Leyland, Preston · Building & joinery

From the roof down to the last drawer.

Dormers, extensions and renovations built on site. Fitted furniture, doors and media walls made in our own workshop. One firm, based in Leyland.

Loft bedroom in a rear dormer conversion, with a low LED-lit bed, panelled wall and roof windows
Rear dormer loft conversion Master bedroom, en-suite & dressing room. Built-in furniture made in our workshop.

The firm

TJM Building & Joinery has over 20 years’ experience in construction. We take on loft conversions, extensions and full renovations, and we make the fitted furniture for them ourselves, in our own workshop.

Level 01of 05

Roof

Dormers & loft conversions

Rear dormers built from the first rafter up, with the full team on the roof. Framed, boarded and tiled, ready for the rooms that go inside.

“Another day another dormer with the full team.” TJM on Instagram

Two of the team standing on the new roof deck of a dormer at sunset, with a spirit level and hammer in the foreground
Dormer day on the roof deck
Roof joists laid out in rows with the low sun behind them
Joists down, sun going
Two roofers working on battened roof slopes above a brick wall under a blue sky
Battens on, tiles next

Level 02of 05

Upstairs

One rear dormer, three rooms

A rear dormer loft conversion with a master bedroom, en-suite and dressing room. All the built-in furniture was made in our workshop and installed on site. The clients finished it off with their own decor and furnishing.

Timber frame of the dormer with scaffold alongside
Frame
Plywood eaves storage framed in place before finishing
First fix
The finished loft bedroom
Finished
Master bedroom in the dormer: low bed lit from below, upholstered panelling and roof windows
Master bedroom
Dressing room built into the eaves, with hanging rails and shelving made to follow the sloping ceiling
Dressing room
Built-in shelving, drawers and hanging space tucked under the sloping eaves
Eaves storage
En-suite with marble-effect tiles, a lit vertical strip, black basin unit and round black-framed mirror
En-suite

Level 03of 05

Downstairs

The finished media wall: painted alcove shelving with spot lighting, a slatted panel behind the television, and cupboards either side of the fireplace
The same media wall as raw MDF carcass, with open shelves either side of the fireplace

Media wall Drag to see it built. Raw MDF carcass to painted, lit and finished.

Kitchens, media walls, stairs & studies

Ground floors opened up and fitted out: kitchen extensions with glazed roof lights, oak and glass staircases, media walls, slatted oak panelling and storage built into the awkward corners.

Staircase with slatted timber balustrade and a built-in cupboard under the stairs, edge-lit with LEDs
Under-stair cupboard, edge-lit
Open-plan kitchen and living space in a rear extension, with an island, roof lights and herringbone flooring
Single-storey rear extension, interior fully renovated
Home office with slatted oak panelling against a deep navy wall, shelving and French doors
Slatted oak against navy

Level 04of 05

Out back

Front porch with an oak frame and a sage green front door, set into red brick
Front porch, modernised

Rear extensions & garden rooms

A single-storey rear extension built from the first course of bricks, with the interior, landscaping to the garden and a modernised front porch finished to match.

Foundations and first brick courses for a rear extension, with packs of bricks on site
Foundations in
The finished rear extension with white bi-fold doors, porcelain patio and artificial lawn
Complete, bi-folds and patio
Timber-clad garden room at dusk with warm wall lights either side of the glazed doors
Garden space → garden beauty salon
The same garden room in daylight, clad in timber with a dark flat roof and black-framed doors
The same room, daytime

Level 05of 05

Workshop

Made to measure. Fitted on site.

Fitted furniture and doors made to measure in our workshop, then installed on site. Full dressing rooms, playroom furniture, media walls, or one built-in cabinet.

  1. 01

    Measure up

    A chimney breast with spirit levels and a tape measure resting against it before a media wall is built
    Levels and tape on a chimney breast
  2. 02

    Design

    A B C
    Drawn up before anything is cut
  3. 03

    Manufacture

    A bank of made-to-measure drawers with shaker-style fronts for a dressing room island
    Island drawers, shaker fronts
  4. 04

    Install

    The dressing room island being positioned on site, with the fitted units around it
    The island goes in on site
The finished dressing room: a marble-topped island under a crystal chandelier, with hanging rails and shoe shelving along the walls
The finished dressing room

On the bench

A new oak panelled door laid flat with tools alongside
Oak door
Eaves storage carcass with pull-out boxes cut to fit a roof window and the sloping ceiling
Eaves storage, cut to the slope
Dressing room carcasses with open drawer boxes before the doors and tops go on
Dressing room, before the doors

In a client’s words

“We couldn’t recommend Tom and his team enough! We met Tom in January 2023 and by April our whole house had been completely transformed and was ready to move in.”

Jane C. Full bungalow renovation Facebook recommendation, shared by TJM on Instagram
Side of the renovated bungalow in fresh render, with a dormer in the new roof under a blue sky
The bungalow, finished
Cream shaker kitchen with oak worktops and herringbone flooring
Kitchen
Oak balustrade on a landing with a pendant light cluster above
Oak balustrade

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