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[tfs]

windows also had simplex system installed to allow bottom sash to open inward, this is also know as easy clean as it allows the home owner to maintain outer windows much easier.

 

[widler]

right here we go again.
1st and 3rd are granite,he paid £100 m2 to import them from italy,mad i tell you.

2nd and 4th are westland green riven slate in a orange house,the floor was that far out of level i had to use 28 bags of self level over 30m2. it dipped down at each point from the centre,the builder who did the footings and base said it was out of level because the kingspan sucks the goodness out of the concrete and shrinks it:yikes:

sorry not the best of photos,maybe i made them to large

 

[tfs]

Oh, nice one, I can relate, had to do that on a Cornish Cottage just make really sure that painter doesn't paint them all shut!!!

Dont worry, I would be the first to kick up a fuss if this happened

 

[user123]

windows also had simplex system installed to allow bottom sash to open inward, this is also know as easy clean as it allows the home owner to maintain outer windows much easier.

Dont worry, I would be the first to kick up a fuss if this happened

Good luck with it

Did you know that in Germany the norm is for windows to open inwards? I still have trouble accepting why that isn't done here, and you can still have stuff on the window sills if you like because windows can open just just alittle, with tha axis round the bottom, so the top comes in a bit, but to clean you just clear the window sills and open them up fully, inward, and cleaning is so easy!!

 

[tfs]

Good luck with it

Did you know that in Germany the norm is for windows to open inwards? I still have trouble accepting why that isn't done here, and you can still have stuff on the window sills if you like because windows can open just just alittle, with tha axis round the bottom, so the top comes in a bit, but to clean you just clear the window sills and open them up fully, inward, and cleaning is so easy!!

I didnt know that, its one place I havent been to yet (probs due to my misses enjoying scorching hot beaches too much). If it was up to me all windows would be the same as traditional windows!

I do know that sash windows may have orriginated from Germany/ netherlands area but some people argue that it was the french who invented them.

I bet you noticed a big difference when you renovated your windows? I have worked on windows 100 years old and still working well, I dont think todays UPVC windows will ever beat that!

 

[tfs]

You get inward tilting sash windows in the UK too but they are quite rare.

 

[user123]

I didnt know that, its one place I havent been to yet (probs due to my misses enjoying scorching hot beaches too much). If it was up to me all windows would be the same as traditional windows!

I do know that sash windows may have orriginated from Germany/ netherlands area but some people argue that it was the french who invented them.

I bet you noticed a big difference when you renovated your windows? I have worked on windows 100 years old and still working well, I dont think todays UPVC windows will ever beat that!

You get inward tilting sash windows in the UK too but they are quite rare.

It's not sash windows in Germany I was talking about, all window, no matter what design really, all just open inwards... so much more logical... and you also have set in the wall roll down shutters people use all the time, against cold, hailstone, sun, controlled either by remote control or by a pull belt inside next to the window ... the shutter boxes are not visible from the outside.

As to the satisfaction with the windows renovation, it was all great, really, it was a grade 2 listed cottage so everything had to be really spot on, and it was...

 

[karlm98]

Just a few pics from my time in the USA done with a phone camera so not so good quality, will post a few more when i get my desk top out of the shipping

 

[doug boardley]

been trying to get back garden tidied up for summer, pic one is from about this time last year, pic 2 is what I've done in last couple of weekends

 

[user123]

You're a handy sort of chap, aren't you, Doug?

 

[doug boardley]

I must say that back lawn is in better shape this year for not letting the hens decimate it again!:lol:

 

[doug boardley]

got a bit more done today, just the pathway to flag now, may have a trip over to PGH for some nice sandstone or limestone

 

[nybor62]

i reckon allen titmarsh has helped you

very nice doug

 

[doug boardley]

i reckon allen titmarsh has helped you

very nice doug

I wish somebody had Rob:lol::lol: only helpers I've had have been my two little lads running away with my tools just when I needed them:mad2::lol:

 

[doug boardley]

...just need to sort out the difference in riser levels on steps now, as originally ffl was gonna be a couple of inches lower, but should be able to sort that out with some thicker flags on first tread and a thinner one on middle tread