The answers below cover the questions we hear most often. If your question is not here, call EMEU on 07720 312583 or send an enquiry through the contact form.
Yes. We have carried out work on historically significant and period buildings, including a classic Victorian terrace, Regency period shutters and the former naval hospital at Great Yarmouth.
This is work we have carried out, not an accreditation, a listed building specialism or a conservation approval. Where a building carries history, we treat its materials and detail with the care they need.
Yes. We take on work from a single bespoke door or a set of shelves up to restoring and extending an entire property.
Costing is kept to the client's needs at either end of that range, so a small job is as welcome as a whole property scheme.
Yes. We match existing materials and joinery, splicing new timber into damaged sections, sourcing missing sash mechanisms and cutting new ash joinery to match a house.
Matching is how a restoration settles into the original building rather than standing out against it.
Yes. On the Grade II listed shop in Holt we worked with Purslows, a Norfolk practice providing architectural design and conservation, and with the conservation department at North Norfolk District Council.
Where a project calls for it, we also work with structural engineers, conservation departments and building control.
Yes. We have carried out joinery on period and historic buildings, including Regency period shutters and shutter work at the former naval hospital at Great Yarmouth.
This is work we have carried out, not an accreditation, a listed building specialism or a conservation approval. Where a building carries history, we make joinery that matches its materials and detail.
Yes. We restore existing joinery and build new matching pieces to replace those that are missing or beyond repair.
At Great Yarmouth this meant restoring the surviving shutters and making new ones to match, so the finished set reads as one. Matching is how new work settles into an old building rather than standing out against it.
Yes. Shaker doors are ordered to your size and material, with the face frame size specified by you.
British made hinges are used in the doors and frames. Telling us the size, the material and the face frame you want at the initial meeting is what lets us make the door to order.
Pricing is on enquiry, and the first meeting costs nothing. There is no fixed rate or price list, because a job is costed against its actual scope, whether that is a single made to order door or a whole property put right.
That scope, and the figure that goes with it, takes shape at the free initial meeting, with no obligation to proceed.
Enquiries are usually answered within one to three working days.
The next step is the free initial meeting, where EMEU sets out what the job involves and the order it will follow.
It depends on the work. A single sash window is a far shorter job than a lead roof, or a house reworked room by room, and made to order joinery usually takes two to eight weeks.
The order of work is agreed at the start, so you know what comes first and what follows through to completion.
EMEU is based in Holt and works mainly across north Norfolk, including the NR24 and NR25 areas, and into wider Norfolk. Past work has reached Burnham Market, Wiveton, Norwich and Great Yarmouth.
If you are just outside that area, get in touch and we will say whether we can take it on.
Every job starts with a free initial meeting that leads to an agreed scope of works. From there EMEU runs the project from the top down, keeping the whole job in view rather than leaving you to coordinate trades.
The commitment is to see the work through to completion at the highest quality, and to keep the relationship with the client going beyond the finished contract.
Restoration work covers lead roofs, timber and sash windows, drainage, house structures and glasshouses.
Each one starts from what has failed and the damage that failure is doing, before any repair begins.
Recent restorations include a lettable annex at Burnham Market, a Grade II listed commercial building at Holt, and window and interior work at Wiveton.
Both. EMEU can hang the door itself, or supply it oversized for your own carpenter to fit.
Doors are made oversized on purpose, so the final trim and hang suit the exact opening. Where EMEU fits, the hinges and door furniture are matched to the room in chrome, stainless steel or brass.
EMEU makes shutters, shaker doors and bespoke doors, each one made to order.
Every piece answers a purpose, whether that is keeping out weather and light, separating a room or sitting true in an old doorway.