Double glazing salespeople are using misleading claims and hard-sell tactics to get homeowners to sign on the dotted line, according to an investigation by Which?. The consumer organisation used undercover researchers to test the £1.2bn-a-year double glazing industry, inviting four major companies – Anglian Windows, Everest, Weatherseal Home Improvements/Zenith Staybrite and Safestyle (UK) – to [...]
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National Double Glazing Installers Attacked For Misleading Homeowners
by Double Glazing Admin
Jun
25
2010
DGCOS | Homeowner Protection for Double Glazing & Conservatories
by Double Glazing Admin
Jun
9
2010
Nick Ross, the former Crimewatch and Watchdog presenter, has been signed up as the face of an ombudmsan scheme for the conservatory and double glazing industry being launched from Manchester. The Double Glazing & Conservatory Ombudsman Scheme (DGCOS) has been set up by Tony Pickup, who in 1996 set up the Quality Assurance Association, a [...]
DGCOS – The Double Glazing Ombudsman Scheme
by Double Glazing Admin
Jun
4
2010
Due to the inaccuracies of quite a lot of the early articles about DGCOS, I’d like to give you information which might help you understand what DGCOS is actually all about. While I wholeheartedly agree with free speech and debate, sometimes forums of this nature can cross the line into a more defamatory nature as [...]
DGCOS Double Glazing & Conservatory Ombudsman Scheme Launched
by Double Glazing Admin
Jun
1
2010
The Double Glazing and Conservatory Ombudsman Scheme (DGCOS) has been established to help tradesmen such as double glazing installers and conservatory companies in the UK. Installers who become members of the DGCOS will be able to offer their customers a range of policies, including deposit protection, work in progress insurance and an insurance-backed guarantee. Homeowners, [...]
Window Scrappage Scheme – Will It Help Save Our Planet?
by Double Glazing Admin
May
15
2010
The Glass & Glazing Federation (GGF) has recently petitioned the government to introduce a National Window Scrappage Scheme. Under the proposed scheme it is hoped that householders will be encouraged to scrap their old poorly insulated windows in return for a £1,000 grant towards the installation costs of new, professionally installed, energy efficient ones. Consumer [...]
Is Honesty always the best policy? Double Glazing Bristol
by Double Glazing Guy
Apr
17
2010
I’m a little confused so I’m hoping you can help me out here is my predicament:
Garden Centre Bristol – I’m Looking for a Conservatory Showsite.
by Double Glazing Guy
Dec
28
2009
I need your help to find a new conservatory showsite in bristol or gloucester. We’ve had a great year in 2009 and I’m looking to invest in a new showsite in Bristol or Gloucester. Our addition of a showsite in Raglan has proved a wise move with promising results in our first year there, we’ve [...]
January Window Sale at Greenway Home Improvements
by Double Glazing Guy
Dec
14
2009
I’m finally full for January…. After a week of stress and strife I can say January is now fully booked for my fitting teams. The usual drop in Lead volumes happened again this year but thankfully the people we were going to see, were all lovely and ready to go in January.. Don’t get me [...]
Conservatory Marketing Campaign..
by Double Glazing Guy
Dec
8
2009
I’ve been thinking recently about sprucing up my marketing and I’ve been looking into some really outrageous ways of getting my name in front of people. After a flyer came through from Jon Twigge at Roofwright – (Yes Jon I do read them) I ordered a book called Outrageous Advertising, Now I’ve had a look [...]
Saint Gobain Glass — I just love It..
by Double Glazing Guy
Dec
8
2009
I’m delighted and wanted to tell everyone about it. A few months ago when all the problems were flying around about glass prices and Pilkington, I made the decision to purchase only Saint Gobain Glass and boy I’ve definately made the right decision. As the video above shows this glass is fantastic I’m using it in [...]