bifolds would be Centor. Nicely made with effective privacy and sun blinds that slide across from side to side. I don't know anything about the door market, there are probably dozens/ hundreds of companies out there but these worked nicely and were well clad in oak.

That Centor stuff looks good, shame they don't do windows as well. I have a glazed gable end to fill plus some other windows to match the theme