Recent content by SALI

freddymercurystwin. You need to be a less sarcastic. You obviously were not listening to me when I said that lintels needed to be installed - not replaced, but you pose the question: "However you have not made it clear how your existing heads are supported/why the lintels need replacing...

Apparently there are no lintels. Some 1920 houses were just built that way and the wooden windows were thought support enough. Now my house is supported by uPVC windows sans lintels and current building regulations seemingly consider this insufficient. Now, forgive me but I was just hoping...

Well, it seems I am not the only one who thinks double-glazing companies should be accountable when they fail in their profession. http://www.ask-questions.com/yabbse/showthread.php?t=1403 Hopefully, I'll have the same luck.

Well, I have read somewhere - probably on FENSA's website - that FENSA members have a duty to inform on other members where they think the quality of the work is sub-standard. The brickwork is not cracking. The other double-glazing guy - and you are right he may well just be touting for...

Well, the house was built around 1920 and is normal brick construction. The uPVC windows were replacements, ie. existing openings. The old windows were wooden, although I cannot say whether these were original at the time of the house build. The double-glazing (different company) chap...

Hi I had some Upvc windows installed in 2007. Just recently I was gathering quotes to get the few remaining ones fitted. The salesman told me that the windows that were already installed should have had lintels. Now, being a layperson, I would never have known the lintels were absent or...