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Entries Tagged as 'funny stories'

Tidying up is not a good idea…

January 2nd, 2009 · 5 Comments

Just been tidying my office up ready for the New Year, and stumbled upon the following image of me and our kid back in 1994.

It was taken in our small West Yorkshire Windows showroom in Middlestown, Wakefield soon after we’d started trading. The room was about 12′ x 12′ and served as office, showroom, […]

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Tags: funny stories · matthew glover · Renegade Conservatory Guy · West Yorkshire Windows · double glazing

The Bodge Awards

December 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Fellow renegade Richard Kruger at GGPmag.com has an interesting new initiative - the Bodge Awards 2009.
He is looking for people to email him at online@unity-media.com photographic evidence of horrendous domestic installations - “so we can all gasp and giggle”.
The first two entries are:
Bodged garage doors

This is what happens when you buy Garage Doors from eBay, […]

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Tags: fascias soffits · funny stories · Installation

Window strangeness

November 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Is this funny, or what? Maybe, it’s a Yorkshire thing….

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Tags: funny stories · double glazing videos · glass · upvc windows · double glazing

Windows that pay for themselves

November 1st, 2008 · 9 Comments

I quite often get consumers contacting me with all sorts of issues about their experiences with double glazing companies. Most of the time I try help them sort out the issues, and provide the best advice I can.
The following lady’s experience, though, I thought was worth sharing:
Last year I replaced all the windows in […]

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Tags: funny stories · upvc windows · salespeople · double glazing

PVC Windows - Made in France

September 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Are you in the market for French made PVC windows, guaranteed for 10 years, 100cm x 100cm, built in roll down shutter, mosquito net and with 4/16/4 double glazing?
Well, here’s your man:

Special price - 253 Euros!
There’s only one place you can get these unbeatable prices, style and comfort:
Visit http://www.vial-carpinterias.com/windows-pvc-s1-english.html

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Tags: funny stories · double glazing videos · upvc windows · double glazing

qu’est-ce que c’est … le cheese.

August 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

One of the ways I find stories to write about on this website is by using Google Alerts and being updated with news items for terms such as ‘conservatories’, ‘double glazing’, ‘ultraframe’ or ‘everest windows’.
A lot of the time I find that I end up reading all sorts of nonsense on the internet, including blogs […]

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Tags: funny stories · double glazing fitters · Installation