{"id":135,"date":"2026-09-26T08:03:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T08:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lite.buildprosites.com\/marchant-joinery\/home-full-bleed\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T08:04:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T08:04:04","slug":"home-full-bleed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lite.buildprosites.com\/marchant-joinery\/home-full-bleed\/","title":{"rendered":"Home (full-bleed hero)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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BENCH JOINERY, EST. 1981<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Hardwood, cut once, made to outlast us.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A workshop of five making staircases, windows and fitted furniture in oak, ash and walnut. Everything is drawn before it is cut.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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ROCKLEA WORKSHOP, THREE GENERATIONS<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The bench has had three Marchants at it.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The workshop was set up in 1981 by the current owner’s grandfather, on the same Rocklea industrial estate it still occupies. Five joiners work there now, all time-served, and the firm has stayed a bench shop rather than moving into a factory unit with a spray line and a catalogue.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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That means every staircase and every window still gets drawn by hand before a single piece of oak or ash is cut, the way it always has. It is slower than buying components in from a factory, and it is the reason the guarantee runs to ten years rather than one.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tWHAT WE MAKE<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Three things, in solid timber.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We are a bench shop. If it can be made in a factory, we are the wrong people.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Staircases<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Cut string, closed string and curved. Drawn, dry-assembled in the workshop, then fitted in a day or two.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Windows and doors<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Sash, casement and entrance doors in accoya, oak or sapele. Made to the opening, not to a standard size.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Fitted furniture<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Bookcases, wardrobes and kitchens in solid hardwood, scribed to walls that are never straight.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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HOW IT WORKS<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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What happens next<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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A visit and a drawing<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We measure ourselves and draw it before quoting. The drawing is yours whether you proceed or not.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Made on the bench<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Six to ten weeks, depending on the timber. You are welcome in the workshop to see it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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03<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Fitted and finished<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Our own fitters. We take the old one away and leave the place swept.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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THE WORKSHOP<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Five people and a lot of shavings.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Forty-three years on the same Rocklea industrial estate, three generations in.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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100%<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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10yr<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\u201cThe staircase went in on a Tuesday and it has not creaked once in six years.\u201d<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\u2014 Sarah W., Samford Valley<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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TALK TO THE WORKSHOP<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Send a photograph and a rough size and we will tell you if it is something we should be making.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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