TruStyle UK - Windows And Doors Blog

Homes with windows looking out onto there gardens from there lounge or dining room often have that window removed and a pair of French doors fitted, creating an ideal home improvement and investment.

This provides a new dimension to that room. Should you require French doors larger than the window this normally involves supporting the brickwork above the opening and removing the old lintel forming the new opening, then building into position a new lintel.

What French Doors Can Do For You?

French doors offer high security locks with multipoint locking systems on the primary door and shoot bolts on the secondary door. All Trustyle work comes with a 10-year insurance backed warranty.

Your new doors can match your windows. If you wish you can have your French doors manufactured with a Georgian bar, Crufix, cottage style or just full glass.

Trustyle UPVC provides minimum maintenance and allows for easy cleaning.

Provides additional light to the room.  French doors are fitted with storm seals providing no more cold drafts.

Trustyle UK is FENSA registered and our doors have thermal insulation meeting with FENSA regulations.

Patio doors are the most popular choice for letting extra light into your home as well as giving easy access to your garden.  This addition has become a popular way to transform the back wall of your home.

Patio doors give the illusion that the room that they are installed in is larger then it is, due to the effect that the large panels of patio doors bring the garden in to the room making the room much lighter and brighter. The technology, which we use creates a smooth sliding action as well as being well insulated to keep out the winter cold whilst letting the summer light in.

Many home owners who only have a window looking out onto their garden from their lounge or dining room often have that window removed and a set of patio doors inserted, transforming the room.Should you require patio doors larger than the window this normally involves supporting the brickwork above the opening and removing the old lintel forming the new opening and building into position a new lintel.

All Trustyle Patio Doors come with ten-year insurance backed warrantees and are fitted by trained professionals across the Midlands and Milton Keynes.In future posts we’ll be looking at the different types of Patio Doors that are available like Tilt in, Tilt & Slide, In Line, French Doors plus the dozens of creative options available to personalise your choice,  like with Georgian Bars, Sculptured Frames, Wood Grain and Brilliant white finishes.

To set the record straight, both are forms of safety glass. People often assume that toughened glass is some form of extra strong glass, however, ’shatter safely glass’ would be a better description of toughened glass as its difficult to break, but not impossible.

When it does break, it will break into very small sections but will not pose the danger created by large glass shards formed when ordinary float glass breaks.

Toughened glass is preferred for use in domestic replacement windows as laminated glass, when hit with force will crack, but is unlikely to smash. This makes it less desirable if you need to break the window to escape.

If security is a major consideration the strength of laminated glass is an advantage. Laminated glass is also thicker - usually 6+ mm - and as such will offer better insulation.

However, this also makes it heavier and it is also more expensive than toughened glass.

At Trustyle UK we belief we have the ideal balance between safety, style and quality with the combination of Sculptured VEKA frames and Pilkington K glass with over 90 percent of our customers across the Midlands, Leicestershire, Nottingham and Milton Keynes rating our service as either very good or excellent as per the Consumer Protection Association.

Our designers say that the most common reason for kitchen conservatories requiring planning permission is where all or part of it is to be used as a kitchen. This is due to the requirement for sanitary and drainage facilities. If you live in the Midlands or Milton Keynes, feel free to send us an e-mail with any questions that you may have.

Past customers have expressed how pleased they are that they now have a lovely open view whilst slaving away in the kitchen! Not to mention those summer BBQ’s made simple through having your kitchen linked to a conservatory leading out into your garden. Others simply get the dining room they always wanted.

Working from home is the perfect choice for many people and having an office conservatory, designed with space, light, storage and a computer in mind you’ll be pleasantly surprised just how effective an office conservatory can be. Simply close your conservatory doors from your house and you have an ideal, quiet and inspiring place to get lots of work done.

The children can also gain benefits through adding a conservatory den to your home to store all the toys, games and entertainment systems in one place – leaving you less to do in the bedrooms! You also gain a family area for all to enjoy and spend more time together.

For Building Regulation requirements, here’s a quick summary of the basic facts.

Planning permission is not usually required if your home has already been extended.

If your home is a new build you’ll need to check your sites regulations as new developments often come with building conditions which can vary.

In England and Wales, Building Regulations are not required providing these rules are met:

• Your planned conservatory has a roof made of at least 75% transparent or translucent material. Has at least 50% glazed walls (no more than half of the wall area should be brickwork, masonry or solid panels)
• Has a floor area of no more than 30 square metres.
• Is at ground level. Is permanently separated from the rest of the house by an exterior quality lockable door.
• Has thermostatically controlled heating.
• Is not being attached to a listed building.
• Does not contain sanitary or drainage facilities (one of the likeliest reasons for a conservatory requiring Building Regulation approval is that all or part of it is being used as a kitchen)
• Satisfies the Building Regulations with regard to toughened or safety glass.