The mass majority of us in this industry do our very best to earn a good honest living out of what we do. We bend over backwards and more to make sure that every single thing on our jobs is correct and to make sure the customer is left happy. However. Despite our best efforts [...]
A couple of months ago I sent an email to our local MP, Ed Balls, to express my concern about the lack of fairness when it comes to energy efficient windows and their inclusion in the Green Deal. As many of you know, many home improvement measures included in the Green Deal are subject to [...]
Triple glazing I think has now been around enough for people to know about it and ask for it. Yet up to press I can't remember on one single occasion about being asked if we do triple glazing which is slightly disappointing. We do make it clear to customer that we do do it and [...]
Lets face it, despite all the energy efficiency and security drum banging, looks also do play an important part when it comes to customers choosing their new windows and doors. You can quite easily get the looks of a PVCu window wrong. Take the early versions of PVCu frames in the 80's and early 90's. [...]
For 3 of the last four years I have gone religiously to Download Festival at Donnington Park every June, and this year I shall be going for my fourth festival. The festival is set in Derby and you have to pass through a few sleepy villages that are very pretty. The contrast between that and [...]
Once in a while I get sent questions via email, to which most of them I am able to respond quite quickly with accurate information. But as you will see from the question below, this one is a bit detailed and I don't have the necessary information to be able to answer this accurately. However, [...]
Well, I've reached another landmark number! This time I'm at number 750. This post here is my 750th! And to mark the occasion I have handed the reigns over to Nick, author of the fantastic Aluminium Trade Supply website. His guest post goes through the various opportunities aluminium windows and doors can bring to a [...]
An article in the latest Conservatory Magazine brings the issue of the requirement of a showroom back into focus. The article explains that despite the internet being one of our most powerful marketing tools, the showroom is still a very necessary part of a double glazing business. I asked a quick question on Twitter this [...]
I think we all thought we would escape this Winter without any harsh or extreme weather unlike the last 3 winters the UK had. But at the back end of Winter, this week, temperatures are set to plummet to a very chilly-11 degrees Celsius! So far there hasn't been much snow in the forecast, but [...]
2011 was such a negative year for the industry. It was hard for many to see the start of 2012 being any better. But, at the end of January, I'm glad to say that from my personal experience and from what I can gauge on Twitter, the start of this year has been surprisingly better [...]
I think one area of the market that is still being over looked by installers is the shaped/arched windows sector. The majority of the housing stock in the country have square/rectangular windows. But some houses have the odd circular window or windows with arches in them. The houses that I see with the shaped windows [...]
Just to get things straight from the beginning, I do prefer Irish Oak to Light Oak. In fact I love it - as much as you can love a wood grain effect on PVCu frames! The wood grain effect on the foil is probably the most realistic wood grain that has ever come out, far [...]
> Despite the mass availability of PVCu and it's endless recycle life, PVCu windows are really only a market that exists in the UK, Germany and...well...that's about it really. Apparently there are a few PVCu/vinyl windows knocking about America. I'm sure that some of my American friends who follow this blog will be able to [...]
>The Green Deal has been on shaky ground ever since the details of the deal have been researched and found to be inconsistent at best. However, the Government's latest set of figures could spell the end for a deal which has had so much lobbying, hours of debate in Parliament, and I'm sure many millions [...]
>Out of all the areas of the industry that are taking a nose dive, one area that seems to be gaining strength is the market for coloured and colour foiled PVCu.The start of the year has seen for us, a big step up in the number of quotes we are sending out with coloured options [...]
>There has been some bad press and there has been some stupid things written about this industry, but what I read today was nothing short than utter and complete nonsense! Here's a couple of extracts:"Can putting cling film on your windows act as cheap double glazing and stop them losing heat?" "A home energy expert, [...]
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