UPVC Double Glazing - any recommendations or warnings?

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Perhaps ask a local estate agent if replacing wooden with UPVC will reduce the value of your property. You might want to consider this when you are thinking about price.

We used this website for our new windows. They give you an online guide price which as very useful. We were then put in touch with some local installers. Two quotes were very competitive, one wasn't so good but it was helpful to have a few different prices and see different products. We were very happy with the service and would use the same process again www.doubleglazingontheweb.co.uk

We have just found the list of complaints we made after Everest fitted our windows nine years ago. Fit the best? Hmmmm

Ditto FlicketyB absolutely no problem and half the price of a big company advertising in the Supermarket. Also here there is never any question of money up front, always when the job is done satisfactorily.

We had Anglian to give us a quote for a new door. The quote was £2,000 reduced after two hours to £1,000. TWO HOURS to give a quote for a door! Dread to think how long it would take to quote for a full house double glazing.

Indeed!!

I would hope the OP has sorted out who to buy double glazing from after posting this thread almost 4 years ago...

I would avoid Everest. I wanted a wooden front door not a plastic one. The rep was here for ages and eventually came up with a price of £10K - yes, that's right, I haven't mistyped it. When he realised we weren't buying he tried to persuade us that what we really needed was basically a set of patio doors fitted in front of the existing front door (on the hall side) so we could keep the door we had but draught proof it on the inside. It would have looked ridiculous. We had some windows done by a small local firm and their prices were nothing like the big companies, the windows are fine. Don't use any company that starts offering discounts unless they give you a sensible price to start with forget them.

We used a local firm a few years back, on a review site called something like 'find a trader.com' and they were as good as other reviewers had said. Earlier this year Safestyle Uk called and offered to do our porch for such a good price we took them up and the price actually got lowered during the process because something was easier to do after the surveyor had inspected the existing porch. We'd been happy with the first price so it was a great bonus! I'd recommend them for the work but not the after sales as they continually rang us up day after day until I threatened to report them to the ombudsman for harassment! They have stopped ringing us now thank goodness.

Neighbour used a national (sounds like the are from the norfolk area to have a conservatory erected the whole job took months and was a nightmare. I was away when the started and when i returned found they had put the foundations over the boundary line only by 7 inches at one end ( our boundry was at a20 degree angle !) there answer was " its only 7 inches". The roof leaked and the put in the wrong windows on the side that overlooked us( terraced house) it took them 5 months to rectify the problem.

uPVC windows and doors shows long lasting durability & optimum security feature. This is actual key for everyone. And make your property stylish and attractive. uPVC is non-conductive & less noisy material, help for both internal temperature & reduce the noise in building . It is enable, you to capture more natural sunlight into your interior, which can also help you lower your heating costs during cold, sunny mornings.

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We initially used a local company when we began replacing windows during a house refurbishment but when we had Anglian give us a quote for the remainder of the house it was very apparent how much superior their product was. We had a good quote from them and the windows were good.
Every year about the anniversary of the installation I had a phone call asking if everything was still OK and we were happy. When I mentioned a small fault with a door lock they sent a man within a couple of days to fix it. The only quibble we had was that they used contractors to do the work and the men who came the second day were not as good as the first!

I suggest using a local company where you can go and view their work. I have neighbours who have used big national companies and it has been a disaster. We always chose tradesmen by word of mouth from satisfied customers, if they advertise on TV you are paying for it.

What a coincidence that the poster has "timber" as part of their name!

It is also important to find if the company is sub contracting the work.

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