Renegade Conservatory Guy

PVCu is currently winning the battle to be crowned the most environmentally friendly window option.
As of today the position is as follows:
PVC - 28 votes (52%)
Aluminium - 16 votes (30%)
Timber - 10 votes (19%)
If you haven’t already voted, then you can register your vote in the section down the right hand side - absolutely free […]

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Without wanting to dismiss the effect of the recent demise of travel firm XL which affected close on to half a million people, talking to friends recently I found myself explaining to them why in the current economic environment, homeowners are better putting their money into replacement energy efficient windows than holidays - or even […]

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There’s been a battle going on for months now in the trade magazines and ezines as to which is the best environmental option:
Timber or uPVC?
It seems to me that all the competing arguments have finished in deadlock. And, of course, there’s also the aluminium guys keen to argue their side.
So, I think we need […]

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It’s been all over the news today that eleven million homes are to be given help to reduce bills in the biggest Government backed programme to modernise household energy use for more than 40 years.

Utility companies will fund most of an additional £1 billion for energy efficiency measures over the next three years, Gordon […]

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Guest Post by Alan Fielder, National Sales Manager of Edgetech UK

Credit crunch, credit crunch, credit crunch…..On our TV, in our newspapers, everywhere. Even the Chancellor himself has suggested conditions are the worst they’ve been in 60 years. Closer to home, market saturation in domestic replacement windows continues to stunt growth. And the severe contraction forecast […]

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Dekura have today collected the first batch of ‘post consumer waste’ from our factory.

A few weeks ago, I explained how Conservatory Outlet has set in place a system whereby we deliver fresh frames to our dealers, and collect any scrap uPVC frames they have removed from people’s homes, and then send them for […]

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Last month I discussed the new intitiatives PVCAware and Fighting Back with Facts, and it spurred me on to look at the whole recycling thing.

What I’ve managed to agree is that from now on Dekura will collect all our uPVC offcuts as per usual on a weekly basis, but they will also collect any post […]

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Today I found an article on the Telegraph website about how to demist double glazed sealed units.
What struck me was this sentence:
Sealed double-glazed units are designed to last for 20 years, and will never save more money or energy than that used in their manufacture and installation.
Your comments please….

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