Beauty and function with timber windows
AS one of the most important decisions you will make for your home, choosing the most appropriate windows and doors is likely to take both time and research.
Walk down any street in England and you can tell whether the doors and windows of a home really suit the structure of the building. When the windows are wrong, it is obvious, but when they have been chosen well, or the original style preserved, the effect is simply beautiful.
Doing the right thing by your home, along with enhancing its value and beauty, are the virtues upon which Timber Windows at Harewood prides itself. The natural splendour and character that windows and doors in real timber offer is simply unrivalled compared to alternative materials, and the collection is engineered to eliminate the problems associated with wooden windows and doors of old; they will not rot, warp or twist, require little maintenance and have high levels of security and insulation to ensure there is no need to sacrifice beauty for comfort.
The Timber Windows range has adaptability in its favour too. When it comes to traditional, authentic replication, nothing can compare to a sash window with faithfully moulded Georgian bars finished in a shade of off-white or cream, yet take the same material, give the moulds an angular finish or remove the bars completely to maximise the glazing, select an anthracite or London grey, then apply this to neat flush casement windows, French, bi-folding or patio doors and you can have a simply stunning and entirely contemporary appearance.
Correctly designed and specified windows and doors have the power to transform the appearance of a home, and Timber Windows at Harewood has been able to help create very many stunning homes to the delight of the homeowners.
One such example is that of Mr and Mrs Coates who transformed their new-build property in Filey, replacing white uPVC mock-sash windows and doors with the real thing; elegant tent grey timber sash windows and various external doors.
The Coates were very pleased with the end result, commenting that the new items “increased the feeling of space and light into the rooms, have enhanced and softened the house, and that the colour and design allow it to blend into the landscape.”
The story of homeowners replacing uPVC with timber is now common place; it used to be plastic was seen as the choice to make, but this has been turned on its head as many realise the natural choice offers character, warmth and durability. Mr and Mrs Anderson of Leeds fit this description with their 19th century stone built house, with which they inherited a glum, white uPVC front door when they moved in. Looking for a traditional timber door they made a visit to the showroom, took lots of time to assess the options and chose an Oxford blue Chadlington design with brass fittings and a pointed semiGothic top light. They said: “The door had
Timber Windows has been able to help create very many
stunning homes.