Sash Windows

Not content with just giving its customers’ windows a makeover, Ventrolla has now given its own website a little makeover too.

The website is already packed full of images and information about renovating and performance upgrading existing sash and casement windows, but now it also showcases its brand new products – double glazed sashes and replacement timber doors.

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Ventrolla’s introduction of double glazed sashes to their window renovation service enables customer desires for increased energy efficiency to be met, whilst their new, bespoke replacement timber door range allows customers to add a personal touch to their period property.

As per Ventrolla’s core service – repairing and draughtproofing existing single glazed sash and casement windows – these two new additions help to improve a period property without compromise to its character or charm.

If you’ve been inspired by the prospect of warmer windows and lower energy bills, or of adding a fresh, personal look to your period property, click on the following links or call 0800 0277 454 for further information.

Double Glazed sashes - http://www.ventrolla.co.uk/services/double_glazing_solutions/double_glazed_sash_windows/

New Timber Doors - http://www.ventrolla.co.uk/doors_by_ventrolla/new_timber_doors/

With so many jobs to do around the house, it’s hard to know where to begin – especially when we have to keep an eye on the pennies.

Ventrolla Finance Offer

To give homeowners a helping hand in getting started, and as it’s the season of good will, Ventrolla has introduced a new and exciting limited time finance offer, for those wanting to renovate their timber sash or casement windows and spread the cost.

Ventrolla is offering two years’ interest free credit, enabling customers to spread the cost over 24 monthly direct debit installments, making payment more manageable.

Orders need to placed before 29^th February 2012 to benefit from this great limited time offer!

To find out more about the Ventrolla payment option, or to make an application, call us on 0800 0277 262, or fill out our quick and easy online contact 

form.

As our environmental awareness grows more acute, it is becoming more important than ever to do our bit to sustain the resources of the planet.

Accoya Treated Softwood

Ventrolla takes its eco credentials seriously – demonstrated by using revolutionary treated softwood, Accoya.
Accoya is the perfect solution to using over-exploited – and now scarce – tropical hardwoods. Technology transforms sustainably-sourced and fast growing softwoods by giving them the properties of hardwood.

This process is entirely non-toxic and enhances the durability, strength and life of the softwood, with such longevity further helping to lower carbon emissions.

The science bit!

This is achieved through changing the free hydroxyls within the wood into acetyl groups by reacting the wood with acetic acid (a concentrated version of vinegar). This changes the physical properties of the wood, greatly reducing the ability of the wood to absorb water, and making it more stable.

The result is a robust, technologically-advanced, environmentally-sound product which is guaranteed to deliver.
The treated softwood should not rot, but customers can be reassured with a 50 year manufacturing guarantee alongside Ventrolla’s own five year guarantee.

Ventrolla offers Accoya as an option when new sills are required and for replacement sash windows.
Offering Accoya treated softwood is part of Ventrolla’s wider commitment to doing all it can to help the environment and stay green.

Read more at www.accoya.com or contact us to find out more.

As the market leader and nationwide timber window renovation specialist, Ventrolla are strong believers in restoration over replacement and are sending out an SOS – Save Our Sashes!

Save our Sash Windows

There are many reasons why we should keep sash windows – as both industry experts and savvy homeowners are well aware.

Sash windows have been, and continue to be, a key architectural element of any building, adding character and charm to properties since the seventeenth century. Maintaining these features retains our built heritage, something that us Britons are extremely proud of and renowned for around the world.

However, preserving history is not the only reason for wanting to retain period timber sash windows, there are many practical ones too.

Firstly, it’s environmentally friendly. Replacing a sash window with uPVC has a huge impact on the environment, with the whole life and manufacturing cost having a payback period of over 80 years. Not to mention, disposing the product at the end of its life means sending it to landfill. In fact, renovation uses 1/40^th of the energy of replacement because you are retaining the invested energy from the original manufacturing process.

Secondly, they can be upgraded to modern energy efficiency standards with a high performing weather seal such as the Ventrolla Perimeter Sealing System (VPSS). There is no need to buy new windows to retain heat because the VPSS tackles the draughts, sealing all gaps surrounding the windows helping to keep the warmth in, the cold out and your heating bills down.

And thirdly, renovated sash windows can add value to your property. A report carried out by Arad Consulting and Cardiff Business School, and championed by English Heritage, consulted Estate Agents who said they are more likely to place a premium on heritage features in housing and therefore expect properties with these features to fetch a higher market price.

So, should these plus points appeal to you, then starting with a free, no-obligation window condition report from Ventrolla is recommended to get your windows up to scratch. The priority is to keep as much of the original window as possible and this is done by assessing the windows individually to produce a detailed quotation.

If you’d like to investigate restoring your sash windows, call free phone 0800 0277 454 for more information, or to arrange a free, no-obligation survey and quotation.

Sash window renovation experts Ventrolla North East bowled over a local charity cricket match this summer by kindly sponsoring the match programme.

Ventrolla support The Yorkshire Air Ambulance

This year the annual cricket match, held at Undercliffe cricket club in Bradford, aimed to raise vital funds for Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Undercliffe Cricket Club’s Treasurer, Nigel Allsop, said: “The day was a complete success, we had an excellent attendance to a superb game of cricket and most importantly we raised £2,200 on the day for Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

The donation from Ventrolla was greatly appreciated and without the support from local companies the air ambulance would not be able to continue the amazing work they do. On the afternoon of the match the Air Ambulance was called out on three missions, helping to save lives by quickly transporting them to the nearest hospital for treatment. We can’t thank Ventrolla enough.”

Ventrolla’s Managing Director David Greaves said: “We were delighted to be able to support the cricket match and help raise money for such a good cause.”

To keep both of Yorkshire’s ambulances in the air they need to raise £7200 per day, equivalent to £2.63 million per year. Both helicopters can reach speeds of up to 160mph and together can cover the whole of the region seven days a week, 365 days a year.

RIBA has introduced a new CPD Core Curriculum structure and Ventrolla is proud to be a part of it, continuing to offer RIBA members double points.

RIBA-CPD Core Cirriculum

RIBA members will be pleased to discover that the previously more complicated CPD structure has been simplified following suggestions from members. The 31 sections have now been reduced to ten key topics, ranging from health and safety to sustainability.

Ventrolla offer three FREE CPDs, all approved by RIBA and forming part of the Core Curriculum. Each outlines the benefits of window renovation over replacement and all are worth double points.

The Ventrolla CPDs fall under two of the ten categories including “7 – Designing and building it: structural design, construction, technology and engineering” and “5 – Compliance: legal, regulatory and statutory framework and processes”.

• The Alternative to Window Replacement: Renovating & Improving Original Sliding Sash Windows (RIBA Core Curriculum 7)

• Window Renovation & the Green Facts (RIBA Core Curriculum 5)

• The “Myth Buster”: Dispelling the myths in the market place relating to double glazing and replacement windows (RIBA Core Curriculum 7)

The Core Curriculum structure is released this month (September 2011), giving members a year to prepare before it becomes mandatory in September 2012. It requires members to undertake at least two hours of study from each topic per year. In total, RIBA members will have to do 35 hours of CPD per year and 19.5 hours of this must be with a Core Curriculum CPD provider like Ventrolla.

To book your RIBA approved Core Curriculum Ventrolla CPD worth double points, call 0800 0277 454 or visit the website to complete the online contact form.

The Great Yorkshire Show 2011 has been hailed a success by its organisers and Ventrolla couldn’t agree more.

Ventrolla @ The Great Yorkshire Show

The sash window renovation experts, whose head office is based in Harrogate, exhibited their energy efficient product, the Ventrolla Perimeter Sealing System (VPSS) that eliminates draughts and rattles, along with their Sash Removal System (SRS) that enables the removal of the sashes for future maintenance and painting.

Visitors over the three day show were extremely impressed by their local company’s products. Especially when they discovered that both systems have Sarah Beeny’s seal of approval. So much so that they are both installed at the property guru’s home, Rise Hall.

Charlie Sullivan, Marketing Manager, said: “The interest our renovation systems created was brilliant.

It’s important to us as a national company to remember our roots so being involved in a local show was a great opportunity for us to share our expertise and successes with Yorkshire.”

And the Ventrolla buzz didn’t stop at Sarah Beeny. Many people took advantage of the free, no-obligation survey Ventrolla offers, which provides a window-by-window condition report that forms the customer quotation.

Surveys were booked for both domestic and commercial properties – both being areas that Ventrolla has over 25 years of experience in.

Charlie added: “We’re thrilled with the response we received, especially because it’s Ventrolla’s first year exhibiting at The Great Yorkshire Show. We’ll hopefully be back next year!”

Sash Locks

In the (hopefully!) hot months of July and August, it will be time to open up your sash windows and let in the fresh air to get a cool breeze flowing through your house.

However, keeping windows open throughout the day can be a concern to parents – constantly watching children and keeping tabs on their whereabouts can be a worry.

With 2010 figures showing that accidents at home led to four children an hour ending up in hospital, this only adds to the concern.

Accidents do happen, but simple prevention methods can be taken – such as the installation of Ventrolla Sash Stops, which restrict the height that sash windows can open to. Sash Stops are essential for improving safety in the home, particularly for windows at floor height, or in reach of children.

Sash stops simply screw into the side of your sash box (or “frame”) and come with a key to lock them into place. They are simply removed by unlocking them with the key and unscrewing, thus freeing the sash to travel the full length of the window again.

As part of their full renovation and draught proofing service, Ventrolla offer new window hardware to upgrade your sash window – this can include sash stops, should you wish. Call 0800 0277 454 for a free no obligation survey

Late June saw the hottest day of the year so far with temperatures hitting 30 degrees across many parts of the UK.
On hot summer days, it is always welcoming to open the windows and allow the fresh air to ventilate your home, but frustrating if you can’t because your sash windows are stuck shut.

Ventrolla Sash Window

If like us, you are hoping for many more scorching days in the weeks ahead and are hopeful that UK summers will sizzle in the future then now is the time to turn your attention to your sash windows.

If your sashes are not operating as they should it is worth investing to get them back to tip top condition. Many people suffer for years with sash windows completely stuck shut, painted over, and unable to function in the warmer months of the year, whilst others are enjoying the benefits of Ventrolla renovated sash windows.

A thorough overhaul from Ventrolla, the timber window renovation specialists, will have your sash windows fully operational again in no time! Pulleys and cords are serviced, or replaced where necessary, and the sashes re-balanced and re-hung to allow for smooth operation.

Ventrolla’s unique Perimeter Sealing System is then installed to draught proof the sashes, thus eliminating draught and rattles and improving energy efficiency.

Once renovated by Ventrolla, no longer will you feel stifled in your own home and can make the most of the summer feeling!

Call free phone 0800 0277 454 or visit www.ventrolla.co.uk for more information, or to arrange a free, no-obligation survey and quotation.

Britain is renowned for its extreme weather conditions and there is one particular victim that suffers the most – timber window sills. 

Window sills get the full brunt of the weather, come rain or shine.

Ventrolla Window Sill Replacement

Rainwater is the main culprit of rotting timber sills, whilst sunlight can be just as damaging as the rays crack the paint, allowing moisture to creep in.

To tackle these issues Ventrolla, the sash window renovation specialist, has perfected a repair and renovation service to upgrade worse-for-wear sills. 

Ventrolla repair a window sill by removing any rotten timber – this can include routing out the rotten timber, taking the sill down to sound timber and either splicing in new timbers or filling the cavity with their special unique two-part epoxy resin and wood stabilizer – the Ventrolla VR90 Wood Repair System.

However, if the damage to the window sill means it is beyond repair, Ventrolla are able to carry out a full sill replacement, including a new lower box assembly. This involves taking the full sill away and the lower part of the box (or “frame”) in order to remove all the rot, whilst ensuring the new sill and frame still retains its strength and integrity. This system is more effective than others, who are known to just remove the ‘nose’ of a sill which may not get rid of all the rot, and creates a new join that can allow moisture in, thus being the cause of more rot in the future.

Any exposed timber is then primed by your Ventrolla Installer, ready for you or others to finish off with a final coat of paint to completely weather-seal the new sill.

Homeowners who would like help in protecting their window sills against the British weather can contact Ventrolla for a free, no-obligation survey. This will determine the extent of the damage and enables Ventrolla to offer advice on repair or replacement options.