If your windows are in need of good old TLC we offer a full service that includes: re-alignment, re-sealing, servicing of movable parts, restoration of faded PVC, and can even fill in any scratches or chips.

    What a full window service includes

    A little regular care keeps your windows opening smoothly, sealing properly and looking their best for years longer. Our window service is ideal if your windows still work but have started to feel stiff, draughty or tired.

    Based in Wishaw, we cover homes across Wishaw and Lanarkshire. For a quick, honest quote call 01698 604 278, message us on WhatsApp, or use our contact form. A photo of the problem is often all we need. And with over 30 years’ experience and a no-fuss guarantee on every job, you’re in safe hands: see our 100+ five-star reviews.

    What actually goes wrong with a window over time?

    Nothing dramatic, usually. It’s just wear and tear. The little friction hinges that hold the window open get stiff or start to sag, so it drops or won’t stay where you put it. The rubber seals go hard and stop keeping the weather out. Handles work loose. The locking points drift out of line. None of it happens overnight, which is exactly why people don’t notice until the window’s a pain to open or there’s a cold streak coming in around the edge. A service is us going round every window that needs it, cleaning and oiling the moving parts, swapping any seals that have had it, tightening what’s loose, and adjusting everything so it works the way it should.

    Better to service it than repair it

    A stiff hinge left long enough will seize and snap. A hardened seal lets rainwater sit in the frame where it does no good at all. Little things turn into proper jobs when they’re ignored. Getting the windows seen to now and again keeps them working, keeps your rooms warmer and saves you money later on, much like getting the car serviced instead of waiting for it to break down at the side of the road. If your windows are stiff, draughty, or just don’t feel right, give us a shout and we’ll take a look.

    What a service costs and how long it takes

    A full window service is priced by how many windows there are rather than by the hour, and it is quoted before we start. For a typical three bedroom house we are usually there for part of a morning. Anything we find that needs a part gets pointed out and priced on the spot, so you decide there and then whether to have it done while we are already in the house, which is always cheaper than a separate visit later.

    When a service is not enough

    We will tell you plainly if a window is past the point where adjusting and lubricating will help. A hinge that has bent, a gearbox that is grinding or a gasket that has gone hard and shrunk needs replacing, not tightening. Those are still window repairs rather than replacements, and the parts are inexpensive. The frame almost never needs to go.

    Landlords, letting agents and factored blocks

    Servicing is much easier to justify when it is not your own house. A morning spent adjusting and lubricating every window in a let property costs far less than the emergency call out that follows a tenant forcing a stiff handle. We are happy to do whole properties or whole closes in one visit and invoice for the lot.

    What we do to each window, in order

    Servicing is not spraying oil about and leaving. On each opening window we work through the same sequence, because doing it in the wrong order means undoing your own work.

    First we check the sash against the frame with the window closed, looking at the gap all the way round. An even gap means the sash is sitting square. An uneven one tells us the friction stays have worn or the sash has settled, and that has to be corrected before anything else, because every other adjustment depends on the sash being in the right place.

    Then the stays themselves. Screws checked and tightened into sound material, sliders cleared of grit, friction reset, and any that are bent or worn past adjusting flagged to you before we go further.

    Next the locking gear along the sash edge. Each cam is checked for wear, and the keeps in the frame are set so the cams drop cleanly into them rather than clipping the edges. This is the part that decides whether a window feels light or heavy to lock, and it is the part most often skipped.

    Then compression. With the keeps set, the window should pull up firmly against the gasket without needing a shove. Too loose and you get draughts, too tight and you are loading the handle and the gearing. There is a right setting and it is worth finding.

    Then the seals get cleaned and checked along their whole length, with particular attention to the corners where gaskets shrink back first. Then the drainage slots along the bottom of the frame get cleared, which almost nobody does and which is the reason a lot of windows sit with water in the bottom rebate. Then everything moving gets a light lubricant, not grease.

    Finally the handle, the restrictor and any child safety catch get tested, and the window gets opened and closed properly to confirm it all works cold rather than just looking right.

    Doing it yourself between visits

    There is a decent amount you can do without us, and it genuinely extends how long hardware lasts.

    Twice a year, open every window and put a light oil or a dry PTFE spray on the friction stays, the hinge points and the cams along the sash edge. Avoid heavy grease and avoid anything that leaves a sticky film, because both collect grit and grit is what does the wearing.

    Wipe the gaskets with a damp cloth rather than letting dust sit against them. Hardened rubber is the commonest cause of a draughty window and dirt is what hardens it.

    Clear the drainage slots on the outside face at the bottom of the frame. A cocktail stick or a squirt from a hose does it. Blocked slots put water where it should not be.

    And open the windows you never open. Hardware that never moves seizes, and the window nobody has touched in four years is the one that gives trouble the day you need it.

    What we would leave alone is the keeps and the hinge adjustment screws. Those change how the sash sits, and moving them without knowing what you are aiming at usually creates a second problem alongside the first.

    More questions

    When is the best time of year to have it done?

    Late summer or early autumn, if you have a free choice. It puts the seals and the compression right before the weather turns, which is when you notice draughts, and it catches anything stiff before winter makes it stiffer. That said, a window that is already playing up should not wait for a convenient season.

    Do you service the windows you did not fit?

    Yes, and that is most of them. It makes no difference to us who supplied them. Uncommon or discontinued hardware occasionally means a part has to be sourced rather than fitted on the day, and we will tell you if that is the case.

    Can you do the doors at the same time?

    Yes, and it usually makes sense. The same visit, the same travel, and doors benefit from servicing at least as much as windows because the hardware carries more weight. Our door service page covers what that involves.

    What if you find something that needs a part?

    We tell you before we do anything. You get the price for the part and the work, and you decide. Nothing gets fitted and added to a bill without you agreeing to it first, and if you would rather leave it, we will service everything else and leave that window as it is.

    Will servicing fix misted glass?

    No, and it is worth being clear about that. Misting between the panes means the sealed unit has failed, which is a glass replacement rather than an adjustment. It is a separate job and it is covered on our glass unit replacement page. We will spot it while we are there and price it for you.

    Servicing is mechanical, but appearance matters too. There is a guide to cleaning uPVC frames without damaging them, and one on frames that have yellowed and what can actually be done about it. While we are there we will also check the trickle vents, which do more for condensation than most people realise.

    Where we cover

    Window servicing across Wishaw, Motherwell, Hamilton, Bellshill, Airdrie and Coatbridge, and out to Glasgow, East Kilbride, Carluke, Lanark and Livingston.

    Questions we get asked about window servicing

    How often should windows be serviced?

    Once every couple of years is plenty for most houses. Coastal or very exposed properties benefit from yearly attention because salt and grit get into the hinges. Looking after uPVC windows and doors sets out what you can do yourself between visits.

    Can I not just spray the hinges myself?

    You can, and you should, with the right lubricant. Where a service earns its money is in the adjustment: getting the sash sitting square in the frame again, resetting the keeps so the locks engage without force, and replacing the gaskets that have flattened. That part needs the tools and the parts.

    My windows are twenty years old. Is it worth servicing them?

    Usually yes. Age on its own is not the test. A twenty year old window with sound frames and good glass is worth keeping going, and how long uPVC windows and doors last explains what actually determines that.

    Will it stop the draughts?

    Often, yes, because most draughts come from a sash that no longer closes tight rather than from the frame itself. If the gaskets have hardened they get replaced as part of the work. See draught proofing before winter.

    A service keeps what you have got going. If some of it is past that, our guide to new windows in Wishaw covers replacement, and double glazed window repairs covers the middle ground where the glass has failed but the frames are sound.

    Call 01698 604 278 or message us on WhatsApp to book a window service.