1 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:05,040 Welcome to The Repair Shop where cherished family heirlooms 2 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:06,680 are brought back to life. 3 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:08,760 This is the workshop of dreams. 4 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:11,720 Home to furniture restorer, Jay Blades. 5 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:15,600 Nowadays, everybody spends a fortune on stuff that, once it's broken, 6 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:16,920 they just bin it. 7 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:19,320 But everybody has something that means too much to be 8 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:21,400 thrown away and that's where we come in. 9 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:26,400 Working alongside Jay will be some of the country's leading craftspeople. 10 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:28,160 Every piece has its own story. 11 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,560 It's amazing to think that some of my work becomes part of that story. 12 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:35,040 I've always played with things, I've always repaired things, 13 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:36,080 and I just love it. 14 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:39,120 There is a real pleasure in bringing people's pieces 15 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:40,440 back to life again. 16 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:43,200 Each with their own unique set of skills... 17 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,360 I can't wait to get started. 18 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:47,160 ..they will resurrect... 19 00:00:47,160 --> 00:00:48,600 ..revive... 20 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:49,880 What a man! 21 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:51,040 ..and rejuvenate... 22 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:57,080 ..treasured possessions and irreplaceable pieces of family history. 23 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:58,360 Wow! 24 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:00,000 Bringing both the objects... 25 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,600 She's fantastic! 26 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:03,800 That's just taken me back 50 years. 27 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,000 ..and the memories that they hold... 28 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,560 Oh, yes! 29 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:10,240 ..back to life. Oh, my God! 30 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,400 MUSIC PLAYS 31 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:36,040 In The Repair Shop today, a risky fix for Steve as he renovates an 32 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,240 85-year-old steam roller... 33 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:40,280 I've blown the burner out. 34 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,040 I'm hoping it's something simple. 35 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,360 I don't know what it is at the moment without taking it apart. 36 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:48,000 ..and the delicate art of cutting glass... 37 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:52,720 ..with master craftsman, Matt. 38 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:54,400 Just felt that go in my fingers. 39 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:56,360 It's all going to come apart. It's all breaking. 40 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,040 Hello. Hello. 41 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,760 The first visitor today is Jane Moore.... 42 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:10,120 You all right? Aah! 43 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:11,880 What do we have here? 44 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,600 ..with something for saddle maker, Suzie Fletcher. 45 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:18,800 Jane's dropping off some design classics. 46 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:20,320 A gift from her mother. 47 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:21,640 So, tell me about these, then. 48 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:23,560 Where have they come from? 49 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,200 Probably about 35 years ago my uncle found them in the streets, 50 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:27,800 dumped with a load of rubbish. 51 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,040 Really? Yeah, absolutely. 52 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,280 In Kensington, Liverpool. OK. 53 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:36,960 And Mum loved them and he gave them to my mum who had them for years. 54 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:40,520 They are Les Arcs chairs that were designed for a very exclusive 55 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,080 French ski lodge. Yeah. 56 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:46,360 But, as you can see, they've been a little bit loved and well used... 57 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:47,640 Yeah, they've been well used. 58 00:02:47,640 --> 00:02:49,840 ..and are much in need of a bit of a restoration. 59 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,560 So does your mum know you're going to get these restored? 60 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:56,760 Yeah, Mum, over the last eight years has been on a dementia journey. 61 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:58,520 So she's in a nursing home now. 62 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:00,960 She'd be delighted that we're restoring them... 63 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:03,080 OK. ..because they brought her joy. Yeah. 64 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:05,480 They certainly brought us a lot of joy in our home. Yeah. 65 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,360 I just think having them back to their former glory, 66 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:12,560 she'll be made up to think that one of her treasures was being restored. 67 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:16,880 What do you reckon, Suzie? Very excited to get going on them actually. 68 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,120 I think resew all the seams. 69 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,480 OK. And all of them are in a similar state. 70 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:27,000 So it's going to take a little while to get them all finished 71 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,320 and get them back into regular use. 72 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:31,440 Does that sound all right? It sounds perfect. 73 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,160 Thank you for bringing these along. Pleasure. Thank you very much. 74 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:38,480 Thanks very much, Jane, nice to meet you. Thank you. 75 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:42,200 These distinctive chairs were created in the 1960s 76 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:47,640 and used to furnish the stylish Les Arcs ski resort in France. 77 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,560 The chair is heralded as an important example 78 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:54,160 of modernist design and is highly prized when in good condition. 79 00:03:56,320 --> 00:04:00,720 The nice thing about a project like this is you have to figure out how 80 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:05,920 it was all put together so you do the reverse to take it all apart. 81 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:10,000 And my feeling is the last thing they did was rivet the leather on so 82 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,160 that's the first place I'm going to start. 83 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,720 Next into the workshop is German born engineer, Dieter, 84 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:29,640 with a precious family heirloom that might test the skills 85 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:31,760 of horologist, Steve Fletcher. 86 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:33,200 Hi, Dieter, I'm Steve. 87 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,760 Hi, Steve, nice to meet you. Come over here. Thank you. 88 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,400 Right, what have we got? 89 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:40,880 We've got a steam roller. 90 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:42,560 That's fantastic. There it is. 91 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:46,560 It's been in our family for about 85 years. 92 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:49,160 It was given to my dad when he was probably 12-years-old. 93 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:50,560 Oh, right, OK. 94 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:55,240 And, you know, he's given that to me when I was about 18-years-old. 95 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:59,040 He was an engineer and I was going to study engineering 96 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:02,080 and so he felt it was right to give it to me. Yes. 97 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,240 Rather than giving to any of my three brothers! 98 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:10,520 My intention, actually, is now to do exactly the same. 99 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:15,480 I've got three kids and my son is an engineer too 100 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:19,360 which makes me proud and I'd like to give it to him. That's lovely. 101 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:23,960 But the last time I've seen it in operation has been in the '70s. 102 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:28,560 OK. Did you ever think about having a go at getting it working yourself? 103 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:30,520 No, I didn't. I didn't really. 104 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,760 This is almost more fine mechanics and this is not really what I did! 105 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:39,840 OK. So you say that it's going to go on to your son? 106 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:42,320 Yes. So it'll be nice for him to see it actually working. 107 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:45,280 It would be fantastic because he has never seen it working. 108 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:48,840 OK. This is a lovely piece and I look forward to getting it working 109 00:05:48,840 --> 00:05:50,680 for you and polished up. Thank you. 110 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:55,800 Thank you very much. Bye-bye, now. Bye-bye. 111 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:02,160 The steam roller was made by German toy manufacturer Bing, 112 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,480 the largest toy company in the world in the early 20th century. 113 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:10,360 It was best known for its model trains and steam engines. 114 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:13,400 This is going to be quite an interesting project. 115 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:19,080 It's been soldered and repaired in the past because there's quite a lot 116 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:23,040 of solder that's run down onto the main tank, there. 117 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:27,200 I'm really not sure at the moment about the main mechanics, 118 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:31,560 but once I've taken it apart and looked at all that, 119 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:35,280 I'll be able to then tell what sort of condition it's in. 120 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:46,080 Over at Suzie's bench, she's started rejuvenating the dried, 121 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,960 parched leather from the three designer chairs. 122 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:50,760 How are you doing? 123 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:52,160 Hello. Having fun? 124 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:54,560 I am, I'm really having fun here. 125 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:56,760 It's one of my most favourite things to do. 126 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,360 I'm absolutely thrilled with how this has come out 127 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,240 because I wasn't sure if I'd be able to get them... 128 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:03,720 It's brought a smile to your face? 129 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,360 It really has brought a smile to my face! 130 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:08,040 And now it's not like cardboard. 131 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,000 You feel that, it's just beautiful. 132 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,920 Yeah. It's like leather now, isn't it? 133 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:15,800 It is like leather. So that's the seat, and this is the back. 134 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,440 So this hasn't been worked on? This hasn't been worked on at all. 135 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:20,400 You feel how dry that is? 136 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,400 It just shows that you can bring leather back to life. 137 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:24,880 OK. So I can have a go? 138 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:26,680 I can start one level on this? 139 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:28,880 Absolutely, yes, yes. 140 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:32,920 The key is, don't make it too wet so rinse it out. 141 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:36,760 This is warm water, you're going to rub it on to the saddle soap block 142 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:39,960 and then you're going to go over very quickly, quick, quick, quick, 143 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:43,760 and then start a circular motion because we don't want to get any lines. 144 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:47,800 So like I'm waxing a car then? Like you're waxing a car, yes. OK. 145 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:49,720 Is that all right, squeeze that out? Yep. 146 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:51,400 Rub it on the block. 147 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:56,560 And now you're going to whiz, whiz, whiz. 148 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:58,920 Whiz, whiz, whiz. Boom, boom, boom. Yes, yes, yes. 149 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:03,280 Oh, yeah. 150 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:07,360 You're doing a great job there. I told you, I've been watching you! 151 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:11,280 So how do I know I've got enough on there? 152 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:14,800 Because that, to me, looks all right. It's looking really nice. 153 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,880 We're going to be aiming to get it down to this tone. 154 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:21,400 We're going to let it sit and dry and then do another coat. 155 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:23,960 OK. I can leave you with that, then? 156 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,440 Yes, you can. Thank you. I hope you enjoyed yourself. 157 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:27,800 I did, immensely. 158 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:30,480 All right. See you. See you later. Bye-bye. 159 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:36,400 MUSIC PLAYS 160 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:43,200 A new visitor for The Repair Shop, 161 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,520 Canadian born Truusje Balcombe who now lives in Suffolk. 162 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:51,280 Hi, there. Truusje has something very delicate made by her late father 163 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:55,320 that needs the attention of master craftsman, Matt Nichols. 164 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:57,200 Wow, so what have we got here? 165 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:00,360 So this is my father's stained-glass window. 166 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:02,120 Wow, so this is a beautiful piece. 167 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,920 It's been a bit beaten up unfortunately on a move from house. 168 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:08,880 I can see that. It's quite broken everywhere. 169 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:11,880 But it's very special. So I'm hoping you'll fix it. 170 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:15,440 So what inspired your dad to start making stained-glass? 171 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:18,760 We used to live in a house in the city and it had beautiful 172 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:23,040 views over downtown Calgary, but on the side and at the back, 173 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:26,600 it overlooked other houses and my dad didn't like that. 174 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:30,440 So he went and took a leaded glass window-making course 175 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:33,680 and made this huge window to cover up this view so that he didn't have 176 00:09:33,680 --> 00:09:36,440 to look at the neighbour's house any more. 177 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:39,840 And then he really got the bug and he would make many, 178 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:42,120 many, many stained-glass windows! 179 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:46,320 Really? Yes. So by the time he died in 1988, 180 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:50,400 the house was covered in stained-glass windows everywhere. 181 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:54,040 I can already picture that, just a really colourful and lovely view. 182 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,720 Dad and I did a bit of the piece together, 183 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,640 picked the colours way back when. Right. 184 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:04,360 I remember him drying this and I really liked it because of the boats, 185 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:06,120 so we did the colours together. 186 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:08,800 The colours that you chose are really vibrant, really nice. 187 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,640 Yes. Pretty sure when you've got natural light coming from it... 188 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:13,320 Yeah, it's very pretty. 189 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:16,000 And all of his work was really vibrant. 190 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,560 So whereabouts is this going to go? 191 00:10:18,560 --> 00:10:23,920 So we have a cottage in Suffolk and it has an annexe which is actually 192 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,720 where my mum stays when she comes to visit. Ah! 193 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:29,720 And she is actually over at the moment. 194 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:33,520 OK. So what we're hoping is that we can kind of surprise her 195 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:38,280 and put this glass window up in the annexe so she can wake up every 196 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,640 morning and look at it. That's brilliant. 197 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:44,920 It's quite emotional really because when I look at it, 198 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:49,000 I just remember how happy he was when he was making them. 199 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:55,120 I'd like it to look like Daddy's stained-glass window again. 200 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:59,640 Leave it with me and I'll see what I can do. Excellent. 201 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:11,640 Matt wants to salvage as much of the original lead work as possible. 202 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:16,040 That means reshaping any bent metal to safely hold the glass in place. 203 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:21,080 Right, in order to push this lead that way again, 204 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:25,840 I think I'm going to try to take some of this putty out. 205 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,680 You can really see how the lead is like moving around and the glass is 206 00:11:28,680 --> 00:11:31,560 moving around but there's definitely a lot of play in it. 207 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:34,960 It's not... It's not a quick process. 208 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:39,440 If Matt can't get the original lead to bend back into place, 209 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:42,280 he'll have to re-lead from scratch. 210 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:44,040 Right, so let's have another look. 211 00:11:46,680 --> 00:11:49,760 So in order to get this in, I'm going to actually cut a tiny bit of 212 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:51,440 the glass out. 213 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:56,680 There we go. A tiny bit out. 214 00:11:58,520 --> 00:11:59,560 So, hopefully... 215 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:02,400 ..it's more likely to go in. 216 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:05,320 Very close, isn't it? 217 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:11,480 There we go. 218 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:17,240 To be honest, that was the most difficult part there. 219 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:20,120 Now I can push it back like that, 220 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:26,160 so it's nice and comfortable in there and then we roll down 221 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:28,520 the edge of the lead like that. 222 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:39,000 Steve is getting to grips with the toy steam roller that has neither 223 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,880 steamed nor rolled for 40 years. 224 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:46,160 He's working on one of the engine's most vital components, the safety valve. 225 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:52,360 The nut that holds the spring seems to be quite loose. 226 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:56,240 And this is supposed to then just slip straight out 227 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:58,880 and it's absolutely corroded up. 228 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:02,720 So I'm going to try tapping it in the vice to see if I can 229 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:04,120 just release it now. 230 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:09,680 That's come out very well. 231 00:13:09,680 --> 00:13:13,480 I've got to clean it all up, make sure that it slides really 232 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:18,240 easily and also I've got to put a new rubber washer in, there, which 233 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:24,720 will, when that springs down, it will then form a seal and then the 234 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:30,160 steam won't release unless it's too high a pressure and then it will release. 235 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:35,440 Now Steve's eased up the valve, he must carefully clean the engine 236 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:38,440 and the rest of the steam roller's components. 237 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,720 After several hours of cleaning and reassembling, 238 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:47,920 the steam roller is finally ready for a trial run. 239 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:50,920 I've just filled it with water. 240 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:55,440 I'm going to put two of these paraffin tablets that burn 241 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:57,520 and going to light it up. 242 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,040 This hasn't worked for donkey's years, so... 243 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:06,200 It's... 244 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:10,240 It's quite interesting to see whether it's going to work now! 245 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:11,440 I hope it will. 246 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:15,720 I've cleaned all the mechanical parts and the piston 247 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:19,280 was completely seized up. 248 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:21,920 I'm sure that was one of the reasons why it wasn't working. 249 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,280 I can hear some steam. 250 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:32,480 That's the whistle, here. 251 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:34,360 WHISTLE BLOWS 252 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:48,720 While the whistle's working, 253 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:52,160 the steam seems no closer to making the steam roller move. 254 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:55,000 I've blown the burner out. 255 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:01,120 I think it should have started going there, so I'm going to let it cool 256 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:06,080 down and I'm going to take it apart again and have a look and see why it 257 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:07,240 wasn't turning. 258 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:11,840 But there was certainly enough pressure there built up to run it. 259 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,360 I'm hoping it's something simple. 260 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:17,400 I don't know what it is at the moment without taking it apart. 261 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:21,680 MUSIC PLAYS 262 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:29,080 Suzie has been restoring a set of well loved, 263 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:32,640 but well-worn design icons. 264 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:35,160 All the leather panels are rejuvenated, 265 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:37,320 and the chrome frames are shining. 266 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:41,320 Now, she's reuniting them to create three complete chairs once again. 267 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:46,760 Hey, Jay? Hello? Are you free? I'm always free for you, girl. 268 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:51,080 Is there a chance you could come and help me with this job, please? OK. 269 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:55,600 What I've got to do is to rivet these tags on around this chair. 270 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:59,320 So, would you be kind enough to... Of course. ..hold it? Lovely. 271 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:03,080 The final leather panel is ready to be secured to its frame. 272 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:06,640 So, the key here is not to move the chair. 273 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:08,680 Oh, I just moved it, didn't I? 274 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:11,920 Are you up for this? I'm very up for this! 275 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:13,320 Are you? 276 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,560 If we don't get this right, when you sit on it... 277 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:21,280 It's going to break. It'll break. 278 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:28,680 All right, let's have a look and see what we've got going on under there. 279 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:30,720 Looking good. What about...? You go test it out. 280 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:32,640 Can you sit on it? Go ahead. 281 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:34,200 All right. Gently, though. 282 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,480 OK. Just don't jump on it. 283 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:38,000 No, I'll just sit on it. 284 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:40,520 Here we go. 285 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,440 That's all right. I needed somebody to test it. 286 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:47,680 I wasn't sure that anyone would want to. 287 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:56,200 Owner, Jane, is back to see the chairs that mean so much to her and her mother. 288 00:16:58,280 --> 00:16:59,600 Hello, hello. Hello. 289 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:01,600 Good to see you. So excited. 290 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:03,480 I'm a little bit nervous, a bit excited. 291 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:05,040 Yeah? Why are you nervous? 292 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:07,400 Just hoping they come through as well as I expect it. 293 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:09,880 There's no pressure, there. No pressure at all. 294 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:11,480 Shall we? Shall we? OK. 295 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:13,800 Are you ready? I'd love to see. All right. 296 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:20,000 Wow! They just look brand-new. 297 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:22,720 That is amazing. 298 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:29,920 Stunned at how different they look and how amazing. 299 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:33,080 cos they really were in a totally, very sorry state. 300 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:38,440 My mum would be over the moon. 301 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:44,040 And, my mum is in a nursing home now - dementia. 302 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:49,560 I mean, she won't recognise... I hope she'll recognises them, 303 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:51,280 but I know that they're restored and 304 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:55,840 she'd be absolutely tickled pink that they're back in use. 305 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,120 Bless ya. Come here, girl. 306 00:17:58,120 --> 00:17:59,760 Thank you. 307 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:03,320 You'll make me cry. It's good to see, it's good to see. 308 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:04,840 She will be absolutely overjoyed. 309 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:06,800 Yeah? I promised I wouldn't cry. 310 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:12,200 You know, it's something I'll always keep and always have because it's 311 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:14,000 part of her. 312 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,040 I'm pleased that you feel so deeply... 313 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:17,360 Yeah. ..about the chairs. 314 00:18:17,360 --> 00:18:21,520 Yeah. It makes what I was able to do, worth that much more for you. 315 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:24,600 Yeah. It's incredible, it really is. Yeah. What a lucky find. 316 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:26,520 Absolutely. Thank you for bringing these in. 317 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:29,280 All right. Thank you. Thank you so much. I can't thank you enough. 318 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:31,560 Such a pleasure. 319 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:34,200 MUSIC PLAYS 320 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:47,960 Suzie might have delivered her repair safe and sound, 321 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:51,880 but Matt is all at sea with a stained-glass window. 322 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:55,000 He's attempting to replace the broken sail. 323 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,080 One of the issues I've got with this, 324 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:00,400 is I don't actually have the exact colour for the sail. 325 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:05,040 So, I've got another piece of glass here, 326 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:07,560 which is a fairly good match. 327 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:09,960 It's a very good match for the inner part like there, 328 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:12,160 but it's not a good match for that. 329 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:15,560 However, if I put two layers of this on, 330 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:19,720 I've got pretty much the exact match, which is absolutely perfect. 331 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:23,800 It involves widening the lead, as much as I can, 332 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:27,160 just to accommodate two bits of glass. 333 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:31,800 As Truusje and her father both came up with the colour scheme to this in the design, 334 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,280 this is one part that I really, really want to get right. 335 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:39,040 I can really imagine Truusje watching her father cut, 336 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:41,760 and I learnt from my father as well, so... 337 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:44,160 I've definitely got a similar experience to her. 338 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:50,280 So, I've scored the top of it, and tapping underneath, 339 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:51,880 just really releases it, 340 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:55,240 and it causes the crack to go through the whole of the glass. 341 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:58,000 So I'm just doing this, to the underside of it, 342 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:02,000 and I think that's gone all the way through, so I'm just going to, yeah, 343 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:03,720 there you go. It's all going to come apart. 344 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,080 All broken. I'm just going to take this bit, 345 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,440 and hopefully it's all going to slot in. 346 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:10,480 Move this. 347 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,400 Here, just checking. Going over the top there, yeah. 348 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:20,480 That looks perfect. 349 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:24,520 There we go. The second piece, hopefully, it's going to be all right. 350 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,800 I'm a bit concerned because when you're kind of pushing glass, 351 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:34,000 that's got a thin end to it, you're always worried about breaking it, so... 352 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:37,400 So here, I'm just going to mould the lead over. 353 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:42,840 Very happy with the way it's come out. 354 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:51,600 Across the workshop, 355 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:55,840 Steve has been struggling to get the vintage toy steam-roller moving. 356 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:59,960 After some careful tweaking, he's ready to try firing it up again. 357 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:06,080 This is the second test of the steam roller and I'm hoping it's going to 358 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:07,440 work this time. 359 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:11,120 I've tightened and adjusted some of the seals and valves. 360 00:21:11,120 --> 00:21:15,160 I've come outside because it does make a lot of smoke and steam. 361 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:24,240 This time the engine flickers into life... 362 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:26,640 ..but not for long. 363 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:32,840 I'm trying to work out at the moment why, when I spin it, 364 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:37,600 it will start going, and start going really quickly, 365 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:39,080 and then it slows down again. 366 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:46,120 I think what's happening is, is that it builds up a head of steam, 367 00:21:46,120 --> 00:21:52,120 runs and uses up that energy, and then that dissipates, 368 00:21:52,120 --> 00:21:55,120 and then it slows down and stops again. 369 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:08,120 An hour of tinkering later, Steve comes to a difficult realisation. 370 00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:13,680 This 85-year-old mechanism is no longer powerful enough to move the toy. 371 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:17,800 I probably could get this going but it means taking all the old 372 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:19,040 parts off and renewing them. 373 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:20,880 And I'm not happy about that. 374 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:25,120 I think it's more important to keep this in original condition. 375 00:22:25,120 --> 00:22:27,280 And, because it looks lovely like this. 376 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:30,360 And I'd be really, really happy to have this up on my shelf. 377 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:38,400 The steam roller has passed down the owner's family line for 85 years. 378 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,560 And with plans to keep passing it on, 379 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:43,640 Dieter is back to collect his treasured heirloom. 380 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:46,600 Hello, Steve. How are you? 381 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:47,680 I'm fine, thank you. 382 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:51,440 Good. And how are you? I'm very well, thank you. Good, good. 383 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:54,680 I've really enjoyed working on your steam roller. 384 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:57,080 And, let's have a look at it. 385 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,800 Wow, wow! 386 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:03,800 You've done some magic with it. 387 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:05,240 Thank you. See this, you know. 388 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,440 When we, when I first came, you said, well, you're trying to 389 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:11,360 maintain the ageing of it... 390 00:23:11,360 --> 00:23:13,680 Yes. ..that you can see and you've done that. 391 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:15,960 Thank you. But it's fantastic, you know. 392 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,960 I don't know how you've done it, but, yes. 393 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:22,680 What would your father think of this now, 394 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,600 and you looking after it the way you've looked after it? 395 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,560 I think, you know, he would be really, really proud that I looked 396 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:32,160 after it, and that I'm also trying to pass it on, 397 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:36,080 that I want to pass it on to my son, to kind of create this tradition. 398 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:40,600 I do hope, I can only say I do hope he will treasure it as much as I did, 399 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:41,880 and my dad did. 400 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:46,280 So, I have worked on the mechanical parts of this. 401 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:50,240 Yeah? And I have fired it up a few times... 402 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,760 OK? We've had a few issues with it, though. 403 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:55,440 Oh, really? It does run to an extent... 404 00:23:55,440 --> 00:24:02,000 Yeah, yeah? It doesn't actually drive along, but this spins around. 405 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,640 Yeah. At the end of the day, this was, this was, you know, I mean, 406 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:08,000 it was intended to be fired up, I mean, 407 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,760 I would be fine trying to fire it up and see what happens. 408 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:13,760 I'm really up for it. 409 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:15,160 OK. Yeah. Right. 410 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:24,240 When was the last time you saw it fired up? 411 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,080 It's probably, 40 years, you know I feel I'm too old. 412 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:28,800 But you know, it probably is. 413 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:32,240 Hey! 414 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:36,080 That's fantastic. 415 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:39,200 That is really fantastic. 416 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:40,240 Isn't that amazing? 417 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,160 Absolutely, absolutely. 418 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:46,920 God, thank you. 419 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:49,800 Very welcome. 420 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:51,400 Thank you, that's really good. 421 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:58,600 You've done a brilliant job, thank you very much. 422 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:02,880 MUSIC PLAYS 423 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:19,680 Stained glass craftsman, Matt, has been overhauling a nautical window 424 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,120 steeped in family history. 425 00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:26,320 The glass has all been cemented into place and Matt is giving the piece a 426 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:27,800 final polish. 427 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,680 I'm absolutely ecstatic how this has come out. 428 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:35,360 Just the vibrancy of colour, it's so bright and happy and kind of joyous. 429 00:25:35,360 --> 00:25:36,880 It's really magical, actually. 430 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,320 Glass is a fantastic medium to be working with. 431 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:47,440 The window is carefully transported to Suffolk 432 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:49,840 where Truusje is awaiting its arrival. 433 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:57,720 Today is a particularly poignant day for us to look at the restored window. 434 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:03,200 It's the anniversary of my mum and dad's wedding, but also, very sadly, 435 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,480 the anniversary of my dad's death. 436 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:06,720 So, it's... 437 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:11,640 ..it's a pretty special day in many ways and a very sad day 438 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:16,040 but I'm hoping for both my mum and I, it'll mean so much more 439 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:20,800 to be able to look at Dad's work again looking beautiful. 440 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:26,400 Truusje has kept the restoration a complete secret from her mum, Ruth. 441 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:28,560 What is she going to get? I don't know. 442 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:31,320 You're not in on this either? No. 443 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:32,680 Oh, my goodness! 444 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,440 What have you got? This is the big secret. 445 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:39,200 Mummy... What is it? 446 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:40,640 They've fixed Daddy's window! 447 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:43,000 Wow! 448 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:45,720 Unbelievable. 449 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:49,120 Wow. Look at it! 450 00:26:49,120 --> 00:26:50,920 Oh, my gosh! 451 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:53,720 Isn't that incredible? 452 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:00,880 Oh, it looks beautiful. 453 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:01,920 Doesn't it? 454 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:05,920 Wow, look at that. 455 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,840 Look how beautiful. Isn't that gorgeous? 456 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:11,360 We were married for 35 years. 457 00:27:11,360 --> 00:27:16,160 To have this as a legacy from my husband, you know, it was a broken piece. 458 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:21,640 And now it's a beautifully restored piece of stained glass done by my husband. 459 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,800 And I get to see it on my wedding anniversary. 460 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,800 Amazing. I can't believe it's happened on this day, 461 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:33,960 because it feels like I'm giving you something to celebrate rather than 462 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,120 feel really sad about it. 463 00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:37,880 Love you. Love you too. 464 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:42,040 Thank you. Grandpa's work, Ollie, what do you think? 465 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:43,680 Really good. Isn't it amazing? 466 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:48,880 What could be a really, really sad, sad, hard day for her I think has 467 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:52,680 turned into quite a celebration of my dad's life. 468 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:54,840 And particularly his work. 469 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,800 And it was just so lovely to see her face light up. 470 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:01,920 She's so pleased and I think she feels like Dad's right next to her at the moment. 471 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:03,920 Look how the light shines through it. 472 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:05,320 Isn't it beautiful? 473 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:07,760 Look. I hope somehow your dad knows. 474 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:10,240 I'm sure he does. 475 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:20,280 Join us next time as more precious pieces are rescued... 476 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:23,400 I love it. ..and their cherished memories restored... 477 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:25,840 Wow! 478 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:26,960 ..in The Repair Shop.