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Overhead glazing solutions

|Date: 19 May, 2020

Overhead glazing solutions

Quickslide’s Adrian Barraclough shares the latest in overhead glazing. A significant change in recent yea ...

Quickslide’s Adrian Barraclough shares the latest in overhead glazing. A significant change in recent years has been the broadening of demand for overhead glazing solutions. Where once all that was ge ...

19 May, 2020
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Garden door options from Quickslide

|Date: 31 March, 2020

Garden door options from Quickslide

Quickslide’s Adrian Barraclough guides you through the latest garden door options. Where once there was j ...

Quickslide’s Adrian Barraclough guides you through the latest garden door options. Where once there was just the perennial white aluminium sliding patio door, now there are sliders, bi-folds and Frenc ...

31 March, 2020
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Choosing the right resi doors

|Date: 27 February, 2020

Choosing the right resi doors

Quickslide’s Adrian Barraclough on the doors that get the biggest bang for your customer’s buck. Adding a ...

Quickslide’s Adrian Barraclough on the doors that get the biggest bang for your customer’s buck. Adding a bright new front door can make a huge difference to how a home looks and performs, and for ver ...

27 February, 2020
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Top tips on choosing glass for windows and doors

|Date: 10 December, 2019

Top tips on choosing glass for windows and doors

Quickslide's Adrian Barraclough advises on selecting the right glass. Up to now my guess is that most of ...

Quickslide's Adrian Barraclough advises on selecting the right glass. Up to now my guess is that most of the time you have been quite happy to use the glass supplied by your window supplier. And indee ...

10 December, 2019
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Key considerations when recommending a garden door

|Date: 29 July, 2019

Key considerations when recommending a garden door

Quickslide's Adrian Barraclough advises on garden door installation. This summer it seems we will get a f ...

Quickslide's Adrian Barraclough advises on garden door installation. This summer it seems we will get a few days of sunshine when we want to throw the doors and windows open and let some rays into our ...

29 July, 2019
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Top tips on surveying for windows and doors

|Date: 20 June, 2019

Top tips on surveying for windows and doors

Quickslide's Adrian Barraclough takes a look at surveying for windows and doors. I have seen so many wind ...

Quickslide's Adrian Barraclough takes a look at surveying for windows and doors. I have seen so many window and door installations that were ruined well before the frames were even made, because of po ...

20 June, 2019
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Sourcing traditional and heritage windows

|Date: 28 May, 2019

Sourcing traditional and heritage windows

Quickslide's Adrian Barraclough talks about the rise of heritage-style windows. Heritage windows are popu ...

Quickslide's Adrian Barraclough talks about the rise of heritage-style windows. Heritage windows are popular - those that accurately replicate the original styles installed in genuine period homes, or ...

28 May, 2019
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Step-by-step: installing Quickslide bi-fold doors

|Date: 29 April, 2019

Step-by-step: installing Quickslide bi-fold doors

Quickslide guides you through an installation of its bi-fold doors. The popularity of bi-folding doors co ...

Quickslide guides you through an installation of its bi-fold doors. The popularity of bi-folding doors continues, and they are likely to be on the shopping list of many homeowners for whom you build g ...

29 April, 2019
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Quick tips on choosing a new supplier

|Date: 21 March, 2019

Quick tips on choosing a new supplier

Quickslide's advice on what to look for when sourcing a new supplier. Nobody likes change. And that’s esp ...

Quickslide's advice on what to look for when sourcing a new supplier. Nobody likes change. And that’s especially true of builders who have been using the same window and door supplier for years. Stick ...

21 March, 2019
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A quick guide to window regulations

|Date: 26 February, 2019

A quick guide to window regulations

In the first of a new series, Quickslide’s Adrian Barraclough offers an at-a-glance list of the UK regs f ...

In the first of a new series, Quickslide’s Adrian Barraclough offers an at-a-glance list of the UK regs for windows and doors. The Government has created Competent Person Schemes for certain trades. A ...

26 February, 2019
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