New windows, driveway and patio for a period home
New windows and doors, a new driveway, and a garden rebuilt around a stone patio and a timber-framed pergola with a slate roof — one project, front to back.
- New windows and doors installed
- New driveway across the front
- New patio and a slate-roofed timber pergola
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At a glance
- Property
- Period red-brick home
- Glazing
- New windows and doors
- Driveway
- Gravel, edged in granite setts
- Patio
- Sandstone paving
- Pergola
- Timber frame with a slate roof
- Type of work
The brief
Three jobs that are usually three firms
Windows, a driveway and a garden are normally three quotes from three companies, done in whatever order they happen to turn up. Here they were one project: new windows and doors, a new drive across the front, and the back garden rebuilt around a patio.
It is a period brick house with white-painted gables, so the windows had to look the part — and the work outside had to look as though it belonged to the same house.
What we did
From the kerb to the back fence
At the front, the new drive is gravel held in by a granite sett edge. The new windows include white sliding sashes that tilt inwards for cleaning — the right style for a house of this age.
At the back, a sandstone patio runs along the house to a timber-framed pergola with a hipped slate roof and a boarded ceiling. It is big enough for a dining table, and solid enough to hang a chandelier from.
Scope of works
- New windows and doors installed
- New driveway
- New patio
- Timber-framed garden pergola with a slate roof
Gallery
Front drive to back garden
The front of the house, the new windows up close, and the patio and pergola.
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What made the difference
Three things worth knowing about this job
Sashes that tilt
White sliding sash windows that tilt inwards to clean.
A drive that stays put
Gravel contained by a granite sett edge.
An outdoor room
A slate-roofed pergola over the table, on a sandstone patio.
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The services behind this project
Each of these has its own page, with the options, the detail and the questions people usually ask.
Sash Windows
Vertically sliding sashes that keep the proportions of a period home, with modern balances, draught seals and locking built in.
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Driveways & Patios
Block paving, resin and slabs, laid on a base that will not sink — with the drainage worked out first.
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Back Doors
A working door that takes daily abuse. Solid, secure and glazed to suit — half panel, full panel or obscure.
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Free quotations
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Book a free, no-obligation survey and we’ll tell you what’s involved — or come and talk it through at the East Grinstead showroom.