A disclaimer that should Anglian Home Improvements wish for them (Anglian Building Products), Everest and Safestyle (trading names of ASHI Group Limited) to be considered as separately operating entities, don’t send your people in a Safestyle van to complete window and door replacements on a Bromford contract whereby Anglian Building Products is the name used.
I am well within my rights to cover all bases given the above facts.
Reviewers and potential customers: See my Anglian Home Improvements review. Trust your gut, the employees of the unholy trinity of window and door companies will lie to you. They will try to insult your intelligence and assume you have no capacity to fact check their nonsense. If you are unfortunate enough to have taken up their services, take photos of literally everything prior to them attending, whilst in attendance and after they leave, be prepared to seek out an informal qualification in window and door installation in the likely event they cut corners and lie about it.
They will assume you’re stupid and they are the experts of which I’ve yet to see proof of.
CHECK YOUR NEW INSTALL CLOSELY - things to look for but in no way limited to, excessively wide casing trims particularly where previous windows had none or very narrow ones (indicative of incorrect measurements taken and windows being way too small for the space, or shoddy unsealed inner parts, damage, incorrectly prepared frame structures) lack of sealant under outside window ledges which leaves screws exposed, warped and/or cracked door frames (often signs of not correctly placing packers behind fixing screw points) well overshooting the inch wide jamb space available to insert fixing screws, particularly where they compress the weather seal seat (raised lip that is part of the door right off the production line and goes all the way around the jambs of windows and doors) this is a sign that they did not bother to screw pilot holes which is standard practice and they likely did that rather than arrange for the structural frame to be correctly prepared and/or due to be too lazy to use packers. Increased general noise rather than a reduction after new install (like neighbours talking normally in their garden) pay attention to whether the chatter is louder in certain spots of the same room as this can help identify where inadequate insulating sealant has been used, and can be a sign of inadequate sealing of the inner workings and/or incorrect sealant being used overall. Sudden appearance of damp spots or rapidly growing black mould. Check in the crevices of smaller windows and frames to make sure screws are in properly and all accounted for, and check the window jambs to ensure the screws have not caused warping of the frame, and not rubbing against or overlapping/warping the black seal/gasket. Check glazing seals for any warps, damage or compressions, no matter how small. They will state that it won’t affect the speed at which the argon gas escapes, but any defects will contribute to this. Seal defects will also add to an increased level of outside noise due to the scientific nature of how noise reduction works. Check the joins inside and outside for gaps, check that where window casings trim and general trims are used, they are adequately sealed all the way around, both inside and outside. Check that behind door hinges are adequately sealed, check that doors are flush when closed and handle pulled up, and that windows do not feel stiff to open and close (this might be due to lack of lintels which is more common in old properties where their original windows were built to be a structural element, when these were removed in favour of Upvc, not all contractors would have added lintels due to building regulations being less strict then. Upvc windows are not structural elements and it shouldn’t be assumed that the structural frame has adequate support just because there were pre existing plastic frames fitted. You should not be able to see the jamb from outside with the door closed, check they have installed safety glass at all risk points and the glazing is correctly marked (see building regulation guidance for risk point requirements) ensure they’ve fitted new windows with trickle vents (the only exception other than listed building and protected areas are if you have a continuous mechanical ventilation WITH HEAT RECOVERY system - this is NOT the same as a continuous mechanical vent. Any windows that previously had trickle vents automatically require trickle vents on the new ones, no exceptions.
The list is not exhaustive, if something doesn’t look or feel right, it probably isn’t. Don’t let them gaslight you into thinking you’re being fussy about aesthetic things, dodgy looking aesthetics often mask bad install jobs.
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