A smashed pane or a forced door needs sorting properly, not just covering over. We're an independent boarding-up service with over 10 years' experience, working on everything from New Town semis and Victorian terraces to flats above shops and town-centre offices. Ring us with your postcode and a quick description of the damage. A person answers, any hour, and you'll get a free, clear quote and an arrival time worked out on the call before anything starts.
Ring and speak to a person, day or night: 01344 951 955 (Bracknell, Binfield, Warfield and nearby)
We secure openings after break-ins, accidents and storms, and board empty properties for landlords and agents. As an example, it might be a kicked-in back door on an Easthampstead estate, or a cracked display window on a shop near Braccan Walk spotted at closing time. In both cases we'd clear the loose glass, board the opening and leave the place secure. Boarding is the make-safe that holds things steady while your glazier or joiner organises the permanent repair.
We board smashed windows and secure forced doors, frames and locks. Report it to the police, keep the crime reference number, contact your insurer and take photos if it's safe to.
When the fire service hands the site back, we board the openings to keep weather and intruders out. Smoke and odour clean-up is a job for other specialists.
High winds and falling branches can break windows, roof lights and skylights. We board them up to keep the rain out until they can be repaired.
Boarding the windows and doors of empty houses, flats and commercial units for landlords, letting agents and executors.
Our standard is exterior-grade plywood, usually 18mm, with OSB for smaller openings. We use security anti-tamper fixings so the boards can't simply be unscrewed from outside, and where the frame's sound we fix without damaging it further, which makes life easier for your glazier. If a frame's too far gone, we'll explain your options before we start. We're fully insured (certificate on request) and DBS-checked. For your claim you'll get an itemised invoice, time-stamped before and after photos and a written statement of the work done. Your insurer decides what's covered, and we're not loss adjusters, but you'll have everything they normally ask for.
Tell us your postcode and what's broken. We'll ask how many openings there are and their size, whether they're upstairs or on a roof, and if a damaged door or frame needs securing first.
Materials, fixings and any glass or debris to clear all go into a free, clear quote on the call. We'll agree when we can be with you, and nothing starts until you're happy.
We make the area safe, fit the boards, photograph the finished job and leave you with the paperwork for your insurer.
A broken shop window or a forced fire exit can keep your doors shut. We board shopfronts, offices, restaurants and warehouses around Bracknell, from units on Market Street to business premises in Binfield and Warfield, and we keep the finish neat so you don't look closed for good while the glass is on order. Large panes, high fascias and tricky access all shape the quote, so we'll go through it properly on the call.
Shopfront Boarding Details"We came home on a Sunday evening to find the sitting-room window smashed. The man on the phone talked me through calling the police first, then gave me a quote before booking anything. He boarded the opening neatly and made the loose glass safe. The photos and write-up gave us a clear record to send to our insurer."
"Our salon window got cracked right across overnight. They boarded it neatly and left a gap so the door still opened properly, so we didn't lose the day's appointments. The invoice was itemised and matched what we'd been told on the phone."