According to Certass, installers will be able to work within homes in order to carry out their jobs in a safe environment for themselves and the client. The statement below is what they believe the new stance means for installers who need to enter a home to carry out their work. “Working in People’s Homes Following calls with the government this morning there is a new position enabling glazing installers to work in the home, but comes with some information that needs to be understood: If ...

Countrywide Windows alongside sister company Countrywide Construction is in the middle of renovating a bungalow into a dream family home. The project will combine the two company’s strengths to create a breath-taking family property. To keep up with the progress of the renovation you can follow renovating_project_66 on Instagram using that username or by clicking here. This will give you a great insight into how a project starts and finishes with all the stages in-between and could help give ...

The PM released a statement to announce the strategy to ease lockdown laws and to begin the process of bringing life back to some sort of normality. So, what does this statement mean and how much is life really going to change in the short term? In the short term, not much is expected to change, you are encouraged to go back to work only if it safe to do so and if this is not guaranteed or it is easier to work from home then you are advised to do that instead. Schools and Universities are not ...

After months of uncertainty and horror that the coronavirus has brought to the country we are starting to see light at the end of the tunnel with countries like Australia starting to reduce lockdown laws. Now we have had the clearest indicator from our own industry that things are starting to look brighter as Ultraframe have released a re-opening statement for its factory meaning that things can at least start getting back to how they used to be. The statement can be seen below: "Following the...

When the lockdown is eventually lifted life will not go back to how it once was. This is the strange reality that Covid-19 has brought upon us and unfortunately until a vaccine is found life will be quite different for a period of time. Social distancing will be enforced in social situations and we do not know when you will be able to go out and eat at a restaurant or have a drink at a bar and therefore we will all need to adjust to this new way of living in order to beat this virus. With this...

At this time of year where we are all locked down trying to keep ourselves entertained it has given some of us the opportunity to get things done that we havent had time to do in recent months. In our case its given us time to go over all the projects we've completed in recent months and we wanted to share some of the pictures with you. We hope you like them.   All of the jobs above were completed by our experienced team of professionals who deal with all aspects of the project, from planning...

Please see below the answers to the lockdown quiz we posted last week. Comment on our social media profiles and let us know how you got on. We hope you enjoyed the quiz. What two things can you never eat for breakfast? Lunch and dinner. What gets wetter the more it dries? A towel. What word is spelled incorrectly in every single dictionary? Incorrectly. What never asks a question but gets answered all the time? Your cellphone. What goes up but never ever comes down? Your age. A girl fell off a ...

With the lockdown in full swing now whilst our country and the world fights the Coronavirus, we have been finding new and inventive ways to keep ourselves entertained. Social media has allowed everyone to show how they are keeping themselves busy and this week we thought we would take the task on ourselves to keep you entertained for an hour or two. Introducing this very exciting quiz: What two things can you never eat for breakfast? What gets wetter the more it dries? What word is spelled inc...

With the UK in a state of lockdown to help defeat this terrible virus that is sweeping the world, our thoughts this week have leaned towards keeping ourselves entertained whilst in lockdown. The initial three-week period (that could be extended) has led to a number of people doing an array of different things to keep themselves entertained. You only have to look at the app tik tok to see what we mean along with the endless pictures of dodgy haircuts girlfriends have given to their boyfriends. ...

The last few weeks have been a crazy time for everyone in the country and around the world. The Coronavirus outbreak has taken the world by storm like nothing many of us have seen before in our lifetimes with the last pandemic this size coming in the form of the Spanish flu towards the end of world war one. The acceleration over the last week or so has been insane with many countries entering a lockdown period in order to kill this virus off and save lives. With this in mind we are going to ta...

This week has been a crazy week that many people wouldn’t haven’t experienced in their lifetimes. The Coronavirus has gone to the next level with many countries battening down the hatches in order to prevent this virus from getting worse and worse. For a more detailed explanation of what exactly we are dealing with here we urge you to click here and read this article to educate yourself on the Coronavirus and the dangers it brings. People have been playing it down comparing it to the flu in...

Everyone loves a life hack to help save money whilst improving their lifestyle. So, this week we are going to give you three ways to warm up your home whilst saving a few pennies in the process. Utilise Sunlight Sunlight creates heat and most importantly is free. The best way to heat your home is to utilise the sunlight by having your curtains and blinds open a much as possible during the hours of sunlight. This will warm up your home without you having to use your heating, saving you money whi...

Like any industry that involves various products there are always shifts and changes with some products or styles becoming extremely popular over a period of time. This then leads to new products being released that causes another shift and so the circle continues with only the core classic products consistently selling whilst others have their 5 minutes of fame and then end up being rebooted or redesigned in order to boost sales. So, what is hot right now in the Window and Door Industry? Flus...

When it comes to home improvement projects people are spoilt for choice when it comes to the amount of companies who can complete your projects for you. There are specialist companies who focus on one particular area of the home improvement market and other businesses who like to do a bit of everything. So, our question is, what makes a home improvement company stand out from the crowd? It’s very easy for businesses such as ourselves to tell you how good we are, but there’s no proof in tha...

Orangeries have become a household product in the home improvement market for a number of years now and it’s easy to see why. They have so many benefits when it comes to improving your home and today we are going to look at 3 in more detail to show you just what an orangery can do for your property. They Boost the Value of your Property  Orangeries can vary in size dramatically, it’s difficult to put an exact price on how much value they add to the average home. However, orangeries typica...