The thorny question of when to replace the windows in a property occurs only when something serious occurs, such as small floods from leaking seals, or if a window becomes condensated inside the two glazed panes. In one house my family owned in the mid 1980s, the frames were alluminium – quite the big thing…
This being the quiet winter time ofyear means lots of walking around the country villages so familiar to me, a pastime I adore. It is even better once the christmas period is upon us and there are festive lights up everywhere. It gives families an excuse to having trees illuminated in front their front windows…
We cannot survive without windows and doors. That is one fundamental factor of today’s busy lifestyles. In the very seriusly old days, families congregated in mud huts and hovels carved out caves and hillsides. Gradually the need for long term adequate housing became more obviously customer led. Usually a wooden framework, like an A frame…
I had the uncomfortable problem of being stuck in my house and not able to get out for a short period last week. My back door had suddely jammed shut – the framework had warped in the strangely volatile weather we’ve had. Firstly it was freezing and snoy, then we had acres of rain followed…
I have a love of heritage and historic houses; the joy of seeing a pretty thatched cottage with lead paned windows and roses around the door – the porches always look so gorgeous and inviting. The reality of these features though do take some living with. Trying to keep the draughts out of ill fitting…
I have lots of cold callers here where I live – on a nicely placed family deelopment just out of a midlands town. The leaflets proffered cover everyhing from meals in boxes complete with all the ingrdients for me to bash up into something representing a meal; walk in baths, stair lifts, ew windows and…
I have two large patio doors in this house – in rooms at the back of the house, overlooking the garden. I have often wondered by the developers thought it necessary to put both where they did, but I guess a larger family might spread themselves around the living areas and need to access the…
There are some really lovely front doors and replacement windows out on the market these days. I was particularly taken with the new frontage of a house up the road. It’s a slightly different design to my own property, with a gabled window above the mock tudor porch – in the rather swanky village I…
You know when the time has come to get the windows replaced. Even if they are double glazed, if they are very old then t makes them far less effective. That nagging feeling whenever the wind or rain appears outside. On very windy days, the weather joins you inside – due to the poor fit…
The time for house updates and refurbs is upon us. There’s something about doing this in the spring, going into summer, that just makes perfect sense. Some jobs you can complete in the autumn/winter time. Maybe decorating the lounge, changing the colour of that feature fireplace, or doing a complete changeover in the bedrooms and…