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rose you are no doubt paying alot of money for the windows so what ever you want will be fine. on doors i have fitted 1 colour outside and diffrent inside.dont forget the handles can be changed at a later date if you change your mind for a little as £5 per handle if you do it yourself they are only ...

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affraid it wont work on toughend glass. you will only add smaller scratchers.

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im affraid welsh brickie is slightly wrong about the regs. each profile will come with a tech manual stating the expansion excpected in warm conditions this will vary from colour to colour selector state white frames should have a 5mm gap allround where as rose wood should be 15mm all round. As we l...

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Hi firstly i know you say its cracked but does the new one need to be toughend?(is any part of glass below 800mm from floor)( can the glass be touched whilst standing in the bath/shower) if the answer is yes to any of those then it needs to be toughend. For a none toughend unit £65 for toughend i wo...

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any window company will have no problem installing bi-folding doors.
Aslong as you have a level cill and good solid fixing in the head you wont have any problems.My company would fit and still give a 10year guarantee to the frames and glass.

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Are you 100% certain its coming in under the cill, and not either through the glass beads or where the frame meets the cill? Also is this a load bearing bay? if so check on the corners outside where the bay pole goes through the cill as it may have been cut through to take the weight its possable th...

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Hi ttony you dont mention if this is an upstairs bay but by the sound of the problem id say it is.the first thing i would check is under the cill outside on the bottom bay(if this is a standard upstairs downstairs bay) that the baypoles have been cut through the cill to rest on solid brickwork/concr...

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Hi winger
if it is timber frame then you should use butyle putty not linseed oil putty as this can destroy the unit. then once the unit is in the cavity around the unit should be filled using a clear silicon i recomend tremco.

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If both of those fail if you remove the handle from the door take a hammer and bolster and a quick sharp blow to the top of the barrel will cause it to snap in the center. Then using a screw driver turn the mechanism arm to unlock the door then remove fixing screw and replace lock.

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Hi dodo Any decent glazing company would be able to remove the lead lights without damage then using recycled lead lights resize and then use in a triple glazed unit. You then have the benefits of DG but with original lead design which looks afective.the only draw back is the time this can take for ...

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