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Quality Windows & Doors

Windows  and door retailer, GEM Windows & Doors, focuses on providing great quality for unbeatable prices, supplying direct to retail customers at wholesale price. Gem offers standard size products as a cost-saving alternative for aluminium sliding and stacking doors, sliding windows, awning windows, and double hung windows in both residential and commercial ranges. Additionally, it now offers double glazed commercial products. Read more 

Smart homes in Sweden

Swedish architectural firm Tengbom has come up with a creative new accommodation model that squeezes student living into a compact 10 sq m (108 sq. ft) footprint. The Smart Student Unit aims to offer an inexpensive and sustainable housing choice for students in Sweden that could reduce the current residency rents by half.

The cozy unit features a dining area, kitchen, study desk, a swinging lounge, elevated sleeping quarters, bathroom and a small outdoor patio. Many of the unit’s “smart” features have been built into the structure. For example the dining table and desk both double as window shutters and the wall shelves can also be used as steps which lead to the elevated loft. Read more :

Mayor plans to fix unhealthy  homes

The Healthy Homes Launch, attended by about 160 students, health and housing researcher from the University of Otago Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman, community group Every Child Counts, and current councillors and candidates; heard from President Rory McCourt on the need for minimum housing standards in the region.

“Most properties are fine, and most landlords are great. We’re concerned about the small, but significant minority; the real shockers out there. Currently a home or flat can be rented without insulation, double glazing or adequate ventilation. And unbelievably, there is no minimum room temperature for a property” said McCourt.

“This is not a wish list. It’s not luxury. It’s the basics. And it’s what any renter should be guaranteed in a first-world country” Read more : 

Widnes science discovery centre gets a £78,000 makeover

GIANT panes of glass were gently hoisted hundreds of feet up into the air today as the iconic rooftop observatory of Catalyst was given a £78,000 makeover.

The viewing gallery of Widnes Science Discovery Centre was fitted with 42 new units of high performance structural double glazing in a delicate day long operation.

Trustee Stephen Youd-Thomas said: “We are extremely grateful to the Foyle Foundation and Biffa Award for their grants and for the support from Pilkingtons. They held their price for two years whilst our funding bids awaited approval.  Read more: 

Quiet , please ! How To Cut Noise Pollution At Home

There are 3.1 million of us in the united states  who now work from home , and this number is increasing rapidly . Do you know what we tend  to do as part of our day ? Get distracted by a noise : music blaring , a bus passing or a neighbours conversation about what’s for tea  

Triple- pane windows: A prettier solutions that still involves fresh air and lights : you can replace double pane , or double – glazed , windows with triple pane , says morrall , installing triple glazed windows requires the expertise of a contractor, and they typically cost 10 percent  more than double – pane windows . Read more :

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