Day 131 - Windows are in!

 
 
 


Some still need to have the glass changed for obscure glass and the builders have asked to leave the french doors out for the moment to make things easier for them.

We're very pleased with the windows, they're very sleek, just what we wanted.

Day 52 - Wembley Windows

Now the hole issue is fixed the decision on the windows becomes more pressing.

We've had a couple of quotes for UPVC windows but we're really not thrilled by the designs. They all have very wide and chunky frames - it seems that's just they way they are.

Peter (from Fowles) had mentioned a Polish company they'd worked with on a couple of jobs in London who offered quality aluminium windows at a lot less than other companies and got them to quote for our job. The quote wasn't too much more than the UPVC but we hadn't seen the windows - were they really very different to UPVC?

So this week we decided to go up to London to check out the windows in their factory/showroom.

The company are in Wembley and have the very English name of Henry & Sons but everyone we met was Polish.

They offer two types of aluminium windows (as well as UPVC) but one, Beaufort, is more suited to residential use.



We really liked them, the width and profile of the frames is much narrower and more elegant than the UPVC, if elegant is a word you can use about windows!



They offer bevelled or flat options and in a choice of colours - we'll probably go for white. The finish is powder coated so no maintenance required and the windows are guaranteed for 10 years.



We then had a look round the factory (where they make the windows) to see some finished windows


Flat profile in Black.


French doors