Rhodes Joinery & Building Services are now fully Q-Mark certified for the supply, fit, maintenance and certification of fire doors and frames.

Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (RRFSO), it is a legal requirement for those responsible for buildings to ensure that all fire doors are able to resist the passage of fire and retain that ability throughout their working life.

Q-Mark certification means our clients can be assured that our team are suitably qualified to carry out installation and maintenance work to a standard that will allow the fire door to perform as required.  It is important that fire doors are correctly inspected and maintained to ensure compliance and failure to do so can put property and lives at risk leading to prosecution.

Please contact us for more information or to see how we can help you.

Our bespoke team have recently expanded into designing and fitting bespoke, high end bathrooms for clients who want that little bit extra.  Our team handle the entire project from start to finish.  From the initial consultation to the final design and fit, we work with carefully selected manufacturers of high quality bathroom furniture and accessories to give you the space of your dreams. For more information, please take a look at the new website:  https://rhodesbespokebathrooms.co.uk/

 

         

Rhodes Joinery & Building Services are proud to have been a part of the Daisy Hill Project in Dewsbury for Kirklees Council.

As part of the Dewsbury Revival Scheme, the purpose has been to improve the appearance of heritage buildings around Dewsbury town centre, including installing new shop fronts in the traditional style.  This is all part of the Dewsbury Blueprint with the aim of attracting investment and improvements to Dewsbury town centre.

Pictures in the article is Damion Bentley with scheme members.

https://kirkleestogether.co.uk/2023/08/16/development-on-daisy-hill-powers-forward/

 

 

Rhodes Joinery & Building Services won the Yorkshire and Trent category for the best Commercial/Public sector project at the regional Federation of Master Builders awards in Leeds on Friday 19th May 2023.  This was for our renovation of the historical Cooper Kitchen Hardware Shop on Southgate in Elland.  The empty property was renovated into a bar and restaurant in keeping with it’s local history and original owner, Mr Cooper Kitchen who was a well known, local ironmonger and bicycle manufacturer in the 1900s.

A huge well done and thank you to all our staff and trades who came together to work on this amazing project,

A lovely little job for our building team in the form of a porch area rebuild in Huddersfield recently. It makes quite a difference to the frontage of the house and enhances its kerb appeal.

 

 

                

We have recently had a number of enquiries from home sellers and buyers as regards to removal of spray foam insulation in lofts in situations where a house is up for sale.
Spray foam insulation expands within the space before hardening and was one of the measures on the Green Homes Grant Scheme which closed in 2022. Incorrectly installed spray foam insulation has been reported to cause issues in the home such as:

• Reducing ventilation within the roof space
• Causing condensation
• Subsequent rotting of roof timbers
• Making roof repairs difficult due to access

It can be difficult and very costly to remove, sometimes leading to the removal of the roof and some house sellers are now finding the value of their property reduced by surveyors as a result of having spray foam insulation or worse, seen as un-mortgageable in the eyes of lenders.

For those unsure, this article by the Homeowners Alliance outlines some of the issues with Spray Foam Insulation, steps you can take if you are affected and how to avoid cowboy companies and bogus callers: https://hoa.org.uk/advice/guides-for-homeowners/i-am-improving/spray-foam-roof-insulation/

Rhodes Joinery & Building Services are proud to have been recently featured the Federation Of Master Builders magazine for our refurbishment of the historical local Cooper Kitchen hardware store into what is now Cooper Kitchen & Bar. Located on Southgate in Elland, Coopers recently opened it’s restaurant upstairs to rave reviews. Originally built and owned by Cooper Kitchen, a famous Ironmonger in the 1800s, the building retained it’s status as a hardware shop until 2020 when it finally closed it’s doors.

Coopers was sympathetically refurbished to retain as much of its history as possible. A replica of the Moorgate Dwarf Roadster Penny Farthing, designed by Cooper Kitchen himself takes pride of place behind the bar. A stunning, huge wall mural draws you to the back of the bar and up the stairs. Painted from a range of historical photographs, this beautiful mural was created by a very talented local artist, Richard Everett of Richard Everett Artworks. The bar itself was handmade along with all the tables by our talented team here at Rhodes Joinery & Building Services and everything was reused that could be throughout the entire renovation.

A job well done and one that we are all very proud of.

Rhodes Joinery & Building Services Ltd are proud to be back working for Insider Property Industry Awards (Yorkshire) 2020 winner, Barclay Firth on their Marsden Farm Court development in Nelson, Lancashire.

Eight new build properties are now finished on this stunning development and work now moves on to two Grade II listed properties.  Barclay Firth purchased the site part developed and faced many setbacks caused by previous developers.  With a wealth of experience behind them all the challenges were overcome and the beautifully finished, energy efficient homes are designed with families in mind – light and bright with vaulted ceilings and plenty of all important storage space.  The development is also wildlife friendly with native shrub and wildflower planting and even hedgehog gaps in the fences.

For more information or to view the development, please visit the Barclay Firth website:  Marsden Farm Court, Nelson – Barclay Firth

To arrange a viewing for the remaining properties, please contact the agents Charnock Bates:  Estate Agents Halifax, Huddersfield, Ripponden, London – Charnock Bates

 

Cooper’s Kitchen and Bar is more recently known as occupying the previous Cooper Kitchens Hardware store.  Historically it was originally built around 1872.  The property was originally part of the adjoining building (now The Heist bar) and was owned by the famous Mr Cooper Kitchen.  Born in Halifax in 1852, Cooper was a well known Ironmonger, mill furnisher and bicycle manufacturer of Elland.  He produced in the region of 10 different models of tricycle, bicycle, and penny-farthing to include the popular Elland Anti-vibration safety bicycle – a life size replica of which is now on display behind the bar in Coopers.

The hardware store was bought in 2019 by Rhodes Joinery & Building Services.  Having already purchased Unit 2 The Wheatsheaf on Briggate, Elland in 2018 and refurbished the property completely into the companies new offices we could see the potential that Elland still has and wanted to give back.

In 2020, the pandemic hit businesses hard and so after careful reassessment we decided to complete the refurbishment at a slower pace and in the meantime reinvest into another venture that became the successful Roots Wholefoods on Southgate, Elland.  Since then other independent shops have also opened giving a much needed boost to the town.

As things tentatively settle down, work pushed forward with Coopers Kitchen and Bar which finally opened on 2nd December 2021 with Kirsty Starkey managing.

We have tried to refurbish the property sympathetically in keeping with local history and have also commissioned a talented local artist, Richard Everett to paint a huge mural wall consisting of well known, local places and photographs taken over the years.  As this is completed customers will have the chance to pop in during the day to watch as he works.

The life size replica of the Penny Farthing that Cooper Kitchen invented and produced was commissioned from Richards of England based in Hull.

 

Work slowly continues at the new Coopers Kitchen and Bar on Southgate, Elland.  After our success with setting up Roots Wholefood shop, also based on Southgate, Rhodes Joinery & Building Services Ltd purchased the old Cooper Kitchens hardware shop (Once a part of the historical Cooper Kitchen property for those with an interest in the Penny Farthing Bikes) and have been in the process of converting it into a new bar and restaurant.  Because of the pandemic we have been careful to take this project slowly rather than rush into opening too soon and hopefully we now have an end in sight.

Having already purchased and converted a part of what was the old Wheatsheaf pub into our offices, we could see what a vibrant town Elland was capable of becoming once again.  A historical market town that is mentioned in the Doomsday Book, Elland has a wealth of history.

Having been bypassed by the A629 coming from Ainley Top off the M62 towards Halifax the town found itself with buildings left empty and with no purpose largely due to a lack of traffic coming through the town.  The change over the last couple of years is now starting to make all the difference with the regenerated Friday Market, fantastic cafe’s, new bars and independent shops springing up to complement our historical pubs as local people began to invest and believe in the town again.  Elland has also secured funding to regenerate the town centre and work should begin on building a new train station once plans are finally approved.