Acorn Restorations Company Profile
Acorn Restorations specialises in the design, fabrication and installation of all types of bespoke architectural metalwork. The company has extensive industry experience and provides a superior level of service to the top end of the market, including work on prestige properties for both private and commercial clients. Although the name of the company suggests an architectural restoration service, the majority of work carried out is for new design and fabrication projects.
Acorn Restorations has worked on projects with large main civil contractors, specialist design organisations, architects, local authorities and private developers. Popular architectural metalwork projects have incorporated the design, manufacture and installation of gates, railings, lighting columns, staircases, balustrading, balconies, canopies and structures such as footbridges.
Services
Acorn Restorations offers a range of services to its clients and key strengths include detail design, project management, consultancy, specialist restoration work and specialist site installation.
- Specialist Restoration Work: Restoration projects generally involve the replacement of damaged or missing castings. This service involves the specialist design and manufacture of dedicated pattern equipment. Acorn Restorations has many patterns in stock for the production of castings and is continuously expanding the stock through using dedicated pattern makers. Typical architectural metalwork which requires restoration includes railings, posts, columns, finials, staircases, lighting columns and spandrels. The restoration of ageing and weathered architectural metalwork often involves removal from site, disassembly, repairs using specialist welding techniques, shot blast, grit blast or bead blast, design and fabrication of pattern equipment, repainting, reassembly, delivery and installation. Modern technology enables the company to introduce new manufacturing techniques including zinc plasma spray and the use of resin materials.
- New Design: Much of the work carried out by Acorn Restorations is making replicas or creating new architect designs. The company offers a complete project management service covering design, manufacture and installation. Designs can be created manually or via AutoCAD computer aided design software. The team has worked on projects of all sizes and is happy to work anywhere within the UK. The designs are often created using high quality materials including cast iron, cast bronze and gunmetal, wrought iron, stainless steel, mild steel (galvanised, plasma sprayed and painted) and aluminium. It is essential to finish metalwork products correctly to ensure the future lifespan of the product. Modern finishing systems provide superior operating performance such as retention of gloss, longevity and corrosion resistance. All finishing work is sub-contracted to specialist coating companies. In association with the metalwork, Acorn Restorations can also design and supply glazing, stonework and woodwork that is included in the design assemblies.
- Stock Railings: Acorn Restorations offers an enormous array of railings and gates in various designs from stock or on a 3-4 week delivery. The railings, posts and gates are available in a galvanised finish or a galvanised and painted finish. Other products include Victorian railings, rose arches, heavy duty automated gates, external stairway railings, Juliet balconies, signage, benches and handrails.
- Installation: For a high quality finished result, Acorn Restorations recommends installation by the team of skilled in-house engineers. The engineers are experts in on-site leading techniques, on-site grit blasting and painting, stone masonry and site welding. All products can be installed by the professional team and a service is also available to outside companies, such as those producing street furniture. Installations can also be carried out for stock designs or gates and railings supplied by Acorn Restorations. A full site survey will be required prior to a no-obligation quotation.
Acorn Restorations is committed to providing private and commercial clients with a comprehensive range of products and services which can be tailored around individual requirements. The experienced and professional team welcomes enquiries and can provide in-depth advice and information across the whole product range, whether standard or bespoke designs.