http://www.engels.co.uk/news/ The latest news about Engels en-us admin@engels.co.uk (Engels) admin@engels.co.uk (Engels) http://www.engels.co.uk/images/logo.jpg http://www.engels.co.uk/news/ 144 46 Engels Logo In the early 1990's with the biggest mortgage they could obtain and very little money to spare, Paul and Roxanne Willard bought a large run down family house in need of total refurbishment near the city centre of Chichester. Paul recalls the first night in their new home, ";I remember lying in bed wide awake in the middle of the night, basking in the sodium glow from the street light outside, we had no curtains and the windows rattled at the slightest breeze, I remember thinking, oh my god what have we done? We've moved from a modern comfortable home into an old, damp, draughty house with dodgy electrics and the noisiest heating system I'd ever heard and we're up to our necks in debt for the privilege!!" It took them several years of planning and hard work to complete the modernisation and extensions to the house. Once completed by 2000,... http://www.engels.co.uk/news/1/a-green-house-in-the-garden/ Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:00:01 GMT http://www.engels.co.uk/news/1/a-green-house-in-the-garden/ Infinite Technical Possibilities Over the years, wooden joinery has seen considerable change. From the Seventies until the middle of the Eighties standard-sized frames were the "by word". Later, until about 1995, made to measure largely replaced standardisation. Since then, a new trend appeared, showing a more and more enlightened aesthetic approach. Project managers are increasingly aware that the external joinery allows individuality. In fact the windows can be described as the "eyes of a house" and determine the character of its "look". No longer does anyone question the fact that external joinery needs to comply with a set standard for acoustic and thermal insulation, watertightness and wind resistance, as well as burglar-proofing. It is the styles and colours that allow individuality and can introduce specific architectural characteristics. Contrary to popular belief style and technology are not incompatible. Engels as a manufacturer of windows and doors has managed to combine the two... http://www.engels.co.uk/news/2/engels-external-joinery-durable-easier-to-maintain/ Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:00:01 GMT http://www.engels.co.uk/news/2/engels-external-joinery-durable-easier-to-maintain/