Laurie Bacon Painting & Decorating

11/03/2026

24/11/2025

My last exterior of the year, required a lot of work…

The property is a mix of Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian. Unfortunately due to life’s circumstances, left far too long between remedial works.

25 pairs of sliding sashes, 4 casement windows, a set of french doors and 3 external doors and frames, all stripped of paint and finished in .

3 complete bay window sill replacements, 3 single sill replacements, 11 sash repairs to bottom rails and stiles, only one complete new sash required, several repairs to the sash boxes, a new set of French doors, kitchen window, rear door threshold, lots of glazing repairs/replacements, 15kg of window putty replaced, repaired sash cords, fascia repairs, all new guttering and lead roof repairs.

Worth the effort, I hope.

01/11/2025

A lovely original Georgian window on my current exterior that is finally coming to an end.

I’ve had some help from a carpenter, due to the amount of repair work. But decided to make the time to restore this window from start to finish.

All glass, old putty and paint removed.
A new hardwood sill and box frame repairs.
The bottom sash required a new bottom rail and stile. The ovolo moulding was created using a scratch stock made to match.
The external architrave had been badly replaced using an off the shelf moulding previously so a new one was made by a joiner to match the original.
New cords with original weights. The original pulleys and catch were polished by the customer and look fantastic.
Glass replaced using Brouns and Co linseed putty with original glass and some salvaged historic glass from other cracked panes on the property.

Finished in Cambridge white no.7

08/10/2025

Far from perfect, but a world away from where it was.
A rarely used front door can now be enjoyed. And also fit some post through the letter box 😁
Finished in Farrow and Ball exterior eggshell in pitch black.

16/08/2025

A lovely cottage in the countryside.

Finished in Dulux trade weathershield quick dry satin.

04/07/2025

49 days and finally finished…. 🫣
All modern paint removed from 4 large bay sash windows, 6 standard sash windows a leadlight window, 2 French doors, an ornate front door surround, front and rear doors, and fascia and soffits. Lots of repair work uncovered and addressed.
12 lion guttering motifs, gilded in 23.5ct gold leaf.
All finished in , such a nice paint to use 🤩

04/07/2025

Extremely labour intensive, but worth the pain I hope. .. all previous paint was removed on the door and surrounding frame, finished using colour Moss on the door and project white on the frame.

01/06/2025

Even gutters get a pampering!
Lion motifs gilded in 23.5ct gold leaf, after phosphoric acid, two coats of red oxide primer and two coats of blackout linseed paint, same goes for the guttering, with some bitumen paint thrown in for good measure.
Should last quite a while…

16/04/2025

Bringing a tired and well used utility room back to life.

05/03/2025

Another room finished off in a Georgian property.
Walls and woodwork finished in Graphenstone Graftclean Matt/eggshell matched to Farrow and Ball no.286 and the alcoves in Farrow and Ball dead flat no.297.