Double glazing, approximate cost, recommendations?

[Andy Burns]

Everest 2020 Ltd is the phoenix company, same directors, same slogan, same postcode.

[tim...]

really?

from an aesthetic pov, personally I can't tell the difference between Chris' current windows and the ones, that after looking very closely, have already been replaced.

now a mandatory requirement

Opening trickle vents lets in far less noise than leaving the window in the slightly open position

Of course that depends upon whether where you are suffers from noise in the first place, but I recon Chris' location is odds on

[Andy Burns]

Only mandatory if what they are replacing already has trickle vents.

[Fredxx]

I thought directors of a defunct company were not allowed to be a director of a company with a similar name?

There are 3 ways around this rule:

1) To change the name of the defunct company just before liquidation. 2) To set up a company preceding the defunct company going bust. The company can then have a similar name. 3) Ask court for permission to become a director for the new company.

For the sheer hell of it the timeline is:

25th March 2020 Incorporation of EVEREST 2020 LIMITED 8th June 2020 Insolvency of E REALISATIONS 2020 LIMITED 3rd July 2020 Change of name from EVEREST LIMITED to E REALISATIONS 2020 LIMITED

Not many directors are common to both companies, one is Richard Mathieu LEIGHTON, there may be more.

It does rather smell when another simi9lar named company is setup months before insolvency by an 'interested' party.

[tim...]

Not sure it's that simple

Surely the rule is that the room must be provided with sufficient ventilation

If a room previously didn't have trickle vents because it already has air vents, then you might be right

but where the ventilation in the room was previously provided by "leaky" widows (which is virtually a given for all old fashioned windows) and you are replacing them with windows that provide a leak free environment, then trickle vents must be installed

[williamwright]

I still want to know how the widows were replaced from the inside.

Bill

[alan_m]

I know someone who did 10+ years in the DG business. He says that was common for a lot of DG companies to go bust on a regular basis and then start trading the next day with only the "name" and future potential customer leads having been sold on to new directors.

[Andrew]

BBC "White Gold" drama series. Might still be on the iPlayer.

[Dave Plowman (News]

That is going to depend very much on the house design.

[Dave Plowman (News]

If outside access is possible, why would you want to fit it from the inside anyway?

I DIYed the two I fitted to the rear of the house. Not replacments for the Victorian originals, but much larger. I chose stock sized units which came fully assembled.

If they ever need replacing, I'll do it from the outside. Scaffolding isn't that expensive, and can be used for any painting necessary in that area at the same time.

Of course if you're paying for the job to be done, the labour cost is likely to be a major part of the total bill.

[Dave Plowman (News]

Likely a good way of getting out of warranty etc claims.

[alan_m]

So they don't have to work from scaffolding or ladders.

My biggest windows in the bays are fitted behind the decorative pillars so fitting them from ten inside was the easiest option. The windows at the rear of my property are fitted behind a slightly arched upper opening.

Front of terrace house £350 last time I hired scaffolding.

[Dave Plowman (News]

Hope you're not fitting UPVC double glazing there, then. ;-)

But think how much you'd save by DIY buying and fitting?

[alan_m]

Whole house including front and back doors is one job I didn't regret leaving to someone else, plus it wasn't a one man job - especially removing the old windows.

[alan_m]

99.999% don't follow the us and downs of businesses but when it comes to perhaps a once in a lifetime purchase of DG they may consider a company with the same name that has been around for 50 years may be good because it has survived that long.

Its much like brand loyalty without realising that the brand may now be just a badge put on no-name far east electronics.