Casement Windows in Leicester and Leicestershire

Why casement windows are specified the way they are

A casement is the window most people picture when they think of a window, which is exactly why it is the one most often specified carelessly. The decisions that matter are how many sashes open, where the hinge sits, how heavy the glass will be and whether the sightline suits the front of the house. Get those four right and the window disappears into the building.

The specification we fit as standard

An outer frame with a fixed light and one or more opening sashes hung on stainless friction stays. The stay is the part that decides how the window behaves in year ten, so we fit stays rated for the sash weight rather than the size band below it. Shootbolt locks engaging at multiple points up the leading edge, key locking handles as standard, and hinge protection on any sash large enough to be reached from a flat roof or bin store. The compression seal on a casement is the reason it outperforms a slider. When the sash closes it squeezes onto a double gasket, so the air leakage figure is genuinely low even in wind.

• Stainless friction stays sized to the sash weight, not the price band
• Escape hinges fitted where a room needs a means of escape opening
• Key locking handles and shootbolt locking on every opener
• Two identical sized casements can be a hundred pounds apart purely on opener count. We price the arrangement you actually use, and will tell you on survey which openers earn their place.
• We survey casements with a tape and a note about the room. A bedroom needs an escape opening. A bathroom needs ventilation without a wide open sash. A dining room facing a path needs an opener that does not swing across it. That conversation takes ten minutes and it is the difference between a window that is used and one that stays shut.