As temperatures begin to drop across Bristol, keeping our homes warm becomes a little more challenging. Shorter days and colder evenings mean adding extra layers, switching the heating on and thinking about how to make home more comfortable without running up huge energy bills.
For one recent customer, that meant taking another look at their timber sash windows. The existing windows were single glazed and had been fitted with secondary glazing, but the homeowner found the extra system cumbersome and felt it obscured the wooden sashes underneath.
They wanted the benefits of double glazing while enjoying the appearance of their timber windows again. They were also thinking ahead to the warmer months, when easier cleaning and opening the windows for fresh air would make a difference to everyday use.
After an initial survey, we found that the existing window boxes were in good condition. These are the fixed frames that house the sliding sashes, and there was no need to replace them.
Instead, our joinery team made four new timber sashes to accommodate 16 mm energy-efficient double-glazed units, using Planitherm glass. This allowed us to upgrade the glazing while retaining the sound parts of the existing windows.
Our joinery team made the sashes from scratch in our Bristol workshop, using traditional tools and techniques. Once they were ready, we fitted them into the existing window boxes.
The final installation took just over a day, leaving a delighted customer with the new sashes in place ahead of winter.
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