The old windows have to go somewhere
Replacing glazing is one of the better things you can do to a house. It still produces a skip's worth of frames, and we are responsible for those.
What happens to what we take out
Old uPVC frames are separated on site, the glass and metal removed, and the profile sent for recycling rather than landfill. uPVC can be reprocessed roughly ten times before the material degrades, which means a frame taken out of a house in Bedgrove this month can be back in production as new profile within the year.
Sealed units go to a glass processor. Timber frames, where they are sound, occasionally find a second life; where they are not, they are chipped. Lead and aluminium go to a metals merchant, and the proceeds go into the staff fund rather than the accounts.
The practical measures
- A-rated glazing as standard, with A++ and triple glazing available on every uPVC range
- Old frames separated on site and recycled, not skipped whole
- Manufacture within the UK, keeping delivery mileage down
- Route-planned installations so vans cover a district in a week rather than crossing the county daily
- Packaging returned to suppliers for reuse where they operate a take-back scheme
The honest part
Replacing serviceable windows purely for efficiency rarely pays back within their lifetime on carbon alone. If your existing double glazing is twenty years old but sound, we will tell you that draught-proofing, a repair or a single failed unit swap is the better answer. That conversation costs us work and saves you money, which is roughly how we would like to be judged.
