Chester is the most planning-sensitive place we work, and that shapes almost every job we do there. A large part of the city sits inside a conservation area, there are a great many listed buildings, and the elevations that face the street are effectively off-limits to modern glazing.
None of which stops you having bi-fold doors. It just means the work happens at the back, and the specification needs thinking about.
Hoole — Victorian and Edwardian terraces with long, narrow rear gardens. Two- and three-pane bi-folds, and a lot of kitchen extensions where the doors go into the new rear wall rather than the original one.
Handbridge and Curzon Park — larger period property, generous gardens, and the sort of job where a wide multi-pane run in a heritage colour is the right answer.
Upton, Newton and Vicars Cross — inter-war and post-war semis. The bread-and-butter window-to-bi-fold conversion territory.
Boughton and Great Boughton — mixed stock, and a lot of straightforward replacement work.
Saughall, Christleton, Tarvin and Waverton — village property on the city’s edge, larger plots, more bespoke specification.
Blacon and Lache — post-war housing where uPVC windows and composite front doors are more often the job than bi-folds.
The Chester city conservation area covers the walled city and a substantial area beyond it, and there are further conservation areas across Handbridge, Curzon Park, Hoole and a number of the outlying villages.
What that means in practice:
We’ll tell you at survey which category you’re in. We won’t take an order for something that needs consent you haven’t got.
Building Control is Cheshire West and Chester, and as a CERTASS-registered installer we self-certify and register the glazing installation with them directly — no separate application, no Building Control fee for the glazing, and your compliance certificate within about four weeks.
We cover the rest of the patch too — see areas we cover, or have a look at our recent work.
Yes, regularly. It’s the far end of our patch but it’s a straight run down the M56 and we’re there most weeks.
On a rear elevation, sometimes — but it needs Listed Building Consent and the conservation officer will have views on material, sightline and colour. Slim aluminium in a heritage finish stands a better chance than a standard system. Talk to us before you talk to anyone else about price.
Much more straightforward. Rear elevation work is usually acceptable; front elevation work usually isn’t without consent. We’ll check the specific designation for your address.
Yes, and there’s no obligation.
Four to six weeks, same as everywhere else. Heritage and non-standard colours can add a week.
Exclusive Bifolds
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01925 878282
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