A Long-Running Yorkshire Workshop Built on Heritage, Craftsmanship & Proper Local Values

From a small Yorkshire workshop to a modern restoration service

The business began over 50 years ago, working from a modest site in Bilton, and quickly earned a reputation for doing one thing exceptionally well.

It did not need fancy branding or marketing. It grew the traditional Yorkshire way — through graft, skill, word of mouth and a promise to do the job right.

The Door Stripping Yorkshire era

For many years the workshop traded as Door Stripping Yorkshire, known by thousands of local customers who brought their doors, furniture and restoration items to the workshop.

Customers came from Leeds, York, Hull, Beverley and further afield, often making the journey because they knew the workshop had the experience to deal with old paint, timber and traditional materials properly.

If you ever delivered a door to Bilton, or saw the Door Stripping Yorkshire name online, you were dealing with the same workshop tradition that still continues today — the same process, the same hands-on craft and the same belief in restoring things properly.

From Door Stripping Yorkshire to Yorkshire Paint Stripping

This marked the evolution from DoorStrippingYorkshire.co.uk to the new brand: Yorkshire Paint Stripping, using the modern website strippaint.co.uk.

At the same time, the workshop relocated from Bilton to a more practical and accessible premises at:

This became the new headquarters for the next generation of the business.

What changed — and what stayed exactly the same

Why the new name matters

The old name reflected a time when door dipping was the bulk of the work. Today, the business has grown into a broader paint stripping and restoration service.

The new name reflects the broader expertise while staying rooted in Yorkshire heritage.

A Yorkshire business through and through

The workshop may now sit proudly at 31 Alexandra Road, Hull, but the spirit is the same as the day it opened in Bilton.

We still welcome customers dropping in with heavy old doors, Victorian locks, wardrobes, tables, family pieces, whole-house restoration projects and items they thought might be too far gone.

We still restore what people thought was too far gone. We still bring old timber back to its natural beauty. We still believe in Yorkshire workmanship — solid, honest and reliable.

From Bilton to Alexandra Road — the story continues

Whether you knew us as Door Stripping Yorkshire, or you have only just discovered Yorkshire Paint Stripping, you are working with a business built on continuity, history and hard-earned practical experience.