The team behind the Door and Window Experts (DWE) has over thirty-five years of experience in the door and window industry. We offer a unique, impartial, independent, knowledge-based website whose sole purpose is to inform the consumer and promote and support the fenestration industry trading in the UK.
As well as the home and property owner, the Door and Window Experts website is suitable for home improvement and property professionals, specifiers, builders, and residential and commercial projects. We also provide tailored business services for the fenestration trade.
What makes us unique is that we are the only dedicated platform that provides comprehensive information and independent coverage of the UK market regarding doors, windows, and fenestration home improvement products.
We do not sell windows and doors. We are an independent and impartial information resource. Anyone can contact us to find a supplier or ask questions to seek advice.
Why you can trust the Door and Window Experts Website.
Nick Dardalis, founder of the Door and Window Experts Website (DWE), has been a pivotal figure in the fenestration sector since 1989, bringing nearly four decades of glazing experience to DWE. Nick has the most in-depth product knowledge of windows and doors across all materials and virtually every brand.
His extensive background includes providing project and product advice to homeowners and trade professionals, assisting home improvement companies in expanding their product portfolios and sales strategies and speaking at industry events, such as Grand Designs Ask the Expert, for industry panels and property renovation shows.
Nick’s dedication ensures that the Door and Window Experts Website remains a trusted and authoritative resource in the door and window industry.
Nick helps the thousands of people who get in touch with the website every year. Our substantial Google reviews perfectly illustrate how we help everyone who contacts us.
Of course, professional home improvement businesses today possess much knowledge about aluminium and PVCu windows and doors. Still and understandably, they have to adhere to the manufacturer’s brand product messaging they sell. This is where we stand out as an impartial website, as we’re free to review any brand products without ties. Additionally, we can reveal whether individual brands are unique to the business or a rebranded name, which is generally available. Benefit from unbiased general and technical information. We will answer direct questions via our contact form, connect you with professional and experienced door and window companies, and provide any additional help needed.
We do not sell to you – we only inform and advise, and our initial service is free.
How the Door and Window Experts help and advise thousands every year
The Door and Window Experts website is a unique and knowledgeable resource regarding door, window and fenestration products. Here’s what we provide:
- Independent and impartial information and advice.
- Reviews of brands, products and systems.
- Expert knowledge of aluminium, PVCu, timber, steel, hybrid, composite, fire-rated and specialist.
- Help make better choices – what to consider before you buy, how and where they are manufactured, and other essential considerations the salesmen won’t tell you!
- Provide knowledgeable advice pages – product choices and brand comparisons.
- Technical jargon, U Values and security measures are explained.
- Personal help and guidance regarding products to consider and installation company options.
- Putting installers and homeowners in touch with each other.
We help thousands of property owners and professionals, architects, and tradespeople who contact us every year. We respond personally to all enquiries, helping people get the right door and window systems from the proper suppliers.
Help for the home and property owner.
Suppose you are a homeowner or manage a restaurant, pub, hotel or bed and breakfast and want to improve your property or embark on a renovation project. You’ll find everything you need to purchase new or replacement doors and windows on our website. Here is how we can help you for FREE:
- Provide information for your research.
- Help unravel the confusion around the many brands and products.
- Provide names of suppliers and installers in your area.
- Help with any door and window material.
The Door and Window Experts product reviews are impartial and expertly written, providing detailed information. We focus on delivering knowledge rather than selling, offering insights into different brands and systems and how they compare to other products.
Our product buying guides have been carefully written to help you understand technical jargon, navigate the sales process, identify window manufacturers, and decipher various brand names. Our independence from any specific company or brand allows us to provide information about virtually every type of window and door available.
With PVCu products now better than ever, you can find everything you need to know to help you choose between aluminium and PVCu windows and doors. Our articles will help you understand who makes the best bifolding doors, how to select the slimmest sliding doors and what you need to know to find the best aluminium windows. We even explain what to look for if you’re considering replacing your conservatory roof. With patio sliding doors making a comeback, check out our detailed sliding doors section. We even cover the latest full-glass frameless bifolding doors, windows and screens.
In addition to our articles, you can ask for direct help and advice about your project using our contact form. Door and Window Experts do not sell windows and doors.
Help for the architect, specifier, builder and contractor
If you are an architect, specifier, builder or contractor and need help selecting the right product for your customer’s project, here is how we can help you for FREE:
- Suggest brands suitable for your customer’s budget.
- Suggest suitable products for residential and commercial projects. We carry in-depth technical information about commercial uses of aluminium, such as curtain walling, shop fronts and entrance systems.
- Help with technical information.
- Provide names of suppliers and installers.
To help you with your project queries, please use our contact form in the first instance.
Help and services for installers and trade
Why choose Door and Window Experts for your business needs? We are specialists and passionate about this industry only! You will be gaining from a team with a combined 60 years of fenestration industry knowledge and extensive business and website development experience.
For installers, home improvement companies, and property professionals, you’ll find information about suppliers, systems companies , and the wider supply chain. In addition to aluminium windows and doors products, we help put you in touch with the right trade manufacturers, where you can buy in fabricated doors and windows in a variety of systems. Our architectural glazing section highlights the most technically superior brands and installers for Grand Designs style projects for architects and clients looking for ultra-premium windows and doors.
Commercial contractors, building firms and the trade benefit from contacting us to get connected with suppliers and installers of residential and commercial windows and doors for housebuilding or commercial projects. Or let us put you in touch with suppliers for aluminium panels, powder coating services, door and window hardware and procurement of aluminium extrusions and components.
Door and Window Experts is continuously updated and offers advice about today’s on-trend designs and products. Find out everything you need to know about steel replacement windows and doors, including information about heritage, contemporary, and steel-look products. Or check out our patio doors area, which offers every possible door option for a new extension project or property renovation.
Additionally, we carry in-depth technical information for commercial uses of aluminium, such as curtain walling, shop fronts and entrance systems.
Over the years, Door and Window Experts have helped many suppliers and installers find excellent trade suppliers and provide technical information and advice on residential doors and windows. In addition to the Door and Window Experts website, we provide marketing, website creation, and consultancy services to the fenestration industry. Here is a summary of how we can help:
- You are a new business and require advice on which brands and products to sell or you are already trading but are struggling to make sales and wish to generate more enquiries.
- For the installer, we can advise you on the best sources of supply and the most suitable door and window brands and products for your business.
- For the trade supplier and manufacturer, we can help promote your business.
- For businesses, we provide website creation or a current website overhaul, content writing, Google/Bing Ads management, marketing and consultancy services and help with lead generation.
If you are interested in our expert help, please get in touch.
Background and Experience
- Providing project and product advice to homeowners and the trade for over twenty years.
- Consultancy and product training to the fenestration trade.
- Helping new and existing home improvement businesses choose the right product portfolio for their location and target market.
- Speaking and Ask the Expert at Grand Designs, Roadshows and property renovation shows.
- Co-owner of one of the largest and most respected trade manufacturers in the UK, still active in the industry today.
- Work within a significant UK aluminium systems company to introduce a new aluminium commercial door into the marketplace.
- Training sales teams of a significant national window company that introduced commercial and residential aluminium products into its portfolio.
- We have helped leading home improvement companies expand their sales by helping them sell the right products and assisted in the creation of innovative and class-leading window showrooms.
- Manage, create, and grow home improvement websites.
- We have helped architects and specifiers choose the right commercial aluminium products for major developments and construction projects nationwide.
The Door and Window Experts Website team also has substantial and extensive experience in fenestration, marketing, and online and website services.
We have been actively involved in manufacturing, supply, specification, technical and sales across the entire fenestration and home improvement supply chain. Our work is focused purely on this sector with an understanding of the industry, products, terminology and “speaking your language”.
The Door and Window Experts Website is unique and is the most extensive information resource for advising on doors, windows, screens, and associated products.
Door and Window Experts website creation and marketing services for fenestration businesses
The Door and Window Experts team has built quality, high-performing websites for clients since the late 1990s. Quickly recognising the benefits of Content Management Systems over manually created websites, we have developed effective websites on the WordPress platform since 2005. Our client base for which we have either written, designed or managed websites includes:
- Established small to medium-sized home improvement companies
- Hardware suppliers
- Successful powder coaters
- Trade suppliers
- Bifolding door specialists
- PVCu, timber and hybrid window suppliers
What sets us apart from other marketing companies is our unique perspective as ‘door and window people’. We understand the intricacies of your business and can write and provide all website content with minimal demands on your end, saving you substantial time and money. Whether you sell PVCu, aluminium, timber, hybrid, or steel windows, we have the knowledge and expertise to craft your website content for you.
Our approach focuses on our clients’ specialities and ensures their online marketing is consistent with their core values and processes. We don’t make rash promises about search engine rankings. We help our clients acquire the new business they are looking for by helping them stay focused.
We have a dedicated and growing client base and focus on providing expert information and personal, tailored services to the window and door industry. The marketing services we provide are:
- Website creation
- Website update and revamp
- Lead generation advice
- Google and Bing advertising management
- Tailored content writing for blogs and social media.
If you are interested in our business services, please get in touch.
Please note: We do not advise or work with marketing agencies or consultancy companies; we only deal directly with the trade or end user.
How we get paid
In addition to the paid consultancy work discussed above, Door and Window Experts accept payment for advertising and promotion on the site. We also undertake research and project work with systems companies and have a portfolio of fenestration websites and customers whose websites we manage and grow day-to-day.
It is worth stressing that we absolutely do not accept payment for simply writing content about an individual company or for reviewing a product. We are impartial, independent and here to promote and support all door and window systems companies, their products and services.
We welcome feedback about the companies and products we feature on the website, both positive and negative. We strive to cover a wide range of door and window products, so if you feel we need to include something, please get in touch.
Get in Touch
Whether you’re a homeowner looking to upgrade your doors and windows, a professional seeking expert advice, or a trade business needing marketing support, Door and Window Experts is here to help.
Our Commitment to You
We strive to continuously update our content with the latest industry trends and products, ensuring you receive the most current and accurate information. Your trust is our priority, and we are dedicated to supporting you with integrity and expertise.
