Fire Escape Windows

We always build to building control guidelines, but then we have the benefit of having a full time team of builders working for us who dig the foundations, pour the concrete, lay the brickwork , plaster the walls and run the electrics etc.

We are able to keep a full time team employed because we supply and install conservatories every day of the year. Lots of double glazing companies sell the occasional conservatory so they have to find sub contractors to fit them on an ad hoc basis. This has led the industry to introduce instant DIY style bases which in simple terms are a steel frame laid on the ground supported by a few concrete slabs and then infilled by a slab of concrete.

I asked our enquirer his address and when he told me it was in a newly built marina right by the side of the water, alarm bells started to ring. This could be the reason for the considerable difference in quotes.I told him to check with the building control to check if it was built on reclaimed land. Sure enough when he came back to me he told me that it was indeed built on reclaimed unstable land and the properties had deep pilings for the foundations.I reminded him to get his eventual contractor to ensure that they put a brick lined sump with an outlet pipe under the damp proof membrane to help leech away any methane gas coming up from under the base. We do the same for Radon gas in Cornwall.

Anglian has a range of designs, materials and glazing options for perfect made-to-measure windows to suit your home’s age and style.

• Two windows with two handles
• Slimline profile
• 70mm front to back multi-chambered profiles
• Locking mechanism – Master: two shoot bolts and four mushrooms; Slave: handle operated shoot bolts
• Sliding hinge mechanism for easy cleaning to both windows
• Available in all white, Chartwell green, black, grey, cream, rosewood, golden oak, Irish oak and foiled white
• Any painted colour in the RAL colour range available
• Full range of sizes available