Traditional Characteristics

Windows are so much more today than simply a way to illuminate the inside of your home. Our Legacy® sliding sash windows, give you the opportunity to introduce wonderful character and identity to your home while keeping you safe and warm

The traditional sash window was purportedly invented by Robert Hooke (of Hookes law fame) around 1670 and is a wonderful reflection of Victorian and Georgian English properties with their elegant curves and robust design

In a modern twist we have sympathetically re-engineered the window in a robust low maintenance PVCu with a myriad of decorative options including sash horns, glazing bars, and a deep bottom rail to replicate the style of yesteryear

Peace of Mind

Our Legacy® sliding sash windows have been designed with not only elegance and authenticity in mind, but security too. The sliding sash windows are iconic

PVCu Sliding Sash Windows multi-chambered and reinforced to prevent deflection through differing climates. This reinforcing also acts as secure fixing points for handles, latches and other screw fixed components. The balances maintain the equilibrium of the sash window at all points of travel and robust locking devices enhance the security of your home

Legacy Vertical Sliding Box Sash Windows

Secured Plus Upgrade

If you would like to take the security of your sliding sash windows a step further you can also opt for the ‘Secured Plus Upgrade’ package, which incorporates all of the enhancements from the PAS 24:2016 but with the additional inclusion of 6.8mm acoustic laminated glass supplied by Pilkington

Reinforced Tilt Latches

Upgraded Locking Keep

Upgraded Locks

Top Sash Security Blocks

Legacy® Features

Slide and tilt facility

As standard, our sliding sash window comes with a slide and tilt facility*, allowing you to clean both the top and bottom sash from inside your home

*Please note that on windows with a woodgrain finish external and smooth finish internal, or of mixed colour combination, we are not able to offer top sash tilt facility

Legacy Sash Horns

Enhance your window by choosing either run-through sash horns. The run-through utilises mechanical joints rather than welded to allow the horn to be a continuous part of the sash giving the window a more authentic overall look

Deep Bottom Rail

Choose a deep bottom rail if you you want your sliding sash windows to look as close to the original timber version as possible. The larger bottom rail sash convincingly mimics the timber sash windows of old. The deep bottom rail is available with welded or mechanical joints

Trickle Vents

Although a well-insulated home is important, a well-ventilated home is equally as important. Trickle vents provide background ventilation and are generally mandatory under Building Regulations. An internal flap enables the vent to be opened and closed as required

Legacy® Hardware

Travel Restrictors

The travel restrictors limit the opening of the top and bottom sashes to approximately 100mm. They are primarily used as a safety feature in locations where opening restrictions are needed. The magnetic mechanism can be overridden from inside your home allowing for a larger opening. Our travel restrictors are now non-locking for your safety

Sash Pull

All our PVCu Sliding Sash Windows come with one or two sash pulls as standard depending on window size. The sash pulls are usually fitted on the inside of the bottom sash to allow easy opening

D Handle

Designed to be fitted to the underside of the top sash on the outside of the window to assist with the opening and closing of the window. Alternatively, you can request the D handle to be fitted to the inside top sash

Pole Eye

Primarily designed to be fitted to the top rail of the top sash. The pole eye enables use of a pole with hook (not supplied) to operate any windows that are positioned too high to operate by hand

Locking System

Our locking system holds the sash window shut by fastening the mid-rails together. The locking system is available in two styles. You get one latch on windows up to 1,000mm wide and 2 on windows over 1,000mm wide

Sash Knob

Used to open and tilt the sashes for easy cleaning of the outside frame and glass from inside your home

Joint System

Our Legacy® Vertical Sliding Sash Window System can be manufactured in two ways to help achieve a different look

Please discuss these options with your advisor online, in-studio or at your home

Traditional MechWeld® Frame and ClassicWeld® Sash combination gives improved authenticity over standard sliding sash windows

*Mixed Weld Frame launched August 2024

Full Heritage MechWeld® has the look of traditional butt joints just like Mortise and Tenons Timber Windows, on both the frame and sash

Colour Options

With our Legacy sash windows you can choose a colour that suits your property perfectly and that gives it that first impression you’ve always dreamt of. As standard our sash windows come in a smooth white finish, although because every home is different, we offer an extensive range of different colours in both a smooth flat and grain finish

Base Colour

The most popular choice for replacement windows, a smooth gloss white finish inside and out

Flat White

Available with an internal finish of

• Flat White

Produced on a White Base Extrusion

Core Colours

The on-trend colours for this season, and year-on-year favourites

White Grain

Available with an internal finish of

• White Grain
• Flat White

Produced on a White Base Extrusion

Golden Oak WoodGrain

Available with an internal finish of

• Flat White

Produced on a White Base Extrusion

Rosewood WoodGrain

Available with an internal finish of

• Flat White

Produced on a White Base Extrusion

Available with an internal finish of

• Flat White

Produced on a White Base Extrusion

Cream Grain

Available with an internal finish of

• Flat White
• Cream Grain

Produced on a Cream Base Extrusion

Available with an internal finish of

• Flat White
• Chartwell Grain

Produced on a Cream Base Extrusion

Anthracite Grain

Available with an internal finish of

• Flat White
• Anthracite Grain
• Heritage White Grain

Produced on a Brown Base Extrusion

Available with an internal finish of

• Flat White
• Black Ash Grain

Produced on a White Base Extrusion

Available with an internal finish of

• Flat White
• Agate Grain
• Heritage White Grain

Produced on a Cream Base Extrusion

Bespoke Colours with ColourBond™

If you’re looking to add a true personalised touch to your new windows, we offer a bespoke colour bonding service in which you can choose between more than 300 colours in either a smooth and flat or grain finish

Basalt RAL 7012

Pebble RAL 7032

Papyrus RAL 9018

Produced on a White Base Extrusion

Styles and Shapes

Our Legacy® sliding sash windows can be manufactured to a style to suit your home. Below are a few examples of the different bar layouts available. Our windows come with equal sized top and bottom sashes (50/50 split) as standard, however we are able to manufacture other split ratios at your request (minimum transom drop of 350mm). Please get in touch if you require a bespoke style or bar layout

Non-Bar

Centre Bar

Three Light

Offset Three Light

2 by 5 x 3 by 5 Georgian Grid

Asymmetric

Margin

Half Georgian (variable)

Georgian (variable)

Georgian Variant

1 by 3 x 2 by 3 Georgian Grid

Swept Head*

Seamless True Arch*

PVCu sliding sash windows are notoriously difficult to work with when it comes to bending profiles and we’re therefore very proud to be able to offer the only true arched  PVCu sash window in the country with no welded joints in the frame

*Please note that on swept heads and arched frames the top sash will always be fixed

Technical Information

Our technical information section covers manufacturing limitations and detailed technical drawings. To most people the technical drawings don’t make much sense, so if you have any questions our product experts will be more than happy to explain in more detail

Technical Specifications

Front to back dimensions: 135mm Glazing units: 24mm double glazed

U-value: 1.4W/m2K - 1.5W/m2K

Manufacturing Limitations*

Minimum width: 360mm Maximum width: 1500mm Minimum height: 750mm Maximum height: 2350mm

* Please note that some slide and tilt restrictions may apply on very large/small and bespoke shaped windows

150mm Upstand Cill

150mm Cill

180mm Cill

225mm Cill

Baypoles

Variable Angle Baypole

90 Degree Baypole

Trickle Ventilaton Options

Modular Vent

Link Vent

Do all our Legacy Vertical Sliding Sash Windows come with a Slide and Tilt facility?

The vast majority of our sash windows come with a slide facility. A tilt facility can be requested as part of the window specification. On sash windows with a woodgrain finish externally and smooth white finish internally we are not able to offer tilt facility on the top sash. There are two reasons for this:1. The bottom channel of the top sash has fringe seal in it so the white base profile is hidden and as you cannot have 2 materials in the same channel the tilt arms cannot also run in this channel. This means that the sashes simply cannot tilt as they don’t have tilt arms.2. There is foil applied to the bottom of the outer frame and if the window tilted the foil would be ripped off

On curved/arched windows, the top sash will be fixed and the bottom sash will feature both the slide and tilt facility

Please note that slide and tilt restrictions apply on extra large sash windows

What is the difference between the corner weld options offered?

There are different ways in which we can join the uPVC profile pieces together to fabricate our sash windows. The standard method is a 45° classic weld, which is really the starting point for the majority of uPVC windows found in the UK today. This method is achieved by welding the uPVC together rather than it being held together with pins, screws and glue as in timber and aluminium windows. The main advantage of welding is that the window frame becomes a single product; the frame is melted and pressed together creating exceptionally strong welds. The only downside of the standard 45° mitre weld is that where the frames have been joined it creates an evident plastic groove

Investment in new cutting-edge machinery has allowed us to offer a 45° mitre weld but finished with a seamless groove instead. This method is also known as ‘zip-welding’ and it delivers two key benefits. Firstly, by pushing the sprue back inside the window it means more of the internal surfaces are joined, creating an exceptionally strong weld and secondly, it delivers a high precision and almost invisible joint

At the most authentic end of the spectrum you’ll find our 90° fully mechanical timber look joints. This method has been driven by demand for heritage windows and the joints have been designed to replicate traditional Victorian timber sash windows. It doesn’t get any more authentic than that

Can I replace existing timber windows in a conservation area with PVCu Sash Windows?

Generally, yes you can install our products in a conservation area. Conservation areas are sometimes a bit of a sticking point, but overall, we have had great success. Each area is different and most of the time you are reliant on one specific individual to give you the green light but in our experience, we do seem to be having more and more success

Our suggestion would be to opt for a woodgrain foil finish, most conservation areas we deal with tend to like the white woodgrain finish opposed to smooth white

How many locks and handles does each window come with?

If your sash window is less than 1000mm in width, we will fit one lock and provide one of each requested handle. If the window is over 1000mm in width, we will provide 2 locks and 2 of each handle requested

Do you offer arched sash windows?

Yes we can do shaped frames including gothic arches, true arches and even pointy top halves. We’ve invested in top-of-the-range machinery to be able to bend uPVC profile in-house. This new machinery enables us to create true arches using a single length of uPVC profile meaning no welds in the outer frame. For any shaped frames, we will require a template, which our surveyor takes care of

How do I operate the easy-clean slide and tilt facility?

Technical

Minimum and Maximum Dimensions

Performance Certification

Dimensions

Counterbalance Systems

PAS24 come as standard with Spiral Balance (Spring)

Spiral Balance available as option across the size range, on request, at an additional cost of £105.60 inclusive

Extended Sash Stops

Legacy Box Sash Vertical Sliding Windows with Sash sizes between 851mm and 1150mm, we will use an extended sash stop

This will reduce the sash opening slightly, helping ensure the full rated load of the coil mechanisms isn't exceeded

Fringe Seal

Fringe Seals must be installed on windows in the following configurations

If in doubt, ask!

Fringe Seal

Interlock Laminated Surface

Our Legacy Sliding Sash Windows are individually made in West Yorkshire UK