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Doors · 14 October 2026
What Is the Most Secure Front Door for a UK Home?
For most UK homes, the most secure front door is a doorset certified to PAS 24, and ideally approved under Secured by Design, with a multipoint lock and an anti-snap euro cylinder rated TS 007 3 star or Sold Secure Diamond, fitted properly into a sound opening. In practice that usually means a composite door, although a uPVC or aluminium door built and certified to the same standard can match it.
Repairs · 10 October 2026
Window Won't Lock? Why It Happens and What a Repair Involves
When a uPVC or aluminium window won't lock, the cause is usually one of three things. The handle or the gearbox inside the sash has failed, so turning the handle no longer moves the locking points. The sash has dropped on worn hinges, so the locking points no longer line up with the keeps on the frame. Or a keep has worked loose or broken. All three are repairs, and none of them means the window needs replacing.
Windows · 6 October 2026
Condensation on the Inside of Windows, Is It the Glass or the Room?
Condensation on the inside of your windows is nearly always caused by the room. Warm air in a home carries moisture from cooking, washing, bathing and breathing, and when that air meets a surface colder than its dew point, the moisture turns back into water. The glass is usually the coldest surface in the room, so that is where it shows. If the windows are sound double glazing, the answer is less moisture and more ventilation, and new windows won't make much difference on their own.
Doors · 2 October 2026
Composite or uPVC Front Door, Which Is Better?
For most front doors, a composite door is the better choice. It is built around a solid, insulated core with a tough glass reinforced plastic skin, it stands up to weather without warping, and it looks far closer to a painted timber door than a uPVC panel door does. It costs more, and for the door people see first when they arrive at your home, that extra is usually money well spent.
Repairs · 29 September 2026
Misted Double Glazing, Can You Replace Just the Glass?
Yes. In most cases misted double glazing is fixed by replacing only the glass, meaning the sealed unit that sits inside the frame, while the frame, hinges and locks stay where they are. The mist can't be cleared, because it forms inside a sealed gap that can't be opened without ruining the unit, but a new unit made to the same size fits straight into the existing frame. When we replace failed or damaged glass, we keep the customer's existing frame 90% of the time.
