About Us
Kent Sash Windows Ltd have a wealth of knowledge and experience repairing, restoring, draught-proofing and double glazing traditional sash windows in Kent and London since 2006.
We are the first and original Kent Sash Windows company and were incorporated as a Limited Company in 2013.
We specialise in the restoration, draught-proofing, double glazing and repairs of sash windows. We are a small family-run firm who are passionate about keeping traditional windows in traditional homes. Using traditional techniques with modern materials we are able to bring sash windows back to their past glory and better, both in terms of functionality and appearance. The persons that make up the 3 directors have been with the company for over 10 years in various roles.
One of our main company principles is providing the client with the service that suits their need, be it a small job like just repairing sash cords or a larger project, such as double glazing sash windows in a whole house . We understand that the restoration of sash windows is a niche market and most do not know the techincal details of such work. You can find out much from the Our Services Page of this website, but for those who prefer to communicate by email, over the phone or via an in-person visit, we can explain the procedures of the different options available to you to get the needed work carried out on your sash windows, please feel free to Contact Us.
Our Story
It begun in 2006. Looking back now, it seems quite fitting that as a “Man of Kent', and a Man of Sash Windows, I were to start up the company Kent Sash Windows. I was educated at Chatham House Grammar School in Ramsgate, Kent and upon leaving school I started to work in carpentry, being taught by my Father. A few years later I found myself working for a sash window repair company in London and from then on I started to notice the many thousands of sash windows in the beautiful buildings of Kent. I discerned a need for many of these sash windows to be repaired and restored, and so Kent Sash Windows was born.
Back then, many homeowners across the Kent seaside towns, such as Whitstable, Margate and Deal were mainly interested in getting their once well-functioning sash windows working again so they could enjoy the seaside fresh air in the Summer months, so I found myself working on many sash window overhauls, replacing the sash cords and servicing the pulley wheels to get their sash windows opening and closing smoothly and securely.
Around that time, sash window draught-proofing materials became prominent, being supplied from such companies as Mighton and Reddiseals and the market for draught-proofing sash windows expanded. Our team grew and we draught-proofed sash windows throughout the towns of Kent, massively reducing those cold winter draughts.
The years rolled on and we became a Limited Company in 2013. We had the privelege of working on a number of prestigious and beautiful buildings, such as the old Seabathing Hospital in Westgate-on-Sea, Clarendon House Grammar School and Albion House, Ramsgate, where a young Princess Victoria spent some Summer holidays in the 1830's.
As well as sash window repairs, draught-proofing and security upgrades, double glazing sash windows became our new staple work. By deepening the glazing recesses of the sashes, we were able to produce a method of installing slender double glazing into traditional sash windows that mimicked a single glazed look. Where some sash windows were not suitable for this double glazing proceedure, we would manufacture new sash windows, copying the originals exactly, but making them double glazed versions.
We have continued restoring sash windows in Kent down to this day. We are now split into 3 teams, each lead by an experienced carpenter, all who have worked for the company for over 10 years. Our company ethos is as it ever was – to continue to faithfully care for these beautiful features of Kent's buildings, and giving honour to the joiners who made these sash windows long ago.
