Replacement Windows, Double Glazing, Double Glazed Conservatories and FENSA Information From The Window Man UK

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FAQ: The abbreviation FENSA stands for FENESTRATION - SELF ASSESSMENT. The uk dictionary definition of the word fenestral or fenestrate is " belonging to or like a window" The word fenestration is "the arrangement of windows in a building". FENSA is used by double glazing uk trade companies to certify that their replacement windows and doors installed comply with Building Regulations Document L (and more), actually checking av. 1% of all replacement windows installations. Did You Know? That Health & Safety Executive legislation now requires that ANYONE who can potentially fall more than 2metres whilst working should be provided with and use a fall arrest protection system! See 2 examples of the equipment here. Question: Around 80% of all original windows have already been replaced, so how does the double glazing industry survive. Answer: We get a lot of business from people with 'new' houses wanting better windows, but the big answer is that the replacements of the 1970's and 1980's have now seen better days, the locks woefully inadequate for these times, and the styles (more particularly if they are also of the 'battleship grey' colour) are rapidly going out of fashion.  These pictures show two similar houses, both having their old replacement windows replaced with new PVC-U, and on the same start day. The left hand house is being done by A. N. Other Company, and the one on the right is being done by us. At this stage we had started to fitted the side windows on our job, but I obviously missed the rapid removal of the windows next door!      Before (almost) I obviously was not quick enough off the mark when I decided that this might make good pictures for my site:! After, the left house has new windows by A.N.Other d/g co, and on the right new windows by The Window Man: All done, old aluminium double glazed windows having now been replaced with PVC-U. The Window Man says: I will surprise and please a great many people in the trade with this statement of opinion, and many will be in shocked disbelief to start with, until they really think about it, and take notice of what is happening around them: Far from our market being well into maturity, I believe that the wheel is reinventing itself. Silver aluminium windows are on the very brink of going 'out of fashion' - BIG TIME! White, and to a lesser extent wood-grained PVC-U, together with the 'many mullioned look', often with leaded lights, is coming to be the 'in thing'. What this will do to our industry will be almost unprecedented as the swing from replacing windows as a 'need' rapidly becomes a change because of 'want', and FASHION. Part of the seeding for this fashion is coming from a new generation of home improvers who aspire to a return to the quaint, and character aesthetics, coupled with an older generation who like what the younger generation is doing, and have the disposable income to treat themselves to the latest fashion in new windows very much as a 'want' quite possibly more than a 'need'.. A message to the savvy trade: Strip out your customer presenters of all it's old photos and replace them pronto with pictures of your latest work, because your customers are now buying because of 'fashion'. © 2001 - The Window Man - All rights reserved. See note below. Media professionals may freely reproduce the above only if in it's entirety and on condition that the source is credited with this website address.  For trade communications and discussion email the author:   The Window Man. Example of 'replacing the replacements - for FASHION At last (and not before time) the myth that "you only ever fit new windows once..." is finally being dispelled completely.

Double glazing and having double glazed glass in replacement windows gives you insulation. Having double glazed sealed units in replacement windows doors, and conservatories - double glazing -is just like putting on another layer of clothing to keep out the cold. Double Glazing Salesmen All of their nasty tricks and tactics - FINALLY EXPOSED!!! Read the complete review - click here   We have installers and suppliers of Casement and Sash Windows in your local area (supplying Wood, uPVC and Aluminium). We cover all the following areas: England - South East - Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, London East, London West, London North, London South, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Surrey, W Sussex England - South West - Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire England - East Anglia - Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk England - Midlands - Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire England - North East - Durham, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, W Yorkshire England - North West - Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside Scotland - Aberdeenshire, Angus, Central, Dumfries & Galloway, Fife, Highlands, Scotland Islands, Perth & Kinross, Scottish Borders Wales - Clwyd, Dyfed, Gwent, Gwynedd, Mid-Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Powys, South Glamorgan, West Glamorgan   The Window Man - Providing you with information, advice and double glazing quote requests. For Trade Enquiries: We will also be at the Glassex Exhibition on the 8-10 April, stand E25 in Hall 4. © 1998-2008 TheWindowMan.co.uk and Ebuilders Ltd - All rights reserved 1 Townsend Court, Reepham, Norfolk, NR10 4LD Tel: 0870 850 8083 - International: +44 1603 879423 - Fax: 01603 873112 Registered in England 3404409