Windows from europe

newhouse87

Has anybody bought in windows from eastern europe, heard they can give problems but are alot cheaper. Any info much appreciated.

Calahonda52

You heard right about the problems.

Support local, country is 'jacked enough

walshtipp

Heard of a lot of people getting windows from Poland. Yes they are cheaper, but as a previous post said, try your best to support Irish business considering the tough year they've been through.

newhouse87

I kinda have to put myself first when building a house though.

Tony H

renovated a cottage for a son a few years ago and got windows through Poland , quality was great much better than the local supplier who was way more expensive and poor after sales service , the two large doors and one of the windows sourced locally will have to be replaced soon as the wind coming through them is unreal , the windows in my sons cottage are as good as the day we got them , the brand was Veka , a well known German company , and they arrived faster than an Irish supplier could have delivered them .

ht9zni1gs28crp

There is a lot of **** service and attitude from Irish sellers. Dont kid yourself otherwise. Especially the largest brand from down south.

Look after yourself first....

I had one salesman from a well known Dublin brand call me after I ordered elsewhere and proceeded to berate me and my choice of windows.

I cringe when I see others buying from them.

newhouse87

im going to price in poland and see what's the difference, would just be concerned if they were not correct size or that id be in trouble.

Gumbo

newhouse87 wrote: »

im going to price in poland and see what's the difference, would just be concerned if they were not correct size or that id be in trouble.

The onus is on you to supply the right sizes.
If their wrong, you are the contractor here. If one breaks in transits, you suck up that cost.

Badly fitted, the guys will blame the frames.

there's no obligation to get ridden sideways by Irish prices.

do your research, weigh up the pros and cons re shipping guarantees etc and decide.

there's no VRT or extra Irish duties on windows coming in.

newhouse87

Gumbo wrote: »

The onus is on you to supply the right sizes.
If their wrong, you are the contractor here. If one breaks in transits, you suck up that cost.

Badly fitted, the guys will blame the frames.

yeah i will supply correct sizes but if they send incorrect size will i have to suck up cost to get correct size over. I will have to do more research. windows are a big expense these days.

Eastern European window's have to work in worse winters than we ever see here. As with everything do your research.

spurious

Find a local Polish contractor.

Tony H

spurious wrote: »

Find a local Polish contractor.

thats what we did when it was impossible to get the Irish guy who did some other windows didn't even get back to us with a quote , for 8 months .

Calahonda52

glasso wrote: »

there's no obligation to get ridden sideways by Irish prices.

do your research, weigh up the pros and cons re shipping guarantees etc and decide.

there's no VRT or extra Irish duties on windows coming in.

Equally there is no need to support an autocratic, right wing, anti women, anti gays, anti abortion regime, which is worse than Trump in rolling back basic human rights and has full control of the judiciary.

Tony H wrote: »

renovated a cottage for a son a few years ago and got windows through Poland , quality was great much better than the local supplier who was way more expensive and poor after sales service , the two large doors and one of the windows sourced locally will have to be replaced soon as the wind coming through them is unreal , the windows in my sons cottage are as good as the day we got them , the brand was Veka , a well known German company , and they arrived faster than an Irish supplier could have delivered them .

how do you know the quality was better: what were the relative stats: U value etc?

newhouse87

Calahonda52 wrote: »

Equally there is no need to support an autocratic, right wing, anti women, anti gays, anti abortion regime, which is worse than Trump in rolling back basic human rights and has full control of the judiciary.


how do you know the quality was better: what were the relative stats: U value etc?

Man if you dont mind can you keep any politics and personal feelings out of this thread. Only want to get notifications of helpful comments. Im Not trying to be a dick.

Paddygreen

SouthWesterly wrote: »

Eastern European window's have to work in worse winters than we ever see here. As with everything do your research.

Not really. Rarely would they get the kind of damaging wind in Poland that we regularly get here. Maybe a small part of Poland on their eastern Baltic coast near the Russian border.

Paddygreen

Paddygreen wrote: »

Not really. Rarely would they get the kind of damaging wind in Poland that we regularly get here. Maybe a small part of Poland on their eastern Baltic coast near the Russian border.

You've obviously no experience of the winds off the tatras or the minus figures they get in winter.

BryanF

SouthWesterly wrote: »

You've obviously no experience of the winds off the tatras or the minus figures they get in winter.

Attack the post not the poster.

ml100

Calahonda52 wrote: »

You heard right about the problems.

Support local, country is 'jacked enough

The country might be jacked but the building trade isn't yet, back to the days of them being busy, poor service and the take it or leave it attitude.

Interested Bystander

I've found -snip- to be the best value here. And maybe we were lucky but we found them great to deal with

Interested Bystander

Supervision seems to be key!!