Tag Archives: project coordination

Big Supplier vs Local Installer: What You Trade Off

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1. Begin with the project’s complexity Choosing a glazing team begins with the building, not the size of the company. Replacing a straightforward window in a regular opening asks different things of a team from glazing an irregular stone house, forming a wide opening in an extension or coordinating several systems across a self-build. In […]

Confessions From 20 Years of Window Installations

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The First Confession: The Window Is Rarely the Whole Problem When a window disappoints, it is natural to assume that the answer begins with the window. Sometimes it does. But after enough projects, a broader pattern becomes difficult to ignore: the glazing is only one part of an architectural relationship. A window sits within an […]

What Installers Say About Your House After They Leave

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Installers See a Version of Your House You Never Will By the time a homeowner stands back to admire new glazing, much of the evidence of how it reached that point has disappeared. Frames sit within finished openings, surrounding surfaces are completed and the construction behind them is largely concealed. Installation teams encounter a very […]

What to Do When a Window or Door Installation Goes Wrong

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First, Establish Whether Something Has Actually Gone Wrong When newly installed glazing does not look or behave as expected, it is natural to assume that something has gone wrong. Sometimes that conclusion will be justified. In other cases, the work may be incomplete, an adjustment may still be required or surrounding finishes may not yet […]