Monthly Archives: January 2009

Sun Awnings – Information on Awning Fabrics

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Sun Awning fabrics come in many different qualities. Really this is a major defining fact between a cheap Sun Awning and a high quality sun awning.

Higher quality Sun Awnings generally use either an acrylic fabric or a polyester fabric. Both should have the necessary coatings to repel dirt and prevent any mildew of rot from forming.

Polyester Sun Awning fabrics is really the newest type of fabric to his the Sun Awning market. Polyesters is much thinner and more durable than the standard acrylic  Awning fabrics. On top of this, polyester tends to let less water through meaning people can use their Sun Awnings as a rain shelter in light showers without water getting through. The general look of polyester Sun Awning fabrics generally gives brighter colours that are more hard wearing. Continue reading →

Sun Awnings – The Winter Sale

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Now we have got Christmas over and done with now we may be considering buying Sun Awning as we can look forward to the summer and certainly, here in the UK, a decent summer is what we all need. The last couple have been wash outs!

The benefit of buying a Sun Awning at this time of year is to take advantage of the winter sales that most of the leading suppliers offer on their summer ranges – specifically Sun Awnings. Whilst some of these deals are of course just to get extra business during quiet periods there are genuine savings to be made – especially due to the fabric range for Sun Awnings. 

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Benefits of a Glass Veranda

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Glass Verandas have been around for several years though it is only now, with fresh designs that they are being utlised as a home improvement product.

Certainly here in the UK a Glass Veranda is an excellent product for those who love to enjoy their garden, even in the inconsistent British weather.

As with anything, as technology improves, more can be achieved with products and this is certainly true of the Glass Veranda – rather than considering the glass veranda to be just a glass shelter above you, it can now be considered more like an additional room in your home. This is thanks to the use of halogen heater lamps that keep you warm outside even when the weather lets us down.

In addition to the halogen heaters a Sun Awning can be installed over the roof of the Glass Veranda to provide shade in the summer months – (assuming of course we have a summer here in the UK again!) . The glass veranda then achieves something no other product can achieve Continue reading →

Electric Garage Doors

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At this time of year, with the cold dark days,  one of the nicer home improvement products to consider is the Electric Garage Door.

We all know that, in an ideal world, we would want to park our cars in a garage. This is not only for security but to protect our cars from the harsher weather conditions – not to mention the fact you will not have to scrape the ice off in the mornings!

In reality, most people who have a garage do not use it for putting their car in, instead they use it to store things they rarely use and this quickly becomes an unusable junk room that is rarely entered.

What is the reason for this? Well there are several but to name a few: Continue reading →