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Mar 10, 2020
1 min

Another Visage Balmoral composite door

The Visage Balmoral is a stylish traditional door design that suits a wide range of property types. This must be one of our most popular composite doors – we’ve installed a fair few in recent years. We fitted this example to a house in Cowley. This door is blue outside and white inside. It is set into a Rehau profile white frame and finished with chrome hardware. Many glazing choices are available with these doors. This Balmoral is fitted with Contora pattern glass. As part o

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Admiral Windows

Nov 26, 2019
1 min

Conservatory with integrated veranda

Here’s a conservatory in Steventon that’s nearing completion. We’re just waiting for the floor screed to dry before we install underfloor heating. The aluminium bi-fold doors have a low threshold – once the floor tiles are laid, the floor of the conservatory will sit flush with the door threshold. The REAL Aluminium doors and the roof bars are finished in Anthracite Grey (RAL 7016). The self-cleaning glass roof projects a metre beyond the doors to form a veranda. The full hei

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Admiral Windows

Nov 12, 2019
1 min

Seeing double

We’ve just fitted new windows to this pair of bay-fronted houses in Cowley. The job was for an existing customer – last year, we installed matching Visage Cottage-range composite doors to each house. Black on the outside and white on the inside, the Visage composite doors are complemented by matching unglazed side panels and Rehau profile toplights that are fitted with Contora pattern glass. These fine houses each have two-faceted oriel bays on the first floor in addition to

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Composite door colours – in praise of grey

Admiral Windows

Nov 5, 2019
1 min

Composite door colours – in praise of grey

You really can’t go wrong with a grey composite door. From the ever-popular dark grey of Anthracite, through mid greys such as Elephant, to the light grey of Agate or Painswick, a grey door looks great with brick, stone or rendered walls. Solidor Genoa composite door (Italia range). Set in a white frame, the door is finished in Painswick (RAL 7038) – an agate grey colour that suggests undertones of blue or green, depending on the light. Virtuoso composite door with matching a

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Admiral Windows

Oct 22, 2019
1 min

Latest customer testimonials for Admiral Windows Oxford

We fitted seven new uPVC windows at this Banbury house, together with a new rear door and side-panel. This job was for a repeat customer of ours – last year, we fitted new doors at the front of the house. Admiral Windows are most grateful to our customer for allowing us to publish the kind comments he sent us following this latest job: ‘Just a message to say very pleased with new Windows and Door. Your guys were brilliant and not too much mess. Wife happy so that’s good. I ha

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We’re a happy crowd behind the cream door

Admiral Windows

Oct 15, 2019
1 min

We’re a happy crowd behind the cream door

Admiral Windows fitted this 2 metre wide sliding patio door set for a customer in Oxford. The new doors have bevelled Duraflex uPVC frames with an attractive grained cream finish to the outside surfaces. The doors feature galvanised steel reinforcement and, to ensure years of smooth operation, stainless steel track and rollers. Above: ‘D’ locking handle in white. Handles for these doors are also available in black, gold, chrome and satin silver. Admiral Windows is a leading O

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Admiral Windows

Sep 3, 2019
1 min

Fire Exit Door

We recently installed these aluminium fire exit doors to a commercial building in Osney. These are external fire exit doors – not to be confused with internal fire doors that are rated to withstand fire for a given period. Fire exit doors are designed to provide an easy means of emergency escape. Push the panic bar and the spring-loaded shootbolts are released, allowing the door to be pushed open. We will make sure that the correct type of door is fitted to suit your applicat

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Safety glass – the why, the what and the where.

Admiral Windows

Aug 27, 2019
2 min

Safety glass – the why, the what and the where.

Safety glass protects people from injury caused by glass breakage. UK building regulations stipulate that safety glass must be fitted in ‘critical locations’. Critical locations are defined as: Glazing in doors – glass which is wholly or partially within 1500 mm from floor level. Glazing adjacent to doors – windows and side-panels that are wholly or partially within 300 mm of the edge of a door and which is also wholly or partially within 1500 mm from floor level, must be saf

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Admiral Windows

Aug 20, 2019
1 min

Admiral Windows – raising the standard

There’s nothing ordinary about our standard uPVC windows! Each opening window unit features: 8 point locking to the sac shootbolt mechanism complete with corner drive design; 2 point locking on the hinges as standard; 1 key lockable handle as standard; 2 locking points on each of the four lock keeps as standard; Full depth Eurogroove lock-out design as standard; 400% more shootbolt contact area with keep compared to traditional flat shootbolts; Supaglide gear box action, rig

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Bi-folding doors and windows – let the sunshine in

Admiral Windows

Aug 13, 2019
1 min

Bi-folding doors and windows – let the sunshine in

Open your garden room to the outdoors with a set of bi-folding doors from Admiral Windows. When closed, the doors give a sleek appearance with equal sightlines. Aluminium bi-fold doors installed in Kidlington, Oxfordshire. For daily use, the master traffic door operates just like a normal hinged door. Aluminium bi-fold doors at the Admiral Windows showsite in Chilton, Oxfordshire. On sunny days, opening the full set of doors is a one hand job – simply release the internal loc

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Admiral Windows

Jun 25, 2019
1 min

Visage Balmoral composite door

This Visage Balmoral composite door was installed to a house in Kidlington by Admiral Windows. Finished in white with satin glazing and chrome hardware, the door is set between two matching double glazed side panels. The Balmoral is a stylish traditional door design that suits a wide range of property types. We can certainly vouch for the durability and quality of these doors – some years ago, we fitted a green Visage Balmoral door to the timber office building at our Chilton

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Admiral Windows

Jun 4, 2019
1 min

Visage Lindisfarne composite door

The Visage Lindisfarne composite front door is ideal for those who admire the aesthetics of the 1930s. Recently fitted to a house in Woodstock by Admiral Windows Oxford, this particular Lindisfarne door looks radiant in white with its stylish Noir glazing. Admiral Windows supply and install composite doors from leading manufacturers including Visage, Solidor, Virtuoso and others. Whatever the style and specification that you’re looking for in a composite door, we can accommod

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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 French doors. In all, we fitted 28 new double-glazing units. To the rear of the house, a set of Duraflex uPVC French doors provide access to the patio. For ease of maintenance and adjustment, traditional flag hinges are fitted. A Visage Bamburgh composite front door completes the job, providing a stylish and secure entrance to the house. Note ho

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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. All the new double glazed window units are finished in ever-popular Anthracite Grey (RAL 7016) – as are the Visofold bi-folding doors that we fitted to the rear of the house. REAL Aluminium Visofold bi-folding door set Bay window with REAL Aluminium windows installed To match aluminium windows, we can now offer composite doors set in alumini

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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 referendum vote to leave the European Union have been felt already. The vast majority of door and window products installed by Admiral Windows are of British manufacture. However, raw materials are traded on global markets and supplier prices have increased – partly due to a correction in the value of sterling. While Admiral Windows staff are all Ox

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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 units with Duraflex feature frame profiles and chrome hardware. The windows and doors are foiled externally in rosewood, with their inside surfaces remaining white. To book a quote for your own new windows and doors, call Admiral Windows Oxford on 01865 788333. #Colours #doors #uPVC #windows

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Admiral Windows

Mar 5, 2019
1 min

Low-level letter-plate prohibition?

Tomorrow, Parliament will give a second reading to MP Vicky Ford’s bill to prohibit low-level letter-plates. If passed in the House of Commons, the bill will move to the House of Lords. If passed there, it will receive Royal Assent and become law. The proposed legislation would adopt EU standards on letter-plates, forcing them to be installed at a height of between 70 cm to 170 cm from the ground. Initially, this would only affect new doors on new-build properties. There is,

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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 same Witney development of executive apartments. All Duraflex UPVC profiles now incorporate Q-Lon weatherseal gaskets as standard. Outstanding acoustic performance – reduces transmission of unwanted noise. Easily compressed – for an effective seal. Unrivalled thermal performance. The widest temperature operating range – to handle the extremes

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Admiral Windows

Feb 5, 2019
1 min

The Admiral Windows Price Promise

Something that people often ask us is: ‘Why don’t window companies list prices on their websites?’ We understand the frustration! There are, however, several good reasons for this. Firstly, with so many possible design permutations and differences in specification between a multitude of window and door options, it would be very difficult to cover all eventualities. Also, websites go out of date! Bear in mind that the price we will quote includes installation, and that no two

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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 UPVC with their exterior faces finished in rosewood. The tongue and groove UPVC insulating panels are finished in rosewood to match the new windows. What better way to finish off the job than to add a splendid new composite entrance door? The red Visage Berkeley front door is fitted with Tate pattern glass and chrome hardware. The door is set i

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