Double Glazing in Chigwell

The before photograph shows the original timber bay on this rendered Chigwell frontage, its paint weathered back to bare wood, with the small-pane glazing pattern still running right around the curve. The window on the floor above carried the same pattern.

The replacement holds the curve and repeats that bar pattern in white uPVC, across the bay and the upper window together. It is the harder version of this job. A flat run of casements would have been quicker to fit and would have taken the shape out of the front of the house.

Five photographs record this Chigwell casement installation from the front, side and wider garden-facing angles. The rosewood finish is repeated across the visible openings rather than used as an isolated accent.

Repeating one finish across every opening is what makes a multi-window job read as a single piece of work rather than a set of separate replacements. The front, side and garden angles show how the frames meet the cills and reveals.

This Chigwell pair shows the entrance before and after a black composite door was installed. The finished door keeps a white outer frame, with bright metal hardware and a glazed top panel set within the black slab.

Both photographs are of the same entrance, so the change in proportion, glazing and hardware can be read directly rather than inferred.

This Chigwell photograph records an anthracite uPVC sliding sash window installed within a red-brick elevation. The darker frame gives the opening definition while the vertically balanced format retains the familiar sash-window proportion.

Sliding sash suits this elevation because the opening is taller than it is wide. A side-hung casement of the same size would swing a large sash out over the path below it.

Photographed from roof level, this Chigwell installation shows an anthracite flat rooflight set onto its prepared kerb. The perimeter and roof covering remain visible, which makes the image more useful than a cropped product-only view.

A flat rooflight keeps the external profile restrained while bringing daylight into the room below. The final specification depends on the opening, kerb, roof fall and access confirmed during the survey.

This Chigwell roof-level photograph records a white hipped aluminium lantern installed above a flat roof. The full lantern, upstand and surrounding roof covering remain visible, so its scale and position can be judged in context.

The raised four-sided form differs clearly from a flat rooflight. Final dimensions, glazing and kerb requirements are confirmed against the individual roof during survey.