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Amelie

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We are having (hopefully to cover all bases)a selection of big grown men and just out of pube good looking young ones (hurraaaay!) coming round at 8.30 in the morn to fit new windows. What do i need to do in the way of prep- obviously i don't mean me, i mean the house. They never said anything, so do they work form outside or something:confused:

I don't want to spend the day moving everything in the the middle of all rooms to fnd i didn't need to.
 
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They'll probably work both inside and out.
Obv you should clear all the sills and the areas around the windows so they can gain access. Most of them (if it's sealed unit double glazing you're having) are lifted in from outside though, so no real need to move furniture. It'll get pretty dusty though so you might wanna chuck sheets over stuff. Also whilst they can normally remove old windows intact sometimes they break when being pulled so you might want to be prepared for the odd bit of broken glass.
If you've got dormers it's worth getting ready to clean out gutters, sweep down roofs etc. I am still finding bits of broken glass in gutters from when mine were done, and high winds blow the odd missed bit off the roof onto the garden.
Only other thing i'd suggest is make sure the frames & surrounds on the inside are as clear and accessible as poss. Again if it's sealed units they will whip round & mastic them in. I had to do stuff i hadn't thought of like removing shower rails etc so they could get the mastic gun in.
It's a bit of a pain, and won't be much fun if it's raining, but not too much hassle normally.
 
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Sheikh Yerbouti said:
They'll probably work both inside and out.
Obv you should clear all the sills and the areas around the windows so they can gain access. Most of them (if it's sealed unit double glazing you're having) are lifted in from outside though, so no real need to move furniture. It'll get pretty dusty though so you might wanna chuck sheets over stuff. Also whilst they can normally remove old windows intact sometimes they break when being pulled so you might want to be prepared for the odd bit of broken glass.
If you've got dormers it's worth getting ready to clean out gutters, sweep down roofs etc. I am still finding bits of broken glass in gutters from when mine were done, and high winds blow the odd missed bit off the roof onto the garden.
Only other thing i'd suggest is make sure the frames & surrounds on the inside are as clear and accessible as poss. Again if it's sealed units they will whip round & mastic them in. I had to do stuff i hadn't thought of like removing shower rails etc so they could get the mastic gun in.
It's a bit of a pain, and won't be much fun if it's raining, but not too much hassle normally.
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:eek: God, thats quite hardcore. I was thinking that taking down the curtains was a hassle. I wonder why they didn't tell me any of this. They're not replacing the wooden bits on the inside, just the windows themsleves- so i kinda thought that perhaps it would be a simple pop the old one out, pop the new one in. I know the french door thingies on the back is going to be hard work as they have to knock a big hole and shiz. Its going to be terrible as i am not allowed to have the heating on as it is due to very big bill that we got in the post yesterday. I shall be froz all day!

Jonno wanted to break a few of the windows tonight for fun the frikkin violent gimp.
 
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Its going to be terrible as i am not allowed to have the heating on as it is due to very big bill that we got in the post yesterday. I shall be froz all day!
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Lol, darn right, it's not Christmas anymore so no heating :(
 
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if it's just the glazing they're doing you'll have no such worries.
if they're removing frames as well then see above.
a lot of it will depend what type of windows you've currently got.
When mine were done the inside sills were replaced as well, but i don't think that added too much to the hassle/dust factor.
I had disgusting ally-framed single-glazed jobbies which apparently are a bugger to remove cos they're fixed into the brickwork with steel pins. Lots of banging hammers & chisels & swearing to get them out, but yours might not be that bad. Amazing how much they will bend before the glass pane goes :)
Keeping kiddiwinks well out of the way is a given, obviously.

If you're having french doors, the only thing to watch really is that they don't knack the damp course when they're knocking the brickwork out. My lot did, but I just distracted the building standards bloke when he did his inspection & got the certificate OK.

Are they gonna make good plasterwork and stuff inside once the french doors go in? If so they should also fit a threshold board (like a windowsill) between the bottom of the french doors & the floorboards. Again, my lot didn't, I had to do it myself afterwards. It was a ball-ache and is a bit of a lashup but looks OK thankfully.

Mine were fitted by a mate in the trade though so I'm sure the crafty fucker cut corners.
 


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