The Workshop – Garden Furniture Restoration in Maldon
Our workshop is fully equipped to restore all types of garden furniture and garden features…
…Including the restoration and repairing of metal work and wood replacement.
The Workshop – Our Garden Furniture Restoration & Wood Work Renovation
At our Maldon workshop, we restore metal and wooden garden furniture from start to finish. Metal frames are shot blasted, repaired and powder coated, while worn or rotten slats are replaced with new hardwood, so every piece leaves with that “New Look Factory Finish”. Browse examples of the hardwood slatted garden benches, cast garden furniture and restored iron garden gates we’ve brought back to life.
Wood Stocks
We have a variety of wood stocks to choose from, giving a perfect finish to any Garden Furniture restoration project you may have.
Professional Wood Work Finishing
Our workshop is well equipped to cope with any garden furniture restoration project.
A Perfect Finish
Replacing and refurbishing the wooden elements, gives your garden furniture that ‘New Look Factory Finish’.
Metal Restoration & Repair
Alongside our wood renovation work, our workshop handles the full metal restoration process — from shot blasting away old paint, rust, and years of weathering, through to repairing damaged sections and applying a durable powder-coated finish. Whether it’s a cast iron bench, garden gate, or an ornate feature that’s seen better days, the same careful, hands-on approach is used to bring metal garden furniture back to its “Factory Look Finish.”
'Sapele', a preferred choice of timber
Sapele Timber is a West African hardwood known for its reddish-brown colour, strength and stability, and is often used as a substitute for mahogany in furniture, flooring, and joinery applications.
Sapele Timber
Key Characteristics of Sapele Timber:
Origin: West Africa, specifically from Sierra Leone down to Angola.
Appearance:
Rich, reddish-brown colour, often compared to mahogany.
Distinctive ribbon-like figure caused by interlocking grain, especially when quarter-sawn.
The sapwood is pale yellow or whitish, while the heartwood is pinkish when freshly cut, darkening to a typical mahogany colour.
Properties:
Highly resistant wood with high tolerance against indentation, bending, and shock resistance.
Its density and hardness make it stable and predictable as a timber product.
Other Names:
Sapelli, sapeli mahogany, aboudikro, assi, muyovu.
Latin Name:
Entandrophragma cylindricum.
Sustainability:
Sapele is often sourced from well-managed forests.
Durability:
Sapele is moderately durable to very durable regarding decay resistance and has moderate insect/borer resistance.
Questions and Answers about our workshop
What happens to garden furniture in the workshop? Garden furniture goes through both metal and wood restoration processes as needed — including shot blasting, repairs, powder coating for metal elements, and replacement or refinishing of wooden elements — to give it a “New Look Factory Finish.”
What type of wood do you use to replace damaged garden furniture parts? A variety of wood stocks are kept in the workshop, with Sapele timber a preferred choice thanks to its strength, stability, and rich reddish-brown colour, which is often used as a substitute for mahogany.
Why is Sapele timber a good choice for garden furniture? Sapele is a dense, stable hardwood with high resistance to indentation, bending, and shock, and it’s moderately to very durable against decay, making it well suited to garden furniture that needs to withstand outdoor conditions.
Is Sapele timber sustainably sourced? Sapele used in restoration work is often sourced from well-managed forests, making it a responsible choice for replacing timber elements on garden furniture.
Can you repair damaged wooden parts rather than replacing the whole piece? Where practical, damaged wooden sections can be repaired or replaced individually rather than the whole piece, keeping as much of the original furniture intact as possible.
Do you handle both the metal and wood parts of a single piece of furniture? Yes, the workshop is fully equipped to handle both the metal restoration and wood replacement needed on a single piece, so a bench or gate with both materials can be restored in one process.
For further information or to request a quote on restoring your garden item, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Or call us on 01621 841 100