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Don't put up with cold, draughts, & dampness.  You should be comfortable in your own home!

We understand the challenges that many New Zealand homes, like yours, experience thanks to poor-performing single glazing in their windows and doors, and we’d like to help!

Why you can trust us to look after your double glazing project:

Auckland’s locally owned double glazing experts.

We know the area you live in because we live there too!  We appreciate the character of the homes in your area and the types of challenges those homes face, giving us the insight to help you find your home comfort.

Backed by a nationwide network of double glazing businesses.

Draw on the combined knowledge of a network of locally owned retrofit and replacement double glazing businesses, supported by quality national and international suppliers.

We use proven double glazing solutions.

With solutions to retrofit double glazing into your existing frames or double glazing into replacement frames, we’ve got you covered.

Don't put up with cold, draughts and dampness.  You should be comfortable in your own home!

We understand the challenges that many New Zealand homes, like yours, experience thanks to poor-performing single glazing in their windows and doors, and we’d like to help!

Why you can trust us to look after your double glazing project:

Auckland’s locally owned double glazing experts.

We know the area you live in because we live there too!  We appreciate the character of the homes in your area and the types of challenges those homes face, giving us the insight to help you find your home comfort.

Backed by a nationwide network of double glazing businesses.

Draw on the combined knowledge of a network of locally owned retrofit and replacement double glazing businesses, supported by quality suppliers both nationally and internationally..

We use proven double glazing solutions.

With 19 years experience double glazing, you can rest assured that we know our stuff.  With solutions to retrofit double glazing into your existing frames or double glazing into replacement frames, we’ve got you covered.

retroGLAZE® Double Glazing solutions in Auckland.

aluminium retrofit
Replacement Window and Door

Timber retrofitdouble glazing

Retain the character and insulating properties of timber when you upgrade your frames with high-performing double glazing.

Aluminium retrofitdouble glazing

If your joinery is in good condition, you can save time and money by installing double glazing into your existing frames.

Replacementwindows & doors

When frames can’t be reused, we remove and replace them with thermally enhanced joinery and glass. These solutions have superior insulating performance.

retroGLAZE® Double Glazing solutionsin Auckland

Timber RetrofitDouble Glazing

Retain the character and insulating properties of timber when you upgrade your frames with high-performing double glazing.

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Aluminium retrofit double glazing

Aluminium RetrofitDouble Glazing

If your joinery is in good condition, you can save time and money by installing double glazing into your existing frames.

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replacement windows and doors, double glazed

ReplacementWindows & Doors

When frames can’t be reused, we remove and replace them with thermally enhanced joinery and glass. These solutions have superior insulating performance.

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What retroGLAZE® solution is best for you?

If your timber or aluminium joinery looks in good condition and still functions well - retrofit is your best option.We'll install double glazing into your existing frames, so you can save time and money. If not, or you just want a change, then replacement may be your best option.We'll replace your existing frames with thermally enhanced joinery installed with double glazing

FIND THE RIGHT FIT FOR YOUR HOME

Request your free in-home double glazing consultation.

It’s cold, wet and noisy outside.It shouldn’t be like that inside too.

But this is the reality of life without double glazing. You might relate:

  • Four seasons in one day used to be your favourite song, but nowadays it's also how you describe the temperature inside your home
  • Your home used to fit into the local character but with so many homes now replaced, you're thinking it's time to modernise.
  • An old 70's bungalow with single glazing was the only way you could break into the Auckland market but you can't take the damp and mould any longer
  • Your view out to Rangitoto Island is spectacular, but it's blocked by an ugly vision rail on the door and colonial bars on the windows! You need them gone!

It’s cold, wet and noisy outside.It shouldn’t be like that inside too.

But this is the reality of life without double glazing. You might relate:

  • Four seasons in one day used to be your favourite song, but nowadays it's also how you describe the temperature inside your home
  • Your home used to fit into the local character but with so many homes now replaced, you're thinking it's time to modernise.
  • An old 70's bungalow with single glazing was the only way you could break into the Auckland market but you can't take the damp and mould any longer
  • Your view out to Rangitoto Island is spectacular, but it's blocked by an ugly vision rail on the door and colonial bars on the windows! You need them gone!

Don't put up with cold, draughts and dampness.

You should be comfortable in your own home.

Talk to us

Auckland double glazing solutions.

Auckland is one of New Zealand’s oldest cities, a city of cities, with homes having “glass windows” dating back to the mid 1840s.  Glass for windows in New Zealand is imported (except for a period in the 1950s/1960s when it was made North of Auckland at Whangarei Glassworks).  The first glass windows were made up of smaller panes of glass which resulted in multi-paned windows that you still see today in the colonial homes of oldest Auckland Suburbs, like Ponsonby.

The earliest homes in Auckland were predominately cottages that were built with lapped horizontal weatherboards, but it didn’t take long for villas to become increasingly popular.

These cottages and villas were built increasingly from the 1870s in Ponsonby and the growing townships of Onehunga, Howick and Devonnport. To the south, the townships of Papakura and Otahuhu, while out west Henderson and Hellensville, boasted the kiwi romance with owning your own single-detached home.

The Californian Bungalow became popular in suburbs like Mt Eden and Balmoral in the early 1900’s.  The window size began to increase from the originally small panes of glass but they were still glazed with poor performing single glass.  The house trends expanded to include pockets of Spanish Mission and Art Deco homes.  All home styles were evident in established the areas of Remuera and Epsom, with new suburbs such as Mt Albert showing the newer trends.

There is a rich history and character in these Auckland homes, with many owners looking to preserve the character, yet address the problems exhibited in their cold single glass and draughty gaps.

retroGLAZE® timber retrofit solutions allow these windows to be double glazed, maintaining the character and enhancing the comfort of these homes.  This includes “preserving” leadlight and stained glass windows, and maintaining the character in multi-pane colonial windows.

In the late 1930’s Auckland’s housing shortage lead to the Government’s state housing projects, notably in Orakei and Auckland’s CBD, then Otara.  State houses all came with timber-framed windows, and included cost-saving designs such as split rails.

retroGLAZE® solutions includes options to fit double glazing into the existing timber framed windows or replace them with new thermally enhanced aluminium frames and double glazing.

Into the mid 1900s Auckland homes were being built with timber frames windows, or the new-and-fashionable aluminium framed windows (all still with single glass).  This first generation of aluminium windows and doors were imported.  Houses that have this aluminium joinery still today, find their windows poor performing and flimsy.  The retroGLAZE® solution sees these replaced with modern thermally enhanced double glazing, changing the comfort and enjoyment experienced in the home “dramatically”.

With the Auckland Harbour bridge came a new wave of homes onto the North Shore.  While the suburbs close to Devonport have more homes with traditional timber framed windows, homes in the Northern Suburbs (from Takapuna north) are more likely to have windows with aluminium frames.

The second generation of aluminium framed windows and doors in Auckland was produced locally, with cost reductions and architectural designs that has seen aluminium joinery become very popular in homes since the late 1970s.

retroGLAZE® solutions include retro-flitting aluminum windows with double glazing.  Where homes have older aluminium joinery, or owners wish to make changes (such as new doors, new colours or upgraded thermal performance) the frames can be completely replaced with new double glazed windows and doors.

When it comes to double glazing decisions, the important thing for Auckland home-owners is being well informed to make the right decision for the windows in their home.  retroGLAZE® solutions cater for the requirements of Auckland homes and the information provided by a consultant will contribute to good decision making.

Double Glazing Solutions in Auckland

Auckland is one of New Zealand’s oldest cities, a city of cities, with homes having “glass windows” dating back to the mid 1840s.  Glass for windows in New Zealand is imported (except for a period in the 1950s/1960s when it was made North of Auckland at Whangarei Glassworks).  The first glass windows were made up of smaller panes of glass which resulted in multi-paned windows that you still see today in the colonial homes of oldest Auckland Suburbs, like Ponsonby.

The earliest homes in Auckland were predominately cottages that were built with lapped horizontal weatherboards, but it didn’t take long for villas to become increasingly popular.

These cottages and villas were built increasingly from the 1870s in Ponsonby and the growing townships of Onehunga, Howick and Devonnport. To the south, the townships of Papakura and Otahuhu, while out west Henderson and Hellensville, boasted the kiwi romance with owning your own single-detached home.

The Californian Bungalow became popular in suburbs like Mt Eden and Balmoral in the early 1900’s.  The window size began to increase from the originally small panes of glass but they were still glazed with poor performing single glass.  The house trends expanded to include pockets of Spanish Mission and Art Deco homes.  All home styles were evident in established the areas of Remuera and Epsom, with new suburbs such as Mt Albert showing the newer trends.

There is a rich history and character in these Auckland homes, with many owners looking to preserve the character, yet address the problems exhibited in their cold single glass and draughty gaps.

retroGLAZE® timber retrofit solutions allow these windows to be double glazed, maintaining the character and enhancing the comfort of these homes.  This includes “preserving” leadlight and stained glass windows, and maintaining the character in multi-pane colonial windows.

In the late 1930’s Auckland’s housing shortage lead to the Government’s state housing projects, notably in Orakei and Auckland’s CBD, then Otara.  State houses all came with timber-framed windows, and included cost-saving designs such as split rails.

retroGLAZE® solutions includes options to fit double glazing into the existing timber framed windows or replace them with new thermally enhanced aluminium frames and double glazing.

Into the mid 1900s Auckland homes were being built with timber frames windows, or the new-and-fashionable aluminium framed windows (all still with single glass).  This first generation of aluminium windows and doors were imported.  Houses that have this aluminium joinery still today, find their windows poor performing and flimsy.  The retroGLAZE® solution sees these replaced with modern thermally enhanced double glazing, changing the comfort and enjoyment experienced in the home “dramatically”.

With the Auckland Harbour bridge came a new wave of homes onto the North Shore.  While the suburbs close to Devonport have more homes with traditional timber framed windows, homes in the Northern Suburbs (from Takapuna north) are more likely to have windows with aluminium frames.

The second generation of aluminium framed windows and doors in Auckland was produced locally, with cost reductions and architectural designs that has seen aluminium joinery become very popular in homes since the late 1970s.

retroGLAZE® solutions include retro-flitting aluminum windows with double glazing.  Where homes have older aluminium joinery, or owners wish to make changes (such as new doors, new colours or upgraded thermal performance) the frames can be completely replaced with new double glazed windows and doors.

When it comes to double glazing decisions, the important thing for Auckland home-owners is being well informed to make the right decision for the windows in their home.  retroGLAZE® solutions cater for the requirements of Auckland homes and the information provided by a consultant will contribute to good decision making.

Your plan to home comfort.

Book a call and Talk to us about your home

We understand every home is unique. Book a call and we can discuss your requirements before we give you a figure.

We’ll come and take a look

We meet with you to take measurements. This will ensure your solution is right first time. We then tailor a plan to suit your needs.

We’ll get to work

With solutions that are machined off-site, you’ll get a seamless install that causes minimal disruption.

Enjoy life with double glazing

Finally get the comfort you deserve and enjoy spending time in your warm and healthy home.