Double Glazing II

The lads are back today and with the weather having eased off a great deal from yesterday they are in fine form and ready to complete the installation of our windows. They've got trickier stuff to do as it happens - the front and back doors to start and the bathroom, lounge and kitchen windows and some cladding to do at the front of the house that I arranged to get done yesterday as a bit of an extra - just to finish off the outside of the house and to have the whole of the house in keeping with itself.

I get to do even less today personally than I did yesterday with the lounge in a state unsuitable for watching TV so I potter around on the computer for the majority of the day as well as keeping up with tea and refreshment duties!

By about 5 pm they are all done and I have to say they've done a really good job. Not only were they clean and tidy and picked up all of the mess they'd made (including hoovering!) but they have done a super job of finishing the windows inside and out. The whole job has given the house such an incredible freshness and face lift it was well worth forking out to get it done. The hallway is now much lighter than it was before, thanks to the new front door, and it also looks a lot bigger (I think that's because the new door is white rather than the dark brown the old one was - which is handy cos it fits in with the decor or the hallway much more). The kitchen door is also great - we had a door which is primarily glass put in there and so it also lets in loads more light and makes everything much more airy. Another thing I've noticed that with all the windows shut, the house is now much more quieter than it was, I can hardly hear the traffic going by, and as an added bonus we now are draft free (but I guess I won't be able to test that out properly until winter sets in).

So all in all, the windows are great, and the company we used... well I'd recommend them. FWIW, they were M & S Windows (Witney) Ltd - not only did they give a very competitive quote but they were easy to deal with, friendly and not in the slightest bit pushy when it came the sales rep (well, we left it a whole year from getting the quote to actually ordering!).

Posted by Abi on the May 9, 2006 9:43 PM