Wooden French Doors in London

At Ayrton Bespoke, we specialise in crafting beautiful and bespoke windows and doors from sustainably-sourced and slow-growing Latvian redwood timber exclusively. With its timeless appearance, natural insulation, and long-term durability, we believe it’s the ideal material to complement and enhance London homes. Unlike uPVC, aluminium, or Crittall, natural timber allows us to replicate our heritage- and quintessentially British building styles, ensuring authenticity and massively boosting kerb appeal. Our highly skilled joiners only work with the highest grades of timber to consistently deliver beautiful results that last.

With the exception of Meranti hardwood external sills, our windows and doors are exclusively crafted using Latvian redwood (a species of pine) using a glue-and-laminate process perfected over 60* years. Laminating four pieces of timber parallel to each other reduces the natural movement associated with solid timber, resulting in greater stability, durability, and thermal performance, while Meranti hardwood sills offer additional moisture resilience where standing water is most likely to collect. Using this process, Ayrton Bespoke produces more than 4,000 of London’s finest windows and doors each year.

To learn more about why Latvian redwood is the ideal material for windows and doors in London, check out our blog post on Hardwood, Softwood, or Modified Timber for Your Windows and Doors: Making the Right Call

*While Ayrton Bespoke has been operating for just under 20 years, the factory where our craftsmen practice their craft has been at the forefront of specialist timber fabrication since the 1960s.

The unfortunate reality is that part-replacing or repairing timber windows rarely pays dividends in the long run. Once rot or degradation has set in, simply replacing those parts means further work down the line, again costing time and money to address. Some of the issues that frequently crop up when repairing timber windows include:

• Improper bonding: When bonding new timber with existing, settled components, you’re combining materials that behave differently over time. In just a few years, you’re likely to notice visible warping, joint failure, and an aftercare nightmare.
• Forced fitting: Trying to fit perfectly straight timber sashes into existing boxes that have moved leads to poor draught exclusion and more friction when in use, leading to higher power bills and quickly deteriorating performance.
• Glazing mismatches: Older boxes are made to hold single-glazed units. Modern double-glazed units offer vastly superior thermal insulation; however, they rarely fit into existing boxes, especially in conservation homes, resulting in a loss of thermal performance.
• Lack of aftercare: Individually purchased and fitted glazed units, panels, frames, or boxes rarely include any sort of guarantee or aftercare. Part replacement can be appealing based on price alone; however, the potential for after-sales headaches is high.

As London’s leading supplier of bespoke timber doors and windows, we specialise in full window replacements, sidestepping the potential hazards of trying to repair a window that’s better off replaced.

All Ayrton Bespoke doors are fitted with secure Banham locks and robust adjustable hinges. Extreme weather conditions and significant impacts, as well as subsidence and movement in period homes, can affect your door, making adjustments necessary. Our aftercare team is never more than a quick phone call away, ready to provide ongoing support to ensure the perfect draught seal and smooth operation. All Ayrton products include a free 2-year aftercare plan, after which we charge a nominal callout fee.

Yes—Ayrton Bespoke can recreate stained glass detailing; however, rather than replacing the stained glass panels (which carry a high risk of damage during transit), we specialise in recreating your existing design using modern manufacturing techniques and processes. We encapsulate the new stained glass within a double-glazed unit to preserve its look while also improving thermal performance, durability, and weather resistance. While we don’t refurbish existing stained glass, we encourage you to reach out to our sales team for expert guidance on exact replicas with improved performance.

We do not. We specialise exclusively in external timber windows and doors, crafting beautiful portals into your home and protecting it from the elements for decades. While we can manufacture internal doors, our products are built to exterior specifications and feature toughened double glazing, secure multi-point locks, and weather-resistant finishes—overkill for interior use. By focusing all our efforts on external fixtures for close to two decades, we can offer a level of expertise that is hard to match. Feel free to contact us to discuss your project, and we’ll gladly look at what we can and can’t help with.

Ayrton’s fitters will repair damage caused to your plasterwork during installation to a pre-decorative standard—meaning the surface will be smooth and ready for painting, but not yet painted.

Fitting new windows or doors involves removing sections of plasterwork to ensure a perfect fit. It is a standard procedure for properly setting new frames, applying insulation, and sealing the unit, especially in older or uneven walls. Our installation team will restore any plasterwork to a smooth and even finish, ready to paint or touch up by yourself or a third party.