CotswoldDoItUpper Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 … as a budget window supplier? We aren’t after 17G windows with a negative U value (!), just something that’s reasonable value 2G in uPVC or at a stretch Alu. Preferably a flush casement. Almost certain we can’t afford alu/wood but more then happy to be proved wrong. Went to see https://www.modernupvcwindows.co.uk yesterday and although the price is v keen, the product definitely reflects this. Not one for us I don’t think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorenz Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 I was picking up at an auction house in Chippenham a few weeks back and next door was a window place with a bunch of new windows and doors left outside. I guess they were missed measured. Not saying that would be what you want, but I know from past experience that such companies used to have piles of the things and were only too happy to see the back of them. We managed to do all the windows on one property from such a source, and from another more granite worktop than we could ever manage to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 30 minutes ago, CotswoldDoItUpper said: . Went to see https://www.modernupvcwindows.co.uk yesterday and although the price is v keen, the product definitely reflects this. Not one for us I don’t think. Not sure what you looked at but their product is very good - fitted 10 of their 3G ones and they are as good if not better for UPVC than a lot of the competition at 50% more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Try looking at direct purchase from local manufacturers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell griffiths Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 I found my alu clad windows came in £15,000 under my estimated figure, go and get a quote you might be surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldDoItUpper Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, PeterW said: Not sure what you looked at but their product is very good - fitted 10 of their 3G ones and they are as good if not better for UPVC than a lot of the competition at 50% more expensive. We weren’t overly keen on the weld and the mechanism felt a bit cheep on the showroom window. For the price it was good value, maybe we just need to spend more! Also, SWMBO didn’t like the colour choices. I just do as I’m told. @Lorenz that would be great if we could easily change our openings. It’s a renovation so mostly fixed sizes. @Ferdinand how do you find local manufacturers? Is google the best option? @Russell griffiths we might not get such a good discount as we are doing things room by room. As you say, worth a try though! First window is a 500x1000 single opener flush fit supply only: Windowsanddoors.co.uk : £176 Modern uPVC : £212 Just value doors alu : £555 Just value doors uPVC : £431 Just doors uk uPVC : £294 windowsarchitects.co.uk timber/alu (not flush) : £263 Seems a huge variety. Any experience of any of these? any other suppliers I should add to the list? Edited July 16, 2021 by CotswoldDoItUpper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Newport Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 We had most of our PVC windows from https://www.gap.uk.com/. These are the guys that lots of builders and small double glazing firms get their stuff from. I've also had lots of people rave about https://www.sevenday.co.uk/. The windows are fine, mechanisms all feel substantial. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vijay Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 do you have a buildbase account? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorenz Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 1 hour ago, CotswoldDoItUpper said: @Lorenz that would be great if we could easily change our openings. It’s a renovation so mostly fixed sizes. The place we did it with was built in 1896, we did not change the openings. Some places had containers full. Some we were left over with went up to a restoration in the Orkneys. Just an idea. My wife will be wanting all traditional wood, from experience it lasts a lot longer than the other materials, but takes more maintenance and upfront cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldDoItUpper Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 13 minutes ago, Vijay said: do you have a buildbase account? Not yet. I have a Jewson’s one tho! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vijay Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 might be worth looking into one. I recently ordered a single DG window and you order it on their website, filling in all the options and it goes to their window manufacturer. It was less than half price of any local window places Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 There are trade associations for one. My arrangement is with a particular tradesman I have used for a couple of decades, and my dad used for a decade before that. He has always had an "in" at one particular place. There are various useful comparator threads on the forum which may help you judge. As ever the aim is to get the reasonable price on the quality of product you select. Focus on that. You do not save by browbeating, which makes them cut corners and hate you, but by optimising in a way that works with their grain. That might be finding ways to save their costs and make their job easier, but it is also climbing as far up the supply chain as you can manage. I'm saving more than half of the cost of fencing pales tomorrow by getiting it direct from a rural sawmill and cutting 3.6m lengths in the car park, compared to my local (famously cheap) timber merchant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markocosic Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Profile 22 (the frame used by modernupvcwindows for regular 2G windows) is shite. It has all the structural integrity and wind tightness of wet spaghetti. Ok for fixed panes. Never again for openers. Never again for their low profile thresholds either (buy a real threshold and set it lower relative to finished fort level). And never again for their blind man galloping horse measurements (cursing and swearing before realising that the French windows differ by 5mm a side). Fair price for what you get if you're Joe retail and delivered when it says it is. But not worth having. Bought rehau euro 70 profile the second time around; with plenty of reinforcement in the frames and bonded in glass in the openers. Screw having parallelograms again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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