When you decide that an aluminium rooflight is the perfect addition to your project, surely finding the best supplier is all that needs to be done? So what are the benefits and pitfalls you must look out for?
LIGHT FANTASTIC Tracey Jackson, business development manager for Howells Patent Glazing explains why aluminium rooflights will be a feature in post-pandemic home design. Over the past six months, most of our homes have changed beyond all recognition, becoming offices, gyms and classrooms. Unfortunately, some were left wanting, exposed as impractical spaces for this …
Howells Patent Glazing is pleased to announce the launch of its new glass rafter rooflight, Ultraline which was unveiled at FIT Show 2019. Designed to maximise daylight, Ultraline allows for larger expanses of glass. Each joint is supported by a glass rafter, or fin, which reinforces the structure without breaking the sightline. The low-pitch …
I am in the process of buying a new house, or ‘the light house project’ as I like to call it. It should be an exciting time I know, but the process is more likely to make you bald than happy. What is it that makes us fall in love with a house and …
With the costs involved in moving house endlessly increasing, and the stress involved in doing so being no secret, it is no surprise that so many people choose to extend or modify their homes rather than sell them. Our experts have put together their top tips on how to really add value to a home …
You want to extend your living space, but do not want compromise the available space in your existing home or garden? Sound familiar? Add in the budget scenario and you have a potential recipe for disaster… What if there was a solution that offered you the potential to do all these things but …
A very big problem is faced currently in the home with ever rising heating costs, which only seem to get worse with each year. The best option is for the homeowner to tackle the root of the problem and that is HEAT LOSS. Where is the heat escaping and how to minimize it. It is …
PLANNING AN EXTENSION OR SMALL PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT? DON’T KNOW WHERE TO START? STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS AND HOW TO GUIDE: It is one thing to have the vision to ‘see’ how changes to a building could enhance the construction, but another thing …
We all ask ourselves this question every now and again: “Is it worth adding value with home improvements?” With the eye-watering cost to move house, not to mention the stress involved, it is no surprise that so many of us choose to extend or modify our homes rather than sell, but what actually adds the …
