Master Builder shows how it’s done at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

In Edinburgh the FMB took to the stage at the Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival this August. Taking place just off the Royal Mile and part of the world famous Edinburgh Festival Fringe, this festival had practical demonstrations on maintaining and repairing traditional buildings. All the shows and demonstrations were free and aimed at the public.

The organisers: the Edinburgh Traditional Building Forum were eager to involve the FMB. With thanks to member HM Raitt & Sons Ltd who took up the opportunity:

In this video, Gavin Richardson from HM Raitt & Sons Ltd delivers his Sash & Case Window repair and maintenance demonstration and answers a range of questions from those attending.

Our thanks to Gavin for taking time out of his busy schedule to perform at the Fringe.

What is a sash and case window?

Sash and case windows have two glazed, timber-framed components: the sashes, which slide up and down, and the case, in whose channels they sit. The channels of the case are formed by the case itself and by two strips of timber called the baton rod and the parting bead.

These type of windows are often seen in traditional properties including tenement flats which comprise around one quarter of all occupied dwellings in Scotland according to the 2019 Scottish House Condition survey.

Authors

Gordon Nelson

FMB Scotland Hub Director, Federation of Master Builders

Director, Federation of Master Builders Scotland

Gordon has nearly twenty years’ experience of working in membership organisations in Scotland and joined the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in 2014. Prior to this, he worked at the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) and for Unilever in business development, membership management and business-to-business marketing roles. Amongst his responsibilities in his role as the Director for FMB Scotland are public affairs, media relations, governance and representing member’s interests to Scottish policy makers and stakeholders within the Scottish construction industry. Gordon is the Secretary of the Cross-Party Group on Construction in the Scottish Parliament, and he is a member of the Scottish Building Standards Futures Board. Gordon represents the FMB on Scotland’s Construction Industry Collective Voice: which is comprised of the leading construction trade and professional bodies. In spring 2023 Gordon was appointed as an industry co-chair of the Construction Leaderships Forum’s (CLF) Transformation Board.

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