This is a great way to lighten up any room. If fitted with sidelights it can allow the doors to open flat against the frame and give a real feeling of light and space. All our timber french doors are manufactured in our own workshop and can be made to any design or dimension required to meet your specifications. All our French doors can be supplied in either solid Oak with an oiled finish, or in Accoya and painted with a factory applied paint system; this ensures they remain stable and look good for a long time. The doors are fitted with full weather seals and multipoint locks with high security anti snap cylinders, we can supply these keyed alike for added convenience.

At Medina Joinery, we pride ourselves on providing clients with a quick, reliable and efficient service, whatever it is they’re looking for. We are committed to enhancing customer satisfaction and continually strive to offer the highest level of service. We are a team of local, professional craftsmen with the necessary skills and knowledge to install doors, windows and timber roof lanterns in styles from the Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian period. All of our employees are highly trained and take great pride in their work, no matter how big or small. We specialise in private and commercial projects for a full range of clients across the UK.

Here are a series of photos showing a hardwood timber roof lantern being assembled and fitted onto a preformed up-stand.

Construct the main base frame using a suitable glue with the connector bolts and wooden biscuits supplied.

The frame can then be fixed down to the up-stand onto a bed of mastic.

Ensure the frame is square and level with an even overhang on all internal sides.

Fix the four rafters that attach to the octagonal block on each end of the ridge and locate the assembly onto the main base frame lining it up with the gaps in the up-stand.

Continue to fix in place the rest of the rafters and then lay the black gasket on top of the rafters locating it into the groove provided.

Lay the double glazed units onto the rafters with the stepped edge extending out over the edge of the plate.

When all the double glazed units are in place you can fix down the Exitex aluminum capping starting with the ridge.

Continue to fix down the rest of the capping starting with the two end rafters then all the hips, finishing with the center rafters.

The screw caps can then be tapped into place with a rubber mallet on each of the rafter caps and the main ridge section.

That completes the installation.

Medina Joinery specialise in the manufacture of high performance timber roof lanterns throughout the UK. We are a family run business based on Hayling Island in Hampshire. Our aim is to offer our clients a professional, modern solution to their joinery requirements.

We work with a full range of timbers, including hardwoods, softwoods, engineered timbers and Accoya. We combine this with a full spray finish facility where we can offer a high quality long lasting micro porous coating to enhance all of our exterior joinery products.

Medina Joinery are committed to giving our customers as much technical specification and advice as we can to help you get the best from your lantern. Please find on our website a list of useful data sheets, dimensions and technical info. Feel free to download any of this information as you need it. Most of the files are in Adobe pdf format. If you don’t have the reader installed, you can download it for free from www.adobe.com

If you require any further information please don’t hesitate to contact us.