Homeowners invest in period properties for specific reasons and these are usually tied to the appearance of the home. This makes protecting the key period characteristics essential when undertaking a period property refurbishment, including sash windows and exterior timber doors. Words alone are often enough to sum up a complete image of a home and …
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Updating the exterior of your home during a period property refurbishment
The difference between double glazed and wooden windows
Energy efficiency is important in terms of the cost of heating your home and your carbon footprint, which makes choosing the right windows for your home important. The term double glazed windows has been a catch-all for window insulation for some time but advances in glass technology, as well as a better understanding of the …
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The legalities of renovating a period property
Major alterations to a home generally need building consent but when it comes to renovating a period property the legalities can be more complicated. If a period property is in a conservation area, an area of outstanding natural beauty or is listed the restrictions about what can be done to renovate it are increased. Many …
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The history of sash windows (and why did it change)
Consider a historic building and no doubt sash windows will spring to mind as a feature, but what is the history of sash windows? The popularity of sash windows spanned hundreds of years such was the success of the design. So comprehensive was the use of sash windows that, although slight changes were made at …
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