A window restrictor is a small piece of hardware with a big job. It lets a window open far enough... read more →
Picture a homeowner standing at the end of their path on a dreich November afternoon, holding a colour swatch against... read more →
Stand at the front door of a primary school at 8.45 on a wet Monday and count. Parents, pupils, buggies,... read more →
A joiner fits a run of new bedroom windows in a 1970s semi. They are the right size, they look... read more →
The first hard frost arrives, and the back door that shut with one hand in September now needs a shoulder... read more →
The sandstone house in Dumfries dated from 1867, and it had 21 single-glazed timber sash windows, many of them painted... read more →
The scaffold is coming down on plot 14, the plasterers are booked for Monday, and the windows for the next... read more →
It usually starts with an extension. The walls are up, there's a three or four metre opening at the back... read more →
Picture a fourth-floor flat in a refurbished block in Glasgow. The tenant wants clean windows, the housing association doesn't want... read more →
A joiner measuring up for a new front door gets asked the same thing on almost every job: "Should I... read more →