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    Advice on window frame construction

    I am having a room re-plastered in a house I am renovating for rental. The plaster is old and has been taken back to brick. The exposed brickwork now shows an unusual arrangement around the window. To my untrained eye, it looks like a previous owner has attempted to reduce the size of the frame...
  2. P

    My Roof windows are just a bit too wide

    I am starting the conversion of space over my double garage into habitable accommodation. The roof is constructed with attic trusses at nominally 600mm spacing and are fit to support floor loads and there are no intrusive beams etc. The room is not very large so does not require large windows...
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    How do I remove Saracen bayonet shootbolts from a window?

    I've been searching on forums, youtube etc, but I haven't seen instructions on how to remove the bayonet part of the shootbolt extensions from a window (These bits). The closest I came was this post (on this forum), and this video (on youtube). Neither tackle the logistics of the mechanism...
  4. O

    Remove kitchen window and insert french doors

    Hello, Wondering if I could have some advice on the above. I have a window in a kitchen that looks out to our side return. I'd like to remove the window and the brick below and insert doors. There's a lintel over the window and i'm not changing either the height or width or the opening, just the...
  5. W

    Wood cladding: installing new doors/windows advice

    Hi All, Have found great advice on these forums without having to ask any questions before but now the time has come for me to finally be stumped and have to ask :) I have a brick built outhouse which I am going to sort out to be used as a gym. It does have damp proof membrane in the floor but...
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    Do I replace my 20 year old double glazed windows, or just the misted units?

    Looking for some assistance please. The house we have is about 20 years old, but "new build", we have around 15 windows in total, which are made of wood but do have double glazing units within. I can see the gap between the window pains in the DG unit is small when compare to current...
  7. miaaiello20

    Stained Glass Windows

    Hi all. I'm currently thinking about installing some stained glass windows in my kitchen, I want something very modern and quite unique - to create a contemporary look. I've seen some great work on Purlfrost and wanted to know if anyone else has used this company? If so what style did you go...
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    Lean-To Roof - Window Well or Not?

    Hi all, We are getting plans drawn up for a ground floor extension to our kitchen and dining room, with a lean-to roof. Because of the extension depth (4m) and roof angle this will clash with the bottom of the window on one of our upstairs bedrooms. A few of our neighbours have similar...
  9. M

    Window lock help

    The handle and lock on my window has stopped working and will not turn. Have taken the window apart and am still unable to fix. Does anyone know what type of locking mechanism this is called and any ideas where I can get a new one? Thanks!
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    Window internal casing replacement

    Hi all. Hoping someone can offer advice on what type of tradesman I need to fix this. We have an arched landing window, but over time the internal casing has started to come loose and flake away. The recent weather has made this worse and theres a small leak somewhere that causing the casing...
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    Plaster on UPVC frame

    Hi there, wonder if anyone can help. I recently had some plastering done and the plasterers have plastered over a newly installed upvc window frame (a vertical porchwindow). Not by a small amount but about 50% of the width of the frame. When I brought this up the plasterer complained about the...
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    Removing plaster from UPVC

    Hi there, wonder if anyone can help. I recently had some plastering done and the plasterers have plastered over a newly installed upvc window frame (a vertical porch window). Not by a small amount but about 50% of the width of the frame. When I brought this up the plasterer complained about the...
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