Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Sash window expert(?) needed
Can anyone help? I'm looking for someone to fix or possibly replace one of our Edwardian style sash windows that has taken a bit of a battering over the years. I'd love to speak to someone who'd give me an honest view on whether the whole thing needs replacing - and to carry out the job in either case.
Do we know anyone who can?
thanks all
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Permalink Reply by Bethany on
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We just had all our windows replaced in double glazing for an extremely reasonable price. We had some completely replaced and some we kept the old box and just replaced the sash.
We got a load of quotes, some companies even said you couldn't keep the old boxes. So far so good, we're extremely happy with them.
Lordship joiners-Ray -02035387202
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Permalink Reply by Paul Harvey on
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Hi, we've had a couple of sash windows replaced and all the rest stripped, filled and reprinted by Jay Sinclair, he's on 07877985225. Plenty of recommendations for him on this site, did a great job at a very good price. Knows his stuff.
Probably wise to get at least a couple of quotes as window prices seem to vary considerably
Good luck
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Permalink Reply by Abi on
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thank you - would you mind giving me a rough idea of cost so we know what to expect? This is just one of a catalogue of issues with our flat so fixing this may mean leaving something else (or not) and will affect where and when we start. Thank you!
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Hi.... We had two bottom sashes replaced (basically half of two windows), just hardwood and single paned.. Pus had all windows (10 in total) stripped, filled and puttied where necessary and then painted. All good as new now... £1,000 all in.
In our old flat we replaced all our wooden sash windows with upvc sash double glazed units which were great, massive reduction in noise on a busy road, plus loads warmer. Worked out at around £900 each window but we had the lot replaced, boxes and all...
Really depends how long you're going to be there for, how much you want to reduce heat loss or noise pollution, how much you think new windows would add to the value of the flat etc etc....patching up original sashes really doesn't need to cost too much if it's just a bit of filling and replacing the odd bit..
Give Jay a call.. He'll give some good advice and is very reasonable.. Won't push you into spending more than you need to
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Thanks for recommending Jay to us - great guy and this worked out very well. In fact, he's now done a couple of jobs for us and we're very pleased with the results!
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We paid about £10000 for 14 windows and two lots of hand made french doors. One of those was a double sash to replace the old back door and one was a very small casement window. We used 3 of the old boxes. The company made good the walls but they didn't do the redecorating, as we were having a lot of other work done this wasn't an issue for us. We also reused our original architrave. I'm not sure what it breaks down as. We got the work done in two stages, The two french doors the double sash and one window that reused the old box cost £3000. The rest of the house cost £7000 for 11 windows.
It seems that during a recession is a good time to have this kind of work done as companies are having to be more competitive.
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Seems a lot, but good windows really do add so much to a property (and that's also a lot of windows!)
I remember one flat we looked at had amazing windows - that was the first thing we noticed and pretty much what sold it to us! (although someone else beat us - sadly!)
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Believe me £10000 is an incredible price! To reinstate wooden sash windows for a whole house is usually more like £20000...The thing with windows and doors is that there is a huge range of different materials and different ways of doing it. Some will be cheaper, some really expensive. You usual get what you pay for and at the moment I got the best that I could afford. I'm sure my windows and doors will need more maintenance than the £20000 ones, but maybe not?
But then how old are the houses in Harringay, 130yrs? I'm sure a lot of houses are on their second set of windows. I'm not expecting my windows to last the life time of the house, just as long as I'm here will do. The wooden sash windows certainly look a lot better than the nasty ugly aluminum frames that I had replaced so I'm happy!
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Permalink Reply by Stuart on
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One piece of advice from having our kitchen bay-window sashes replaced recently as part of a big kitchen refurb. If you stick with the existing boxes and put in double-glazing, it's likely to make very little difference in terms of noise reduction or heat retention, because the gap between the two layers of window is limited to what can be fitted into the existing box. However, if you get new boxes made, you can a much thicker layer of insulation between the two panels of glass. We went for the latter and (for everything, including all make-good, redecoration etc.) paid about £5,000 for the full set of new bay window sashes in hard wood with double-glazing.
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