Change sash cords for the summer

What better time to have a fully functioning, easy to use Sash Window than in summer. It is a time when you want to be opening your windows to let the summery sun and light breeze in without having to battle with a sash window new or old that has a broken sash cord and is not running smoothly.

Silver Saints - London handyman service are pro's at changing sash cords. In fact we are so confident in our ability to quickly and efficiently change sash window cords that we offer a fixed labour price.

Replace one inner sash window cord - £65+VAT
Replace one outer sash window cord - £75+VAT
Replace both inner sash window cords - £75+VAT
Replace both outer sash window cords - £95+VAT

The above charges don't include the the new cord but sash cord very rarely costs more than five to eight pounds per window.

Why not also take advantage of our draught proofing service in preparation for next winter. Seal the draught and cold out and the heat in for an extra £60+vat per window if done at the same time as changing your cords. (Normally £95+vat per window if done on its own).

We hope this summer lives up to expectations and there is good reason for you to want your sash windows working properly.

Silver Saints - London's handyman service - 02070999199.

Sash window draught proofing

Silver Saints - London handyman service. We have recently added sash window draught proofing to the wide range of handyman jobs we take on in London. Our handymen have years of experience working with sash windows and we have come to realise that there is a demand (especially as winter closes in) for draught proofing of sash windows.

We offer a professional and complete draught proofing service that does not cost the earth. Most draught proofing companies prefer to renovate the entire window which can become both timely and costly whereas we offer a straightforward draught proofing service which will vastly improve the weatherproofing on all areas of the existing sash window.

We offer a fixed price for draught proofing so you no exactly what you're in for.

- £95+vat per window.

If you need your sash window cords changed at the same time we charge an extra £8+vat per window that we are draughtproofing.

Sash window draught proofing is just one of the many specialist tasks we take on, we not give our friendly and experienced operations team a call on 02070999199 or visit our London handyman service website to book your Silver Saint today.

Replacing sash cords

Silver Saints - London handyman service takes on a huge variety of jobs around the office and home. One of the more specialist tasks we do on a regular basis is replacing broken sash cords and spring balances.

Changing a sash cord or spring balance is a simple task for one of our multi skilled handymen who have changed thousands of cords between them. A spring balance is mainly used in modern PVC windows and is a neat alternative to a sash cord. The function is identical though having a spring balance as apposed to sash cords eliminates the need to have weights in the window frame as the balance is a tensioned spring.

Below is the range of piece if mind fixed prices we offer for changing sash cords:

Replace one inner sash window cord - £65+VAT
Replace one outer sash window cord - £75+VAT
Replace both inner sash window cords - £75+VAT
Replace both outer sash window cords - £95+VAT

Spiral balances are just as easy to change as sash cords though to supply the correct replacement balances we need a few key measurements from the sash window the balances will be going into. We can either send one of London handymen to measure the window for which the charge will be our minimum charge of £40+vat or if you are confident with a tape measure we have a neat form we can email you that shows the a diagram with the required measurements.

Lets do it! Give our friendly and knowledgeable operations team a call on 02070999199 or visit our london handyman website to book a saintly handyman.

Picture glass and fragile windows.

On Friday I attended a job with one of our handymen that was to change sash cords and re-weight about 6 sash windows. The office was in Piccadilly in a quite and old building that still had the original glass in the sash windows.

In times gone by the glass manufacturing process has changed somewhat and modern glass is far thicker and more robust than the glass used say 50 years ago. This particular building still had the original glass in the sash windows which is 2mm thick (As apposed to 4mm modern glass) and extremely fragile and unfortunately one of the glass panes broke while we were attaching the new sash cord. This is a very rare thing to happen for one of our guys as we always take as much care as possible but these things do happen and the important thing is how we handled the miss hap.

I got on the phone to Seamus in our office and asked him to source a glass cutting shop within walking distance that I could pop along to get a replacement piece of glass and some putty to hold it is place. Five minutes later Seamus had texted me the address of a place nearby and with in thirty minutes I was back at the property with the replacement glass. We obviously did not charge for any of this time and the customer was pleased with how we handled the situation with the minimum amount of stress or inconvenience to her.