Berkshire· Supplied & fitted, or supplied only
Sliding sash windows in Reading
Street after street of Victorian terraces built for the town's industries, and a lot of them still have the original window pattern.
What is built in Reading
Reading's Victorian expansion left one of the largest terraced stocks in the county, built for people working in the biscuit, brewing and seed trades, running out through east and west Reading in long consistent streets of two and three storey houses with tall sash windows and bays. Around the university and the centre a high proportion is rented or in multiple occupation. Beyond the Victorian belt there is interwar and postwar housing in every direction, and several conservation areas covering the better preserved terraced streets.
What that means for your windows
Terraced streets are where a replacement is most visible and most worth getting right, because the front elevation is a continuous run and one window out of proportion is obvious the length of the road. Keeping the pane divisions and a slim sightline is the whole job visually. Practically, this stock is solid walled and loses heat everywhere, so an A plus rating and a frame that fills the opening properly makes a real difference, and acoustic glass is worth pricing on the busier roads.
Two ways to buy in Reading
Reading is inside the area our own fitting teams cover, so you can have the whole job done by one company. You can also buy the windows on their own if you have a builder already, which is how most trade customers order.
- Supplied and fitted. We survey your openings before anything is ordered, so the sizes are our responsibility rather than yours. Our own teams fit, take the old windows away and make good the plaster line, and you get a FENSA certificate and an insurance-backed guarantee on completion.
- Supplied only. You send a schedule of sizes, choose the colour, glass, hardware and glazing bar layout, and the windows are delivered kerbside for your own fitter. Popular with builders, developers, self-builders and landlords. On a supply-only order the sizes are yours, because nobody from our side has seen the openings.
1.3 W/m²K as standard, 1.2 with enhanced glazing.
Secured by Design available, satisfying Document Q.
Equivalent to gusts of up to around 115mph.
Plus our workmanship where we have fitted them.
Questions we get asked in Reading
Do you supply landlords with multiple properties in Reading?
Yes, and it is common here. Send one schedule covering every property and it is priced as a whole, with phased delivery where the works are staged. Supply only gives you full control of colour, glass, hardware and glazing bar layout against the sizes you provide, and your own contractor installs them.
Are the windows made from recycled material?
The frames use recycled PVC-U, and 100 per cent of post-industrial waste from production is returned into the production process rather than discarded. It is worth knowing if you are reporting on a development or answering a specification question about material provenance.
Nearby
We cover these areas from the same teams:
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Get a quote for Reading
Send a photograph of the front of the property and roughly how many windows are involved, and we will tell you what is realistic before anyone comes out. For a supply-only order, send your schedule of sizes.
Call 0800 861 1450, message us on WhatsApp, or email info@sashwindowfactory.co.uk.