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WINDOW SCHEDULE — FROM THE STREET TO THE SILL
Window Guides
Seven guides, ordered the way you look at a house: the facade first, the details last.
Every window we make is made to order, and a good order starts with clear choices. These guides take you through style, frame, glass, period character, the restore-or-replace question, sizing and care. Work down the schedule, then describe the window you need. The full offer is set out on Custom Windows Made to Order.
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NOTES
Start at the street. Casement, sash, awning, sliding, fixed and bay windows each open, seal and sit in a wall differently. This guide shows how each one works, so you can name the style your opening needs before anything else is decided.
COVERS Casement · Sash · Awning · Sliding · Fixed · Bay
Reference photo: a multi-pane timber bay window, one of the six styles in the guide.
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Frame Materials Guide
Timber, aluminium and uPVC compared side by side on appearance, upkeep and the kind of home each one suits. Read it once the style is clear, because the frame decides how the window looks from the street for years.
COVERS Timber · Aluminium · uPVC
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Glazing Options Explained
Single, double and acoustic glazing, plus low-E glass, and what each one changes about comfort in the room, the noise that reaches you from outside and the energy a home uses through the seasons.
COVERS Single · Double · Acoustic · Low-E
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Windows for Period Homes
How to keep a period look, including timber sashes, traditional pane divisions and familiar proportions, when a new or custom window goes into an older facade. For visual starting points, browse the Window Reference Gallery.
COVERS Sashes · Pane divisions · Proportion
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BEFORE YOU ORDER
05 — DECIDE
Restore or Replace?
A decision guide for the windows you already have: the signs that a frame is worth repairing, and the point where a new window made to order makes more sense. It weighs frame condition, draughts, glass, period appearance and future upkeep.
06 — PREPARE
Measuring and Sizing Basics
Openings, widths, heights and the practical details worth writing down before you describe a custom window. It turns the choices from the earlier guides into a description that is ready to send.
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Window Care and Maintenance
Cleaning, sealing and looking after frames, hardware and glass, so a window keeps opening, closing and sealing well for longer.
Read in order, the schedule ends where an order begins. With the style, frame, glass and sizes settled, send them through the Window Enquiry. To see what happens next, read How a Custom Window Order Starts, or check the short answers in Window Questions.
Reference photo: latch and timber frame, the details the care guide covers.