Sunday, April 7, 2013

Windows to the future


There is a team of craftsmen that have been working in Selong, East Lombok of months now, hand making every window and door for the new village.

Martin Gow along with Pak Yasin were invited to visit the workshop on the outskirts of Selong to see firsthand the scale of the job in hand.

All 436 windows are individually measured to fix a specific house. At the specially built workshop the raw timber is sanded, cut to size and tooled for assembly.  The window frames are then spray painted to match the same colour as the outer frames on the houses. And finally all the glass is cut and  inserted into the finished frame, ready for delivery.

With only a team of 5 craftsmen, they have been working till midnight most nights to stay on schedule.

Now that’s dedication.   


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