Sash windows

hollyblue

Sash windows are a rotten mess. Would it be cheaper to have them restored or replaced?

niccy

i bought a large old victorian house once it had 24 sash windows:eek: I had 4 pvc companies come and price for new ones and could not believe the price difference (thousands) in the end i found a real chippy who made a great job of repairing them. Not cheap, but a lot cheaper than replacing.

get a quote from a chippy and compare with new window quotes

ps the chippy lives in Suffolk

adandem

I would def. restore them. UPVC can de-value a period property,;)

never_enough

adandem wrote: »

I would def. restore them. UPVC can de-value a period property,;)

Agree totally.
Neither is a cheap option, but often they're not as bad as you might think. A good carpenter can work wonders. I had some that had rotted badly & thought they would have to be replaced, but a carpenter saved them all. And I loved him for it when I sold the place, as so many people said how much they appreciated that I hadn't replaced them.

poppyroberta

I would definately restore them. Personally I think if you live in a period property and take out any of these features you would devalue the property.

We have just bought a 5 bedroomed Victorian House which has about 20 sash windows and we are having them restored.

We can't afford to do it all in one go because of the cost but are having them done as we do each room. We are using a company called Ventrolla who are very expensive but do a great job and the service is second to none.

Sometimes a window looks far worse than it actually is. Some of our windows looked like they needed totally replacing but when the sash was taken out to be restored they were actually not that bad. 2 of the bedroom windows cost about £450 to restore whilst another cost £800 as that was in a worse state.

I know some people on this forum have not had good dealings but depends where you are. Our contact in Worcestershire way is superb so depends on your location.

There are other company's who will restore sash windows so depends on your location (perhaps as per the post's above look for a local carpenter and see if he can do the job).

Now we have purchased a period property I found the site below really helpful.

http://www.periodproperty.co.uk/

Have a look at the links below hope these help in some way in respect of the sash windows.

http://www.sashwindow.com
http://www.ventrolla.co.uk
http://www.sash-style.co.uk
http://www.sash-windows-uk.co.uk
http://www.sashwindowspecialist.com

It really would be such a shame to replace the windows, they really are a asset that you need to try and restore and you won't regret it.

Hope the above is of some help. Let us know how you get on.

Thanks

poppyroberta

Sorry also forgot to say cheaper to restore than replace.

Our bathroom window is UPVC and we are having this replaced with a sash window which is being made. Not that big really but still costing £1,450.00 YIKES!!! For this price we could have had another 4 or so restored.

Good luck

DMass

Restoring is cheaper than Replacing

If you want to replace make sure you use either a specialist or Everest, Ive worked for Everest and over half of new employees come from other companies because Everest windows are the best, their not cheap but they WILL last you and they come with a 20 year guarantee, on everything, even colour of wood

Good luck

PS: If you do go for replacing you can hammar 60% off Everest's starting price

ormus

thx for the spam.
we were getting a bit short.

latecomer

just registered and posting a link to a company in your first post. Almost always spam, particularly when its a 18 month old thread.

BTW abusive posts are not welcome either and its been reported.

Ionkontrol

PVC sash windows are a no-no.

dadsarmy

Ionkontrol wrote: »

PVC sash windows are a no-no.

why are they a no-no? Can you give more details please