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Once again Bygone will support Macmillan with a special promotion!

Obscured glass is fast becoming a popular feature!

Bygone wishes all customers a happy Easter with new ways to win some gorgeous choclates by sending us some pictures and testimonials or following us on Twitter and liking us on Facebook.  

Read all about why our six Valentine's winners love our windows! 

Concerned about condensation?  

Read the full explanation here!

Tell us why you love Bygone sash windows for a chance to win a sweet treat!

Find out how your home, your family and your health could benefit from sash windows.

Bygone says Thank You with a very special, Festive, Season Offer!

 

Read how you can get John Lewis vouchers when you order beautiful new sash windows from any of the 3 Bygone ranges, Melody, Harmony or Symphony. 

Masterframe the manufacturers behind Bygone, recently hosted a Macmillan coffee morning at their Head Office in Witham on 26th September.

 

The entire team from the office and factory attended this event to make their contribution by baking cakes and making their donations.

English Heritage have recently produced new draft Good Practice Advice that when finalised, will become highly influential to how local planning authorities deal with proposed changes in Conservation Areas and Listed Buildings.

 

Our Town Planning Advisor looks at the role of this Advice, and considers the likely impact on those wanting to install replacement double glazing?

 

Today, Bygone hosted a coffee morning for Macmillan and the entire team from the Head Office and  factory got together to raise money for this worthy cause.  There were some beautiful cakes on offer and three worthy winners of the Best Cake Compettion.

 

 

 

As individuals, there are few people who can say that their lives have not been touched by Cancer in any way.   As a company, the Directors and staff at Masterframe are no exception having lost a dear team member a year ago.  

Let’s face, some older replacement PVC sash windows are nothing short of an embarrassment!

Ever since sash windows began to grace the elegant homes of Georgian properties, sight lines have played an important part of their design.

 

Today Bygone Symphony sash windows have the slimmest lower rail for top sashes available in the UK, and the strongest!  

When Period Living decided to run the best of British campaign it was obvious to us that we should participate because our traditional sash windows are made bespoke to your precise instructions and have been commended across the country, indeed most people do not believe the quality, style or design that are standard features of our sash windows

Bygone sash windows just got a whole lot prettier with the slimmest rail for the top pane of sash windows, since the Georgian period.

 

Standard on Symphony, optional on Harmony, our slimmest rail balances the aesthetics beautifully, making them even more indistinguishable from the period window counterparts.

As manufacturers of sash windows we explore the trend towards triple glazing and ask if the extra costs and additional complexity, offers anything benefits that standard energy efficient double glazing, cannot offer.

When you are looking to make changes, conservation officers often demand that they’re in keeping with the period and character of the property, which can in turn make it difficult to find the right materials which create the authentic look of the original windows, yet offer all the modern day benefits like warmth and security.

This 100 year old mid terraced property in Essex has been awarded ‘superhome’ status, due to its very low carbon footprint and PVC-u sash windows that go unoticed.

This latest post runs through three of the many benefits the quality double glazed sash windows we supply and install here at Bygone can offer to your property.