Triple glazed UPVC casement or tilt and turn windows, plus front doors, back doors and French doors are not that much more expensive than double glazing. Properly installed UPVC triple glazing offers unrivalled value for money when household energy savings and consequent financial savings are taken into account (i.e. painting and decorating), not to mention the other benefits of triple glazing over double glazing.
Top quality UPVC triple glazing, with a U-value of 1.0 W/m²k, is around 40% more thermally efficient that standard “A”-rated double glazing and 60% more thermally efficient than standard “C”-rated double glazing. This is a great benefit to UK home owners bearing in mind that between 2003-2009 gas prices (i.e. heating bills) rose by an average of 14% each year. Unfortunately, …
Hazlemere Commercial now supply and fit System10 Aluminium from Bowater Architectural as it is such a radical new design concept for commercial windows, doors and curtain walling. The product looks like aluminium but in fact has a specially designed PVC-U thermal break that means the System10 Aluminium can be used in places where traditional aluminium windows cannot. Due to its inventive design System10 Aluminium can be specified for UK buildings that are required to meet the most stringent thermal and ecological standards. However, unlike other systems currently available in Britain, it achieves those standards whilst retaining all the design flexibility and aesthetic appeal of traditional aluminium windows. Consequently, there is no need for architects, UK property owners or developers to compromise on design to achieve …
With continued Global Warming an ever growing threat to each of the World’s eco systems, by not replacing inefficient windows and doors property owners are not playing their part in reducing carbon emissions.
Single pane or leaky, badly fitted, or draughty windows and doors are still far too commonplace in the UK and only serve to speed up the damage being done to our planet. Global Warming is a real threat to the Earth and its inhabitants by causing ever increasing severe storms, floods and extreme droughts.
Even the UK Government’s major carbon reduction initiatives like the Green Deal presently overlook the importance of energy efficient windows and doors. The British Government still insists on collecting 20% VAT on replacement double glazing and other carbon …
An article on the website YourLocalGuardian.co.uk published on Friday 13th May 2011 entitled “Richmond left out of BAA’s aircraft noise compensation scheme” stated that “Homeowners have expressed disappointment a proposed BAA scheme to offer financial compensation to communities suffering from aircraft noise will not include Richmond. Residents living under Heathrow’s flight paths are set to miss out on plans to help more families pay for double glazing or even the cost of moving out of the area. BAA has proposed expanding the area where it would give communities compensation, extending it out as far as Isleworth, in Hounslow, to the east of the airport. But the new zones would not stretch as far as Richmond, despite planes roaring over parts of the borough …