Ayrton work throughout all conservation areas
in London and specialise in meeting
their specific requirements.
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Replacing windows in a conservation area can be a muddle of rules and regulations. But there needn’t be any drama – period – when choosing Ayrton to create your new window. We know that like-for-like replacements may require very accurate design and build to satisfy the planning regulations.
Ayrton has considerable experience of replacing windows in conservation areas and listed buildings. We can give advice to homeowners who are approaching planning departments and provide design detail to support the complex processes.
Our expert sales team is here to assist with your project. Need an initial estimate? Looking for guidance on your next steps? Want to see our products firsthand? We’re ready to help and show you around our friendly showrooms.
We prefer to conduct a site visit whenever possible to provide thorough and professional advice, covering all London postcodes and beyond. During a visit, our sales team will discuss the scope of work with you and explain Ayrton’s approach, including details about the materials we use, our fitting methods, our factory and business operations. The more questions you have for us the better! We take initial measurements to prepare a precise quotation for you.
If you haven’t already visited one of our showrooms, we encourage you to do so while you consider your quote. Our showrooms are useful spaces to explore our product range and get a feel for what you are investing in. Alternatively, our sales team can share locations of local Ayrton installations for you to inspect, or you can speak directly with one of our clients to hear firsthand about their Ayrton experience.
Following a deposit paid, our work starts with a detailed survey of your property to ensure we design with precision and your windows (or doors) are built to fit their apertures.
We know that listed buildings and homes in certain conservation areas require any new windows to match the original design and materials of the existing ones. We are the experts when it comes to bespoke windows for heritage homes – not only can we create windows that conform to planning regulations, but we can advise with the design and application process, too.
Making your brand-new window or door is only part of the job. Ensuring that the product is fitted precisely and securely is important. All our fitters are Ayrton employees, and it’s their job to make sure that they get that perfect fit with minimum fuss. Our head installers have worked with us for many years – they are skilled, attentive, experienced working in period homes. They will responsibly remove your old window and door, fit the new one, and take extra care to ensure your home is tidy and protected at the same time. Look at our Google reviews to see glowing comments regarding our fitters!
No – Ayrton specialises in full replacement of windows and doors only.
The lead time varies depending on the product you select, as well as the scale and complexity of your project. Since everything we manufacture is custom-made and tailored to your specifications, you can typically expect a lead time of 12-14 weeks from paying your deposit. Our sales team will provide specific advice based on your individual requirements.
Ayrton specialises exclusively in timber, offering unmatched expertise in replicating traditional details. We do not work with other materials like uPVC, aluminium, or Crittall. Our fitters are highly skilled joiners, ensuring that timber, the most durable and authentic choice for London property windows and doors, is used throughout our projects.
We use a Meranti hardwood on external cills, the rest of unit being an engineered redwood (Latvian pine) engineered using the glue and laminate process – 4 pieces of timber glued and laminated parallel to each other. Our factory with 60 years of experience has found this to be the best method for window and door manufacturing as hardwood clearly has its advantages with standing water whilst engineered redwood (pine) is beneficial to counteract against movement that naturally comes with timber, this is the same combination we use on around 4,000 windows & doors and windows a year.
The builder’s quote will almost certainly be significantly cheaper than our offering, but this is for a very good reason! So often than not, a builder will outsource and not invest into the best quality wood, glazing and security locks, or offer aftercare.
Our approach is always timber full replacement and replicating original timber doors like-for-like. We specialise in paying close attention to detail such as the traditional profiles, glazing bars, arches, cills and architraves. By replacing everything in its entirety we can offer you a lifetime guarantee and a thermally efficient solution that looks fantastic and in keeping with the property.
Why we do not recommend part replacement:
- When you are bonding new timber with old timber – new timber will settle at a completely different rate to the old timber, what this means is in two years or so when the new timber settles it settles at a completely different rate to the old timber and this eventually becomes an aftercare nightmare.
- Trying to fit perfectly straight timber sashes into old boxes that have moved simply do not fit. This leads poor draught exclusion and more friction in sliding.
- Old boxes are made to hold single glazed units. Thin double-glazed units that are squeezed into old boxes will not provide you with the thermal efficiency of a full replacement.
- Read the fine print when it comes to guarantees and aftercare, they are often non-existent. We often see people buy windows & doors twice, part replacement is an easy sell because of price and profit margins are greater with this approach. Part replacement is appealing when looking at the numbers and that is where it ends.
No, we specialize exclusively in external windows and doors. While we can manufacture internal doors, they are constructed to external specifications, including toughened double glazing and multi-point locking security, which typically makes them less suitable for internal use.
Ayrton specialises exclusively in timber, offering unmatched expertise in replicating traditional details. We do not work with other materials like uPVC, aluminium, or Crittall. Our fitters are highly skilled joiners, ensuring that timber, the most durable and authentic choice for London property windows and doors, is used throughout our projects.
Yes, our fitters will repair any damage caused to your plasterwork to a pre-decorative standard. Typically, there will be 5-10cm of disruption to the plasterwork, which our fitters will repair. Please note that this repair is done to a pre-decorative standard, so final paint touch-ups on your walls will be necessary either by a third party or by yourself if you are comfortable with painting.
Yes, Ayrton works throughout all conservation areas in London and specialises in meeting their specific requirements.
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