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Explanations, not sales copy. Everything here is written to make you harder to upsell, whoever you end up calling.
Local knowledge
Why doors go out of square in Charlestown
The ridge, the declared mine subsidence district beneath it, and what a frame that's moved a few millimetres actually does to the biggest moving part of the house. With primary sources.
Buyer's guide
Sectional, roller or tilt: door types for sloping blocks
What each type needs in headroom, sideroom and swing, why that decides more than style does on a Charlestown block, and the glossary the brochures assume you know.
More gets added as we write it. If there's a question you wish someone would answer straight, ask us and it might become the next guide.