Major Glass & Glazing

About the Business

Major Glass and Glazing is a family run business with a combined 65 years experience, which we pride ourselves when it comes to knowledge and experience within the glazing industry. The owner Barry Major has always worked in the industry mainly due to his father Stephen Major owning a window company throughout Barrys life.

Barry Left school and completed a Carpentry and joinery apprenticeship to be rewarded with a city and guilds after completing the course. He then joined his dads company where he worked for some years however working with family does not always pan out, so he left to work his way around the industry, finally running a company for two partners for seven years.

Over that period of time around the industry Barry learnt many different sectors of the industry including manufacturing, installing, production and more importantly management.

Business Services

Doors

All our doors are bespoke. We supply and fit composite doors, french doors, bi-folding doors, residential doors, patio doors and many more different combinations.

Front Doors:

The composite door is becoming the most popular door of choice and the reason being is because of there modern look, security and low maintenance. The security ranges between all the styles but whatever style is chosen security is high because they are the main entrance to your property. All the doors are CE marked. All style conform to a variety of BSI certifications, PAS 23/24 and are secure by design. Security options include hook locks, key operated dead bolts, era Chubb style cylinders and hinge hooks with a 10 year guarantee!

French:

The french door has become a modern replacement for the patio door mainly because both doors can be opened if needed, unlike the patio door. The security on french door consists of a shoot bolt top and bottom and a 10 point locking system down the leg of the door. All the doors are CE marked. All style conform to a variety of BSI certifications, PAS 23/24 and secure by design. Security options include secure by design glass, hinge hooks anti bump and anti pick cylinders, and for piece of mind 10 year guarantee. modern manufacturing technology allows us now to supply over 50 colours in upvc/Aluminium.

Bifold Doors:

The bi fold door was originally a room divider in many european countries, and then gradually became a modern external door opening up an internal room to the outside or vice versa. Although we do not have the weather some of our fortunate European neighbours experience most of our clients explain that when we do have a summer day in the uk, they can make the most of it by not just having a bbq but opening up the back of the house.

We recommend aluminium as the material for your bi fold as all upvc has a thermal movement of 5 mm, and when thinking of a 4 pane + bi fold "that's a lot of movement" .

And many more models!!!

Conservatories

The predecessors of the conservatory were structures of stone with mica sheets for windows and were built by the Romans for the cultivation of plants. The modern conservatory evolved from the orangeries of Italian gardens during the Renaissance period. Orangeries were used to cultivate oranges (hence the name) and other citrus fruits from warmer climates.

Orangeries were considered symbols of wealth and status. At the time, glass was prohibitively expensive partly due to the cost and difficulty of producing the glass panes. The glass used was single-paned so orangeries required costly heating to maintain delicate tropical plants. Orangeries and conservatories are essentially the same type of structure but some consider those with flat roofs and less glass to be an orangery. The conservatory or greenhouse became highly fashionable in the Victorian era.

Within the last twenty years conservatories have made a strong come back which is constantly growing in demand and as the demand grows the manufacturing options constantly compliments the demands and bespoke needs.

Conservatories and Orangeries are now not a symbol of wealth but a way of creating another room which can offer many different uses. There are many other other benefits to a conservatory or orangery the main other being the increase in you property value, 90% of the time the value increases a lot more than the cost of the build.

The extras that can be part of your conservatory or orangerie design are endless nowadays such as self cleaning glass for the roof, solar control glass, electric roof vent openers with rain sensors and much more.

Whether its a standard lean to to a bespoke orangery Major Glass and Glazing have the dedication and discipline to guarantee that the finish product is exact to specification.

Windows

Major Glass and Glazing are suppliers and installers of Upvc Windows and Doors. With our experience and knowledge within the ever competing industry we realise it is crucial for us to supply the best products at the best prices. That is why we use the market leading Upvc profile known as REHAU a world wide renowned high end product.

When the decision is made for new windows or doors for a property, the five main areas of thought are style, durability, security, functionality and guarantee. Which is why we choose to supply the above profile because we know that when the job is complete we will not have to return through fault and the knowledge that they will function perfectly. It is why we have been accredited by GGFi which is a third party guarantee on our works carried out, giving you piece of mind for your investment on your property.