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Modern building and insulating materials are a "game changer" when it comes to constructing a solid replacement roof over your existing conservatory.
Due to the technological advancement in producing lightweight components it is now possible to improve your old inefficient conservatory roof, with it's noisy polycarbonate roof sheets, that makes your conservatory too hot in the summer, and too cold in the winter!
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stephencrumly
Sep 18, 20181 min read
PVC-U Vertical Sliding Windows
The sash windows on this East Oxford Victorian terraced house were worn out. The frames were decaying, the putty was failing and the...
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stephencrumly
Sep 10, 20181 min read
Admiral Windows & Conservatories showrooms at Chilton
Thinking of improving your home? If you’re in or near South Oxfordshire, why not come and visit the Admiral Windows & Conservatories...
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stephencrumly
Aug 24, 20181 min read
News from the Chilton show-site
If you’ve visited our Chilton showrooms at a weekend then you’ve probably met Megan, who has been working for us while completing her MA...
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stephencrumly
Aug 7, 20182 min read
I can has catflap
As well as carrying out major building and fenestration work in homes, in businesses and in public institutions across Oxfordshire (and a...
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stephencrumly
Jul 13, 20181 min read
Jules Rimet still gleaming
Turned out to be a Wednesday of woe – but there’s still the strong possibility of giving the Belgian side a good spanking tomorrow. In...
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stephencrumly
Jun 19, 20181 min read
Installation of bi-folding doors: a time-lapse video
Watch as we replace a pair of French doors and side windows with new uPVC bi-folding doors. You’ll see that the installation was...
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stephencrumly
Jun 5, 20181 min read
Music for conservatories
Goethe called architecture ‘frozen music’. Okay, he was likely discussing the grand Baroque architecture of his period – and the quote...
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stephencrumly
May 21, 20182 min read
Building a conservatory
We were contacted by a customer who lives near Steeple Claydon in Buckinghamshire, who wanted to extend their living space. Following a...
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stephencrumly
May 18, 20181 min read
Marquand Window
If only Henry G. Marquand would have come to Admiral, he could’ve had the real thing. As it was, he had to make do with a sketch. This...
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stephencrumly
May 4, 20182 min read
Days out in Oxfordshire – Oxford Bus Museum
As a well-established Oxfordshire home improvement company, we’re often contacted by people who are in the process of moving to our area...
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stephencrumly
Apr 25, 20182 min read
Close the door, light the light
Your front door is a major part of visitors’ first impressions of your home. The door that you choose should match the style of your...
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stephencrumly
Apr 10, 20182 min read
Designing in light – part 2
While our business is focused on windows doors and conservatories, at Admiral we are interested in all aspects of home improvement. This...
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stephencrumly
Apr 4, 20181 min read
Conservatory roofs – G values and U values explained
The U-value is the overall heat-transfer coefficient; a numerical expression of the calculation (W/m2 K) Watts per square meter times...
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stephencrumly
Mar 28, 20181 min read
Roofline makeover
Hopefully, we’re just about through the snow and gales of winter’s extended hangover, and we’ve caught up on our sleep following the...
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stephencrumly
Mar 12, 20182 min read
Selling your house? Eight tips to improve the appeal of an older conservatory
If you are about to move house, you will want to maximise your home’s appeal to potential buyers. How will you highlight an older...
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stephencrumly
Mar 7, 20182 min read
Conservatories for health and wellbeing
Humans consistently show preferences for natural landscapes and features (Orians and Heerwagen, 1992; see also Falk and Balling, 2010)....
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stephencrumly
Jun 28, 20171 min read
Self-cleaning glass
Many of our customers ask us to fit self-cleaning glass to their conservatory roofs. The self-cleaning properties of Pilkington ‘Activ’...
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