Reading, Berkshire
Aluminium windows and doors for Reading homes, from Victorian terraces off the Oxford Road to the newer houses in Lower Earley. We supply and fit, with a 10-year installation guarantee.
About 30 miles from our base in Hayes along the M4, typically around 40 minutes outside the rush hour.
10-year installation guarantee
On every job we supply and fit.
Supplied and fitted by our team
We supply and fit, so one company answers for the job.
Smart Systems aluminium
Profiles tested to PAS 24 by Smart.
Hayes showroom
Unit 17, UB4 0LE. Mon to Fri, 8am to 5pm.
A lot of Reading is terraced, and the houses set the shape of the work. Here is what we keep in mind in each part of town.
Reading grew quickly in the Victorian period. The streets around the Oxford Road and Tilehurst Road are long runs of terraces in the town's red brick, often patterned with silver-grey headers. They have tall sash openings at the front and narrow back additions, so the rear wall usually takes a two or three panel door rather than a wide run of glass.
North of the Thames, Caversham was part of Oxfordshire until 1911. It has larger Victorian, Edwardian and interwar houses climbing towards Emmer Green.
To the south east, Lower Earley was built from the late 1970s onwards. Its patio doors and first generation double glazing are now reaching the age where people replace them.
Parts of central Reading are conservation areas, Eldon Square and Castle Hill/Russell Street/Oxford Road among them. There the borough council expects front elevations to keep their character.
Lead times count from the day you order and depend on availability. We confirm yours with the quote.
Most bifold doors we're asked about here go on the back of a house, often where a kitchen has been pushed out into the side return of a terrace. On a narrow opening, a three panel set with a traffic door gives everyday access without folding the whole run back.
About 10 working days from order, depending on availability
More about bifold doorsCasement and tilt and turn windows in Smart's Alitherm 400 system. The slim frame suits the tall openings in Reading's Victorian houses better than a chunky uPVC profile, and lets more light into rooms facing a narrow back garden. White, black and grey as standard; any other colour can be powder coated to match a door.
Lead time given with your quote
More about windowsIf your Lower Earley or Woodley house still has its original patio door, an aluminium sliding door is the like-for-like upgrade: the same opening, far slimmer sightlines and a smoother run. It suits a wide opening where you want the glass to stay put in winter and slide open in summer.
2 to 3 weeks from order, depending on availability
More about sliding doorsWe supply and fit Smart Signature aluminium front doors. Smart's door systems are tested to PAS 24, the security standard for doors. On a red brick terrace, a dark door with a simple glazed panel tends to look right. Send us a photo of the front and we can talk through the styles.
4 to 6 weeks from order, depending on availability
More about front doorsAlitherm Heritage gives the thin, steel-look frame of an older window with the performance of modern aluminium. We suggest it for a period front elevation, or an internal screen or rear extension where you want slender black metal framing. In a conservation area, check with Reading Borough Council before you order.
Lead time given with your quote
More about heritage windowsWe also fit aluminium French doors and roof lanterns, and take on new build and commercial work. See every product.
At the back of a terrace, the usual project is opening up a kitchen: a side return extension or a single storey addition finished with bifold or sliding doors, with a roof light above if the builder has allowed for one. At the front, people want to replace tired windows without losing the proportions of the house, which is why slim frames matter here more than on a modern estate.
In Caversham and Emmer Green the houses are bigger and the rear openings wider, so we talk through bifold against sliding more often. A bifold opens the whole width; a sliding door keeps more glass and fewer frames. In Earley and Woodley the question is usually replacement: what to put in the space the old patio door leaves.
Tilehurst and Calcot sit between the two, with interwar and post-war semis and bungalows on bigger plots and room at the back for a wider opening. Planning an extension there? Bring us in before the builder sets the width of the opening, so the doors and the structure are sized together.
We aim to reply the same working day, Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. Most quotes start with a WhatsApp message and a handful of photos.
Rough sizes, a few photos and the products you are thinking about.
We price from your measurements. Rather not measure? We come out and do it.
We measure every opening exactly before anything is ordered.
We give you a realistic date for your product.
Our team travels over from Hayes and installs it, with a 10-year installation guarantee.
We have fitted in Reading. Photos and a short write-up of that job will go up once they reach us from site.
See the Reading projectWe fit across Reading and the places around it, including:
Somewhere else nearby? Put your postcode in the quote and we'll tell you if we cover it. See all areas.
Not sure about something else? Send what you have and ask in the notes. We answer it with your quote.
We supply and fit aluminium windows and doors across Reading, in RG1, RG2, RG4, RG5, RG6, RG30 and RG31, including Caversham, Earley, Woodley, Tilehurst and Calcot. Send your sizes and photos for a rough quote.
We have fitted in Reading, about 30 miles from our base in Hayes along the M4. Photos and a write-up of that job, with what we fitted, will go on this page and on our projects page once they are ready.
Often, but the council may want the new windows to match the pattern of the old ones. Ask Reading Borough Council first. Our heritage steel-look range is usually the easiest fit for a period front.
From order, depending on availability: bifold doors in about 10 working days, sliding doors in 2 to 3 weeks and Smart Signature front doors in 4 to 6 weeks. For windows we give the lead time with your quote. We confirm the fitting date when you order.
You can. Send rough sizes and photos by WhatsApp or the quote form and we give you a rough quote. Before anything is ordered we come out for a final survey and measure.
Our team from Hayes. We supply and fit, so rather than finding a supplier and then separate window fitters or glaziers in Reading, you deal with one company from survey to installation.
For many of the 1970s and 1980s houses in Earley and Woodley it is the natural next step. Aluminium frames are slimmer than the uPVC double glazing they replace, so you see more glass, and we talk through the glass options with your quote.
