Modern building and insulating materials are a "game changer" when it comes to constructing a solid replacement roof over your existing conservatory.

 

Due to the technological advancement in producing lightweight components it is now possible to improve your old inefficient conservatory roof, with it's noisy polycarbonate roof sheets, that makes your conservatory too hot in the summer, and too cold in the winter!

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    Time-lapse video of raked frame window installation
    Admiral Windows
    • Jun 11, 2019
    • 1 min

    Time-lapse video of raked frame window installation

    The large dormer window of this Summertown house was suffering from a rotting timber cill, and the openers weren’t … opening. Admiral Win...
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    Deceuninck Heritage Flush Casement Windows
    Admiral Windows
    • May 23, 2019
    • 2 min

    Deceuninck Heritage Flush Casement Windows

    A Woodstock resident wanted to replace their traditional casement windows with new double-glazed windows. These would need to retain the ...
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    Alluring Aluminium
    Admiral Windows
    • May 10, 2019
    • 1 min

    Alluring Aluminium

    Because aluminium is such a strong material, aluminium window frames can be made slimmer than is possible with uPVC. The above picture of...
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    More about timber replacement windows – flush casements and sliding sash windows
    Admiral Windows
    • May 3, 2019
    • 2 min

    More about timber replacement windows – flush casements and sliding sash windows

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    New doors and windows in Cowley
    Admiral Windows
    • Apr 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    New doors and windows in Cowley

    Last week, we installed new windows and doors throughout this Cowley house – a total of 9 window units, 2 single doors and a pair of Fren...
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    Aluminium door & window installation with Virtuoso composite door
    Admiral Windows
    • Apr 5, 2019
    • 1 min

    Aluminium door & window installation with Virtuoso composite door

    As part of a larger renovation project, Admiral Windows fitted new aluminium framed doors and windows throughout this East Oxford house. ...
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    Will Brexit lead to price rises in home improvements?
    Admiral Windows
    • Mar 26, 2019
    • 2 min

    Will Brexit lead to price rises in home improvements?

    It is still by no means clear whether or not Brexit will actually happen. Within our industry however, impacts of Britain’s 2016 referend...
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    UPVC window frames: bevelled and feature – what’s the difference?
    Admiral Windows
    • Mar 19, 2019
    • 1 min

    UPVC window frames: bevelled and feature – what’s the difference?

    When it comes to replacing your windows, are you confused by all the different options? Home improvement companies become accustomed to b...
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    Q-Lon Weatherseal
    Admiral Windows
    • Mar 12, 2019
    • 1 min

    Q-Lon Weatherseal

    You don’t need to spend a small fortune on your new windows in order to benefit from high thermal and acoustic performance. All our Duraf...
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    Rosewood-foiled uPVC windows & doors
    Admiral Windows
    • Mar 8, 2019
    • 1 min

    Rosewood-foiled uPVC windows & doors

    We replaced all nine window units and both the front and rear doors to this Headington house. The new windows and doors are all uPVC unit...
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    Sliding patio doors
    Admiral Windows
    • Feb 22, 2019
    • 1 min

    Sliding patio doors

    Following our recent Visage Munich composite door post, here is a set of Duraflex UPVC inline sliding patio doors that we fitted on the s...
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    About the double glazed window industry
    Admiral Windows
    • Feb 19, 2019
    • 1 min

    About the double glazed window industry

    Although the first double glazed units were experimented with in the 1950s, it was not until the early 1980s that the double glazing indu...
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    Blenheim Estate – secondary glazing for heritage properties
    Admiral Windows
    • Feb 8, 2019
    • 1 min

    Blenheim Estate – secondary glazing for heritage properties

    Further to our recent post about the benefits of secondary glazing for Listed properties, here are some pictures of the discrete secondar...
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    Visage Berkeley composite door
    Admiral Windows
    • Feb 1, 2019
    • 1 min

    Visage Berkeley composite door

    Admiral Windows of Oxford fitted new double glazed windows and insulated cladding to this house near Banbury. All the new windows are UPV...
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    About FENSA
    Admiral Windows
    • Jan 18, 2019
    • 2 min

    About FENSA

    Since April 2002, all glazing installations have fallen within the scope of Building Regulations. Anyone installing replacement windows m...
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    Flush casement windows – Evolution vs. Residence Collection
    Admiral Windows
    • Jan 15, 2019
    • 2 min

    Flush casement windows – Evolution vs. Residence Collection

    Evolution flush casement window. (Image: Evolution) What do we mean by a ‘flush casement’? Opening sashes on standard PVCu windows sit pr...
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    Secondary Glazing
    Admiral Windows
    • Jan 11, 2019
    • 1 min

    Secondary Glazing

    If you live in a building that is Listed, it might not be permissible to fit double-glazed windows. For these situations, the most econom...
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    Why you should replace a misted up double-glazed unit
    Admiral Windows
    • Jan 8, 2019
    • 1 min

    Why you should replace a misted up double-glazed unit

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    … and a partridge in a pear tree
    Admiral Windows
    • Jan 3, 2019
    • 2 min

    … and a partridge in a pear tree

    From a simple window or door installation to the construction of a new conservatory or orangery, you cannot choose better than Admiral Wi...
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    Solid roof conversion of an existing conservatory
    Admiral Windows
    • Dec 13, 2018
    • 2 min

    Solid roof conversion of an existing conservatory

    A solid roof conversion gives many benefits to the conservatory owner. Superior insulation and reduced weather noise makes the conservato...
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