Scott Blake - Building Project

How to Ensure Your Building Project is Successful

Building your own home, renovating an old building, or simply extending your property are all great ways to get the home you want, and if you manage the project well, you can often get far more for your money than you would if you tried to buy a house. That being said, it’s no small task managing a building project – even a fairly modest one – and it can take up a great deal of time and be quite stressful at times.

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Wolfgang Frick - Garden Room

Tips for Keeping Your Conservatory Cool This Summer

Are you listening to the winds howling around the house and longing for warmer days ahead? With spring now well under way, it won’t be long before the hot, sunny summer days are here – or at least, that’s what you hope! If this summer is anything like last year, we’re in for another scorcher, and as pleasant as that prospect sounds right now, when your conservatory is so hot you can’t go in it, you’ll be wishing you’d been better prepared.

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A cross section of Double glazing cut away to show the inner profile and construction quality

How Do Double Glazed Windows Work? A Brief Guide

We all know that double glazing is more energy efficient than single glazing. And we all know that there are two panes of glass involved. But what about the science behind why double glazing is so much better than single glazing? What’s in between the panes of glass? How do double glazed windows work? Let us explain…

First of all, when we talk about double glazing, we are referring to sealed window units that contain two panes of glass within the frame.

Adding an extra, single pane of glass in front of an existing window is called secondary glazing and although doing this will carry many of the benefits of a double glazed window, this is not what we’re interested in in this article.

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White uPVC Conservatory - Winter

Conservatory Too Cold in the Winter? Find out Why and How to Fix It

Is your conservatory too cold in the winter months? Do you find yourself closing it off from around November until it warms up again in April? We look at why this happens and what you can do to improve your space and make it a true year-round part of the house.

Time and again we hear the same thing: “My conservatory is too cold in the winter.” Sometimes, we also hear, “My conservatory is too hot in the summer.” In this blog post, since the weather’s not so great outside, we will focus on the cold months and what you can do to make your conservatory a space you can use during the winter.

Conservatories are wonderful spaces where you can experience the openness of the outdoors from within the comfort of your home. In theory, this should be the case throughout the year.

But all too often, the conservatory becomes a no-go area when the temperature outside drops.

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