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Massive Bucks window & door showroom refurbishment
Author: Martin | Leave a Comment >>Whilst 2010 saw the ongoing expansion of independent double glazing manufacturers and installers Hazlemere Window Company Ltd into much larger and efficient factory premises (next door to their existing freehold Head Office in Wellington Road), March 2011 has seen the commencement of works to double the size of it’s existing 4,000 square feet showroom on Cressex Business Park in High Wycombe to a contemporary 8,000 square feet home improvement showroom, full of high quality energy efficient, energy saving, low maintenance aluminium and UPVC fenestration products.
As well as six conservatories and orangeries in all shapes, sizes and finishes, the new showroom will also have a much larger range of double glazed aluminium, composite and UPVC residential doors, including dozens of front doors, back doors, sliding…
Is the new “Green Deal” really good for home owners?
Author: Martin | Leave a Comment >>According to the earth “environment” section of the Telegraph website, in an article entitled “Environmental Preview of 2011” it surprisingly asserts that “The ‘greenest government ever’ has an opportunity to live up the title while climate change will be back in the spotlight as hope grows once again for a global deal.”. Anyway time will tell, but I have to own up to being a little sceptical given the massive Government cutbacks and an economy that is barely growing, plus the environmental, political and financial cost of building new wind farms is enormous and not to be underestimated.
The article on the Telegraph website suggests that “The ‘new green deal,’ that aims to make all homes more energy efficient, will be pushed through Parliament.…
Canny tips on insulation & heating from Alice Cannet
Author: Hazlemere Windows | Leave a Comment >>I came across an extremely long, but extremely helpful online article by Alice Cannet that was published in the Normandy Advertiser on 1st December 2010 entitled “How to control your heating bills“.
Now whilst the article primarily is focused on properties in Northern France, the principles involved in reducing heat loss and saving energy, apply equally to homes in the UK. For example Alison Cannet states that “a house that is not correctly insulated loses a significant amount of heat through walls, windows, floor, roof and chimneys. Even a well-heated home can feel cold in some places if the walls and windows are not insulated, because they lose heat to the outside and feel cold on the inside. Putting in proper insulation will help…
“Double-glazing your windows really can improve the UK’s energy security” according to the Lib Dem Energy and Climate Change Secretary of State Chris Huhne
Author: Martin | Leave a Comment >>In a speech to the London School of Economics yesterday, Chris Huhne, the Coalition Government’s Energy and Climate Change Secretary heralded the “new” Green Deal. However, having actually read his speech posted on the Liberal Democracts website, it does seem to me to lack substance, and though a commendable step in the right direction is rather full of wishful thinking and good intentions, as lacks detail and how the whole thing could not only actually be funded, but implemented.
Commenting on the content of his speech Mr Huhne stated “I want Britain to say goodbye forever to leaky lofts and chilly draughts. At a time of increasing gas prices energy efficiency is a no-brainer. It’s also a massive economic and job opportunity which could…
Green Deal home efficiency government plan announced
Author: Martin | Leave a Comment >>According to an article on the edie.net website entitled “Home efficiency plans announced” dated 2nd November 2010, the UK Government has announced an initiative which should hopefully “improve the green credentials of homes and businesses across England.”
Apparently the “Green Deal” will allow householders to take out loans from their local councils to improve the energy efficiency of their homes such as installing energy saving double glazing or solar panels. It seems the idea behind the deal means that home owners and landlords do not have to pay upfront costs themselves.
Whilst Chris Huhne, the Energy and Climate change Secretary appears to be claiming that the scheme will create over 100,000 jobs over the next five years and that the loans will…
“Jumping on the green bandwagon can add up to 5% to the value of your property, make it more competitive on the housing market & help you save on energy bills”
Author: Martin | Leave a Comment >>In an article entitled “Being eco-friendly can make you richer” on cityam.com, Donata Huggins believes that “Jumping on the green bandwagon can add up to 5 per cent to the value of your property, make it more competitive on the housing market and help you save on energy bills.”
If going green would save you money on energy bills and add value to your home, I am sure more of us would do it if we could afford the capital investment required to achieve the energy savings, plus ideally we would all like to reduce our carbon footprint and go green to help the planet and our children’s children. However, I am sure that like me you would like to see the evidence that…
Victorian homes benefit from energy saving glazing
Author: Martin | Leave a Comment >>Large old well established towns along main transport arteries like the M4/M40 corridors and old county towns and cities in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, like Reading, Aylesbury and Oxford, have more than their fair share of properties built before the twentieth century. Consequently, many of these buildings are not very energy efficient, and there is a surprising proportion that still have the original box sash wooden windows.
The same is true for many parts of the large town of High Wycombe, an old staging post on the route from London to Oxford, where horse drawn coaches used to stop, and home to Hazlemere Window Company. Nowadays the A40 still runs from London through High Wycombe, past Oxford, all the way to the port of Fishguard…
Hazlemere Commercial’s green credentials reinforced after completion of award winning sustainability project
Author: Martin | Leave a Comment >>In 2010 Hazlemere Commercial completed a £2.4m fenestration project at Bideford College, Abbotsham Road, Bideford in Devon for clients Devon County Council, as part of a £44m redevelopment by main contractors Morgan Sindall Group Plc. The project involved construction of a new purpose built college as part of the Governments ‘Building Schools for the Future’ programme.
This award winning sustainability project used 100% re-cycled aluminium billet in the production of aluminium Sapa 55 and 75 casement windows. Hazlemere Commercial designed, manufactured and installed all the aluminium curtain wall, aluminium windows and commercial entrance doors for main contractors Morgan Sindall Group plc in conjunction with both the architect and Sapa Building Systems. There was a huge effort made in the facade engineering to incorporate the Stow…
Resultant energy savings offset fitting double glazing
Author: Martin | Leave a Comment >>Installing energy efficient replacement double glazing, not only helps you cut your home’s carbon footprint, reduces energy bills, but also makes your property greener. However, as you can appreciate, to offset the capital investment of home improvements, one has to either stay in the property for a decent period of time to reap the benefits, or sell for a profit.
In a helpful article on aboutproperty.co.uk entitled “How to offset the cost of double glazing with energy savings” it states that “the Energy Saving Trust estimates that around one-half of a property’s heat loss stems from inadequate insulation in lofts and walls. This means that insulation and double glazing are essential home improvements if you are seriously looking at lowering your energy bills.…
Add value to a property or pay a premium? Your call
Author: Martin | Leave a Comment >>An article on the About Property website entitled “Boilers, dishwashers and double glazing save energy in the home” stated that research from Halifax published last month shows that nearly one in five people want to move into a house that requires no home improvements.
I find this a remarkable statistic, as buying a home that does not require anything doing to it is very expensive, as you either pay a premium to the property developer who built/rennovated it, or a handsome profit to the householder who did up the property in order to add the value that you end up paying to them!Financially, is it not surely more sensible to be the one who carries out the home improvements, so it is you who…
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