The beauty of having a real oak door is that feeling of prosperity it gives when you see one hung in a gorgeous brick and tiled roof porch. Even on a rather plain front elevation, the richness of an oak door really lifts it. I have a upvc plastic door…
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…
Modern Aluminium Replacement Frames Improve Matters
I was out with my usual organised walking group the other week. We’d driven out to a very old and well established village and we really enjoyed looking closely at the houses and cottages along the once hectic highway . . . . There were some seriously old properties and…
Weather Induced Swelling Of Deadbolts & Other Mysteries
The thing I find slightly baffling about the design of my otherwise well laid out, spacious home is the way the doors are configured. Ok, the front door is where one would expect it. Nicely positioned between the double garage up & over, and the front room window. There’s a…
Alu,inium Frames – Strong & Durable
I didn’t realise until recently that people still had aluminium window frames fitted – I assumed that the fad for these had disappeared completely in favour of the upvc ones. The plastic revolution seemed to take the world by storm in the 1970s and 1980s and as far as I…
Genuine Lead Panes -v- Cheap Neo Georgians
I’ve noticed quite a few houses near me where the owners have decided to change the windows – taking out the very attractive diamond lead pane ones, albeit in upvc frames fro the early 2000s. Now that I’ve seen what they’ve replaced them with, it’s a travesty! They have these…
Condensated Double Glazed Unit Soon Replaced
I have two large patio door/window ombos in my nice modern spacious ‘executive’ detached family home. I’m not at all sure why the developers feel that 2 such doorways were essential to make comfortable living. All around the house I have very good and presumably effective double glazed window units. …
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…