Replacing Wooden Sash Windows With Modern Copies For Authenticity

The very first property I bought was a victorian mid terrace built in 1888.  It had still elegant and generally functioning sash windows throughout the original part but the kitchen extension tacked on at the back ‘enjoyed’ side opening design, of single glazed aluminium from the 1970s.   The trouble with…

Improved Window & Door Design Are Fantastic

The most wonderful thing about spring and early summer is that first waft of a hot breezeless day when you open the blacked out curtains.   Just looking across the meadows in the distance for me is enough to get the heart pumping.  The prospect of a good walk peps me…

Replacing Victoriana With Sympathetic Modernity

I have been staying out in the country – the true countryside surrounding a tiny wee village.   The property itself is a stone conversion and it has very unusual windows.  Some are arched to reflect the victorian school it once was.  Other windows are glorious bays with several sections that…

New Sealed Units Offer Updated Protections

I have been taking a great interest in the activities at a house just down the road from me.  It is exactly the same age and design as mine – just a few weeks younger in fact.  I still have the original well insulated and very attractive double glazed windows…