Enlighten Me
Our team have extensive knowledge across the world of windows, doors and general building practice across the UK, Denmark and Germany. To save you the trouble of developing the same combined century of experience gathered between us, we thought it useful to start summarising the useful bits on the internet. We hope it's helpful!
You are of course very welcome to give us a call if you have specific questions and are struggling to find the answers.
Advice Centre
Here, we have a rather varied collection of advice and information, mostly created thanks to deep dives beyond the most commonly asked questions from our customers. We'll freely admit, if you're looking for something specific, it might be hard to find in here! We are more than happy answering your questions via phone or email - this is the path of least resistance for a quick answer. If you're hoping to research around the general area of bespoke windows, wonderful! We hope you find this collection of interest.
How to Ask Us for a Quote – What We Need to Know and Why
Understanding Your New Windows Quote
How to Measure Windows and Doors for a Ballpark Quote
Winterproof Your Home Using High Performance Windows
Buying Secure Windows and Doors
How do I tell what kind of windows are in my house?
11 Simple Ways to Save Money when Buying Windows
6 Key Things You Should Know About Windows
Guide to Buying Wooden Windows
Choosing Windows: What’s Important?
Bespoke Timber Windows
Timber-based windows are a our speciality. Slow-grown Nordic pine heartwood is an incredible best-of-all-worlds material, and there are so many customisable elements to help with longevity, usability and general suitablility. Whether you're looking for a purely timber window, or a composite aluminium-clad timber solution, we hope we can assist with your project.
A Guide To Choosing Timber Windows
Window and Door Restrictors – How to Hold Your Timber Windows Open
Keyless Egress and Why We Recommend It for our Doors
External Window Cills for Timber and Composite Windows
Glazing Bars – Timber and Composite Windows
Bespoke Timber Windows – What are the choices?
Building Regulations
If a supplier has asked you a weird question, or if something has appeared on your window quote that you didn't ask for: it's probably a building regulation. All aim to increase safety and set a minimum standard for quality. It is important to remember they are "minimum" standards and, if you're planning to live in your home for the foreseeable future, how far you should go beyond that minimum. For windows, the energy efficiency requirements of Denmark's 2018 regulations still surpasses the UK's upcoming "Future Homes Standard"
Future Homes Standard 2025; A Windows Perspective
Types of Window Lintels and Why You (obviously!) Need Them
Trickle Vents in Timber and Composite Windows
Fire Egress Compliancy for Windows
Comparing Popular Window Materials
The average British person (including us!) starts off looking at white plastic windows and naturally using them as the obvious schema for what a window should be. Cheap simplicity, doesn't need to be anything more. Although...clearly, our entire business is based on avoiding plastic like the plague. Focusing on materials that last longer, insulate better and are therefore cheaper in the long run. Also take into account the vast amount of environmental damage a upvc window will do over its lifetime, and perhaps it's worthwhile adjusting that schema.
The Key Difference Between Composite Window Systems
Timber Windows vs Aluminium Windows
Comparing Popular Windows – uPVC, Timber and Composite
Assessing Quality Wooden Windows
Top 5 Reasons to Choose Composite Windows
Quality Triple Glazed German Composite Windows
Glass Options
Take full control over every room. Sound reduction from traffic or people chatting outside on the street. Reducing overheating in the summer, but retaining natural heat from the sun during the winter. Glass can do so much to tailor your experience of every room in your house. Yet so many companies reduce it down to "clear" and "bathroom"... Buying sliding doors and need to have peace of mind against stray stones being flicked up by a garden mower? That's in here too (Spoiler: structurally bonded glass is not a clever invention).
Structurally Bonded Glass in Sliding Doors
Privacy Glass Choices and Bathroom Windows
Glass Options: How does Glass Specification affect your Windows?
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All the things we couldn't quite find a place for
Popular Window Opening Types
Top, bottom, side, inward, outward, fixed, faux-fixed, sliding, faux-sliding, folding, reversing, tilting (take a deep breath). Plus the possibilty of combining different ideas within the same window. Again, we find ourselves at the mercy of an agony of choice. But it is worth it. Our windows are designed to last well over 50 years, and the best type of window for such a long time the window you don't have to think about because it does its job in the most natural way you expected. Take the extra time now so that you'll be happy with the usability for decades to come.
Replacing a Sliding Sash Window with an Opening Casement
Side Hung or Side Guided Windows
Pure Performance
Flash back nearly 10 years to an exhibition with our Danish bifold door salesperson, explaining that their doors don't have a British energy rating label because, "the result would be so far above the top bracket that it wouldn't be believable". We ignored this, obviously, because "sales". A few years later, translating a brochure from Danish to English and realising the Danish energy rating needed re-calculating using the British formula: we gave up. An everyday standard "C-rated" double glazed UK window became "E-rated" in Denmark. ie, a typical British window would be banned in any type of domestic property. And, true enough, translating the other way simply didn't make any sense. Since then, we've taken the time and effort to really understand how the windows we've supplied for over a decade are so far ahead of what a typical British company produces.
Air and Weather Seals for High Performance Window Installs
The Importance of Airtightness and Conserving the Energy in your Home
Window and Glass Insulation Data Explained: U value, G Value, LT Value
Airtight Bifold Doors – Important Long Term Factors
Purely Style & Design
Leaving plastic windows behind presents so many more choices, even in a relatively basic product! By looking at timber and aluminium-clad timber frames, whole worlds of colour combinations, arranging designs to the millimetre and infinite options lists are suddenly at your disposal. No one this side of your local planning department can stop you ordering circle shaped bright purple casements set within burnt orange frames. And, unlike most over-the-top marketing statements, you can ask us for precisely that, and our Danish factories would happily manufacture such items. Please do check with your local council first...
Applying to Replace Existing ‘Modern’ Windows in a Listed Building
The Most Requested RAL Classic Colours
What Colour Should My New Windows Be?
Replacing Windows
The obviously additional factor when replacing an existing window or door is the area of unknown left behind by the previous installer. A lot of window extractions go perfectly smoothly for us. But after encountering old beer mats used as packers, and finding 12 inch solid steel bars fixing windows into old stonework, we're understandably cautious. Since our windows are designed to last for 50 years and beyond, our install team need to be fixing and sealing every window to a standard that will last that same time span.
Replacing Windows – What to Expect?
Scandinavian Windows
The Dansk Vindues Verifikation (“DVV” or “Danish Window Verification” in English) has the sole purpose of making sure that every window and door being produced in Denmark is made to the highest standard.
Interesting Design Ideas For Your Home Using Danish Windows
Danish-Style Flush Casement Windows
Danish Window and Door Handles
Danish Window Manufacturing Quality
Unique Products
We recognise the need to blend into an area, but relish the opportunity to be different where the opportunity arises! Whether it's a brave colour or a stand-out feature to be the focal point of the home, we and our factories love to create anything unique and interesting. If you need a stencilled turtle stamped into your front door, we're ready with the CNC machine.
Vrogum Windows: Traditional, Durable Nordic Pine Windows and Doors
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