original wooden sash windows..HELP

newfunk

emma_b wrote:

we got in touch with ventrolla a few months ago and they kept lettin us down on the appointments
and they were very expensive! its only really our bedroom window that we would want to do

would secondary galzing put buyers off? im almost ready to just say b****r it and get UPVC!!

Depends on the buyer I guess, it wouldnt bother me, but I would probably replace with UPVC, as Ive made enough sash windows to put me off, as they are Crap!!!

Norma_Desmond

Please don't get UPVC! It's environmentally horrid and looks terrible on old properties. I love my old wooden sashes even when they rattle in an easterly gale; I'd never go back to living in a 'sealed' environment!

POLDO_DONK

Hi Emma

We’ve recently had several of our Sash windows renovated. Although we looked at Ventrolla, we could not afford them. In the end we had a joiner take out the sashes and install ‘flipper seal’ into the top rail of the upper sash and bottom rail of the lower sash as well as into the ‘meeting bar’ where the two sashes er, meet! Also, we’ve replaced the wooden parting bead (the thin wooden strip which separates the two sashes) with a plastic parting bead that has a compression seal . Finally, the window lock that we had previously, we’ve replaced for two on each window of a type (sorry I don’t know the correct name!) that pull the two sashes together. This has had the effect of greatly reducing drafts and external noise. Although I’m sure it is not as effective as either replacing with double glazed units or ‘Ventrolling’ your windows, it may be a cost effective solution and worth speaking to your local carpenter/joiner about. Sorry if I’ve incorrectly used the wrong technical terms – I’m just an layman!

By the way, I believe Ventrolla are a franchise organisation, and if you’ve been let down by one franchise you might be able to get a franchise that covers another area to help?

Poldo

emma_b_4

sorry for delay in answering havent been on here for a couple of weeks
thankyou very much for your replies..they will keep my other half very busy for a while and hopefully we can sort out the windows!!! they arent 'crap' they are juat differnt, depends what you like i spose, but in my house we have original wooden floors exposed, original iron fireplaces, archway in hall, all original internal doors, frames, even handles, so slapping in some bright white upvc windows would be tragic!!

[Deleted User]

I just had my Edwardian sashes replaced by a company called Sash Windows Services , they're in Berkshire but cover Greater London as well, if you're in the area I strongly recommend them!

emma_b_4

thankyou but im in west yorkshire.. i have found quite a few companies that cover the south but not many up here at all!

monkey_writer

Hi, POLDO DONK - how much did that cost you, if you don't mind me asking?

grownup1

I'd be very grateful for any recommendations of companies or carpenters fitting replacement sash windows in E.Anglia (Cambridgeshire). We need to replace 4 windows with something sympathetic to our 1906 house (wooden frames) and I know this is going to be a big investment so want to get it right! I'm thinking of going for either double-glazed or sound-insulating single glazed, as we have some traffic outside (nothing major) and also want to keep in a bit more heat. Thanks to anyone who might have experience to offer.

ocemeer

We are just having our sash windows renovated, I ended up searching for local joiners and then giving them a call to see if they did sash windows.
Loads did and they were all really busy however they were all local and really keen abour preserving the right look of the house (its 200 years old and although looks awful now is my pride and joy). In the end we plumped for the guys who could refurbish the rescuable ones and make the others to match,
think they wew costing 450 a window including all the fittings and removal and fitting of windows for the brand new windows and about 320 for the refurbished ones.

Its the second house i have had sash windows in and do love them, especially when its warm, found sash window locks reduced the rattle made by tractors and other heavy traffic quite alot.

Debt_Free_Chick

There's a "technical" article about maintaining sash windows here which might help when you talk to people who claim to know what to do! The article includes a section on draught-proofing.

Please, please don't put UPVC in - even if you can afford it. It completely destroys the character of the house. It's like seeing a beautiful woman but wearing tarty clothes :eek:

HTH