New Windows and Doors advice
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bery_451
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Hi,
We are on a really tight budget and looking for good windows and doors from good national companies or does anybody know any local good birmingham companies?
Specs required are:
- 17 windows including 2x3 section bay windows in upvc
- 3 composite doors
- pair of french doors
we would like them in irish oak and only gold fret georgian bars at the front and side of the house.
Is the plastic and glass materials expensive to manufacture or is the fitting labour charge nowadays?
Whats the money saving way of getting these windows/doors? Will I save money if I take measurements myself and go to a local factory to get them made then get the builder to fit them?
What do I look out for when buying new windows and doors?
We are on a really tight budget and looking for good windows and doors from good national companies or does anybody know any local good birmingham companies?
Specs required are:
- 17 windows including 2x3 section bay windows in upvc
- 3 composite doors
- pair of french doors
we would like them in irish oak and only gold fret georgian bars at the front and side of the house.
Is the plastic and glass materials expensive to manufacture or is the fitting labour charge nowadays?
Whats the money saving way of getting these windows/doors? Will I save money if I take measurements myself and go to a local factory to get them made then get the builder to fit them?
What do I look out for when buying new windows and doors?
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We replaced an enormous floor to ceiling, wide window with a small bay, replacing soffits at the same time. A good local firm price-matched. Same for our conservatory, which we had in their down season, so had the patio at the dude included.
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Hi are those guide prices typically charged by branded national companies such as Safestyle/Anglian etc.?
For windows what do i look out for?
Problem with buying your own is, any slight mis-measure and it's your fault when they don't fit. Even experienced fitters do sometimes get the measurements wrong!
Friend of mine was a manufacturer of doors and windows, supplying the trade, and had an area at the back of his warehouse known as the "grave-yard" which was a big pile of mis-measured windows :rotfl:
I doubt you'd save anything buying them yourself as the trades will get better terms.
Last time I had safestyle or the like near my home, they wanted about 17k for 8 windows (no bay windows)
I ended up at around 5k for a better spec from a local place been going yonks, still going in fact.
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Wow thats a saving of around £12000 just by shopping around. Which company is this as I am interested.
In order to buy them I gotta measure first yeah before handing over to the builder.
http://www.highviewwindows.co.uk/
Based in Leeds
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