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To improve the appearance of your home with instant results, replace the windows and front door, this will lift your home and make it look modern and stylish, not forgetting with replacing the tired looking Soffit and Fascia & guttering. Home improvement companies can do this for you, In spite of the relatively poor economy, you may want to take advantage of what offers and sales opportunities are being offered to get the best prices for your project, Eliminate those draughty, leaky or just-plain-ugly old wooden/metal windows, with doors that are cold and have draughty & maintenance problems, all new double glazing replacement windows are designed to improve and update even the oldest homes. With energy certificates know being enforced with building regulations, your new energy efficient windows will be saving you money on your energy bills, depending on what energy rating you have chosen. All windows are Energy rated A – B – C depending on your budget, we recommend spending out more for the higher rated windows because you will be saving more money over the longer period with your energy bills.

Front Door Replacement

Another advantage of improving your home, it will be more secure particularly the Front Door, composite doors are now available in a variety of styles and colours to complement your home, new composite replacement doors have multi-locking locks that engage in various locations ensuring a draught proof seal and increasing security, a lot of companies now offer ‘Secure buy Design’ products which is a UK Police initiative for safer homes, supporting the principles of ‘designing out crime’ as with all quality products you get what you pay for.

Soffit and Fascia

All-ways remove existing soffits, fascias, guttering & down pipes where applicable, it is more than likely it has been in situ since the building was built, and may have rotted and leaked for a long time. Never over clad the existing soffit and fascias. Over-boarding/cladding is nothing more than a bodge, like papering over the cracks as what’s remaining underneath will rot over time and cause condensation through lack of air flow, eventually damaging the roof timbers and ensuring more future problems. Early 1930 property soffits and fascias were generally built with either ply- wood, tongue and groove and asbestos this type of construction went on up to the late 60s early 70s.

Asbestos Removal

Worst case scenario you have asbestos, it is not advisable to paint asbestos exteriorly, once painted the board’s generally flake leading to never ending maintenance of them. How many homeowners have inadvertently drilled holes into these asbestos boards, perhaps to fit an external security light? We would strongly agree that removing the asbestos soffits and timber fascia prior to fitting the new Upvc products. The cost of removing and disposing of asbestos is not as expensive as you think, either use the company who are replacing the boards, or use an outside contractor who specialise in this type of works. Once confirmed I would personally get at least 3 quotations and eliminate the problem as soon as possible.

No Asbestos

When no asbestos has been found, all the your existing cladding will be removed and replaced always get the thickest board available 19-22mm ensuring that there is sufficient ventilation, and no egress for bees/wasp to enter.

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we hope we have given you the Inspiration to call your local Home ImprovementCompany.