online_searching
A friend of mine is an Interior Designer. Actually, she’ll turn her hand to outside as well! She will offer advice and oversee the installation of anything from a towel rail to a curtain pole, dishwasher to double glazing. She told me the other day that when it came to the latter (double glazing) she prefers to do research for her clients online. Because the products were not for her own personal use, but her clients, she felt she would be able to “avoid the pestering double glazing salesman”. That said, she has managed to compile a list of great online sites that offer double glazing quotes, windows, doors and installations.
www.anglianhome.co.uk – one of the big boys, but might be pricey.
www.safestyle-windows.co.uk – often have great special offers
www.everest.co.uk – another large and well established firm
www.weatherseal.co.uk – another company most people have heard of
TESCO – a bit of a surprise, but apparently this supermarket giant is about to hit the high streets and break the “pan barrier” for double glazing.
www.national-double-glazing.co.uk, www.crystalwindows.co.uk and www.conservatoryoutlet.co.uk are just three others on my friend’s Interior Design list. Meanwhile, Homebase offers a good selection of double glazed doors online and assures you your credit card information will be completely protected.
If you are lucky enough to have the money to employ an Interior Designer, they will undoubtedly take a lot of the “sting” out of choosing and installing double glazing. Buying online is something best done by an expert, not by an enthusiastic DIY-er.
