Aluminium windows for Reigate houses outside the conservation areas
Aluminium suits the houses Reigate built after its villas: the post-war and modern detached houses on the hill, the big 1930s houses towards Woodhatch, and the extensions added to all of them.
Why it fits these houses
A powder-coated aluminium frame is narrow, so a wide 1960s or 1980s opening on the slopes of Reigate Hill can take more glass and fewer bars. The finish does not need painting. On the scarp, where houses face the full weather off the Weald, that matters more than it would in the shelter of the town.
The 1930s houses around Woodhatch and off Prices Lane were built with steel or timber casements. Slim aluminium in a dark grey or black gets close to the original steel look, and it is the frame most owners of those houses ask about first.
Three aluminium styles worth knowing apart
Slimline casement. The everyday choice for modern detached houses. It is the frame in most whole-house jobs on the hill.
Flush casement. The sash sits level with the outer frame, the way an old timber casement did. It suits Arts and Crafts houses, of which Kingswood has many and Reigate a scattering.
Steel-look heritage. Thin sightlines and true bars, made to stand in for the Crittall-type steel windows of the interwar years. It is the dearest of the three.
| Window | Size (mm) | Supplied and fitted, inc VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Slimline aluminium casement | 1200 x 1200 | £1,200 to £1,950 |
| The same, as a one-window job | 1200 x 1200 | £1,300 to £2,650 |
| Tilt-and-turn, aluminium | 1000 x 1300 | £1,490 to £2,510 |
| Aluminium flush casement | 1000 x 1200 | £1,485 to £2,395 |
| Steel-look heritage aluminium | 1200 x 1200 | £2,060 to £3,650 |
| Steel-look heritage aluminium, three panes | 1800 x 1200 | £3,450 to £6,190 |
| Slimline aluminium canted bay, three units | about 2000 x 1400 | £4,540 to £7,735 |
Upstairs windows that need scaffold add roughly £500 to a small job. Taking the old frames away and making good inside and out are already in these figures. Rotten sills or a cracked brick arch are priced at the survey.
A detail that helps on the hill
Aluminium can be ordered in two colours, with a dark outside and white inside. On a house above the Reigate Hill road, a dark frame reads well from below against the trees while the rooms keep a light finish.
Planning a whole-house change on Reigate Hill? Give the number of windows and the installer will price them as one job.