Kensingtons

A comprehensive and cost effective service that eliminates draughts and rattles, reduces heat loss saving hard earned money servicing North Wales - Cheshire and Shropshire. Slimlite double glazing for sash windows, retro fitted in to your original sash windows, looks like single glazing but with amazing u-values can be installed in listed buildings.

We believe that traditional sash windows are one of the most important features of a home, in particular they add character and charm. Importantly they keep the architectural design of Edwardian, Victorian and Georgian style properties. We are a group of highly knowledgeable and skilled tradesmen. We have over 40 years experience within the domestic renovation and repair trades. We also have a breadth of skills which we use to the benefit of our customers and we offer our advice freely. Your windows are our passion and we take pride in the work we do.

If you are lucky enough to have a period property in Flintshire with lovely original sliding sash or casement windows at Kensington sash windows we can help bring back the beauty of these windows as we are specialists in sash window repair and restoration. We deal with a lot of listed buildings and those with special heritage status where the requirements when dealing with your windows can be quite specific and often repair is called for rather than replacement. At Kensington sash windows we can help you through this often complicated process and offer a range of solutions to satisfy both yourself and the officers dealing with your property.

Sash window renovations in Altrincham and Manchester, we carry out rot repairs, draught proofing. The North Wests only approved installers of slimlite double glazing. Altrincham has been a market town from around 1290 and as such has a large and varied housing stock, ranging in styles and window types. At Kensington-sashwindows we are specialists in casement and sash windows and can replace like for like, fit new and repair original Windows. Within the Altrincham area there are ten conservation areas, The Downs, The Deviside, Bowdon, Ashley Heath, Goose Green, Old Market Place, Sandiway, George Street, Stamford New Road and The Linotype Housing Estate.

Chester is a beautiful city with a long a varied history founded by the Romans and fortified by the Saxons but a lot of its architecture dates from the Victorian period and as such there are many styles of homes and within those home beautiful windows. At Kensington sash windows we understand the pride people have in their homes and we are here to help either maintain your original feature windows or provide you with a beautiful alternative with our replacement windows. Chester has many properties with heritage or listed building attached to it and as such may mean you cannot change your original sliding sash windows.

With the large extent of Victorian and Georgian properties in Liverpool they will usually have traditional sash or casement windows and at Kensingtons we specialise in sash window and casement window restoration & repair, we can also help you out with rot repair, draught proofing and new sash windows, we are experts in our field and have over 40 years of experience and have dealt with thousands of repairs. Due to the age of the buildings and the windows therein often there is listed building or heritage status attached and this can mean replacement of your windows is not possible at Kensington-sashwindows we can help you through the paperwork and offer best solutions to ensure both yourself and the local authorities are happy with the final outcome.

At Kensingtons we deal with all your sash and casement window needs throughout the Cheshire area from sash window restoration, including rot repairs and draught proofing to replacement we are your best choice to help you through this home improvement. In Cheshire particularly in larger towns there has been a lot of expansion and you may be considering improving your home by investing in new sash windows, at Kensingtons we can help you through this process step by step ensuring that you adhere to building regulations and giving your home a new look whilst improving its energy efficiency.

Denbighshire is a county in the North East of Wales and it is also claimed to be the oldest inhabited part of Wales too, it is a county of many towns and villages in varying sizes and types of houses, with quaint cottages and large period homes along with the odd castle or two and where there is a beautiful home there are beautiful windows. At Kensington-sashwindows we are experts in sash window repair and may be of service to you if you are living in the Denbighshire area and are thinking of improving your sash windows.

Wrexham is one of the largest towns in North Wales and with recent residential developments it is a town with fantastic homes ranging in size and style. One of the biggest improvements you can make to your home both aesthetically and adding value is to change or repair your windows. At Kensington sash windows we over a range of services, we are specialists in repairing your existing sash or casement windows, we can offer rot repair and draught proofing or if you are looking for complete replacement we provide a range of styles and materials.

We carry out sash window Repairs and restoration work throughout Cheshire, North Wales, Shropshire and Liverpool. If your looking to complete a repair restoration project with sash windows to either your existing sash windows, or for a whole new set then you have come to the right place. All our sash window repairs; restorations are carried out to the highest standard using the best materials available to achieve a permanent and structurally sound repair. We use a combination of epoxy resins specifically designed for the use in the timber window repair and restoration work, and are used extensively on local authority and English Heritage projects.

Wooden windows are a feature that we all have got used to seeing in many of Britain's period and historic properties, they are a beautiful feature and should be retained at all cost to maintain the history and architecture of the buildings. Period wooden windows are extremely durable and made to last the test of time, they are mainly constructed from pitch pine a type of redwood that is not available today for the mass market, the timber itself is tight-grained and full of natural tree resin, a large amount of natural resin helps stop water penetration in the sections of wooden windows and really delaying any onset of timber decay and fungal attack, this is why period sash windows can go several centuries without any remedial work being carried out unlike modern wooden sash and casement windows that will start to decay anywhere from eight years onward depending on the materials used in their construction.

Draft proofing your box sash windows is a quick and easy way to save money and energy by blocking the gaps that let warm air out and cold air in, ensuring that there is still ample ventilation. The energy savings trust states that full draft proofing of sash windows can save an average of 155 per year and from this you could save a further 60 a year by turning your thermostat down as people tend to turn their heating up as they feel colder due to draughts. Another major advantage of having draught proofing restoration or rot repair done is that you only pay 5% vat for this service as opposed to the 20% paid for other services including double glazing.

This is a splendid grade2 listed Georgian property in Parkgate on the Wirral, we fully restored and draught proofed about forty sash and casement windows. A typical Georgian property on the outskirts of Shrewsbury Shropshire, this property is getting refurbishes in small stages on this occasion we are fully restoring the two outside first floor sash windows, the one on the top left is already completed. Both top windows now complete, we did a complete paint strip and changed the glass in these two sash windows can you see how the delicate glazing bar profiles have been brought back to life.

You are probably reading this page because you are pondering what options to take to lower your energy costs, retain warmth to your home and Reduce noise pollution through your period windows, these are usually sliding sash windows or casement windows, often fitted to properties that are listed building or are in conservation areas. For those of you that live in grade II listed buildings or conservation areas your options start to get a bit more restrictive due to government regulations and local authority guidelines that require you to keep the historic time line of your period property in tact as much as practically possible.

North Wales is a large and varied area consisting of three main regions of Upper Gwynedd, Lower Gwynedd and Ynes Mn (Anglesey). It consists of magnificent mountains and rugged coast and holds two out of the three UNESCO world heritage sites in Wales, One of these sites is the Edwardian castles and town walls including Caernarfon, Beaumaris, and Conwy, Harlech. In Edwardian construction one of the key features is the traditional sliding Sash or Casement windows and with North Wales having such a wonderful heritage there are many homes that have these beautiful features and at Kensington Sash windows we are experts in sash window repair and replacement ensuring that you can retain these wonderful sash windows.