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…

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 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…

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…

There is one time of year when I rather regret having closely sealed double glazed windows and doors.  In springtime the most joyous sound on earth to my ears is that of bird song early in the morning.   My sealed units are so effective that I can’t hear any such sounds unless I actually open…

We all love sunshine – and now in the beginnings of winter, our minds are easily transported back to the bright, light summer days.  It’s true to say that our summer days have been getting hotter and hotter.  In my youth it was notable if we had weeks of unremitting sun and no rain.  It…

One of the joys of it being a hot summer day is the feeling of light and space surrounding even the smallest of rooms.  There is not that closed in feel that often seems to coincide with the arrival of autumn and winter.  During the hot, hazy summer days, there is a feeling of unadulterated…