uPVC Spray Painting in Sowerby Bridge

When homes in Sowerby Bridge were built, and what that means for the frames

Around Sowerby Bridge centre, the Valuation Office Agency counts 5,080 properties: 38% built before 1919, 19% between the wars, 16% from 1945 to 1972, 12% from 1973 to 1999 and 15% since 2000. The figure that stands out is the 38% (about 1,920 properties) built before 1919, well above the 21% average; houses of that age were built with timber sashes and panelled doors, so any uPVC on them is a later replacement. On those 1,920 older buildings, bright white plastic frames are often the one thing that looks out of place against stone or old brick, so recolouring them in a softer shade makes a bigger difference than it would on a newer house; if yours still has its original timber windows, those need a different coating system and are quoted separately. The 19% built between the wars is also above the 16% average: about 980 interwar homes, many with bay windows that are costly to remake but simple to respray.

Only 27% of properties here (about 1,370) were built from 1973 onwards, below the 36% average, while 57%, about 2,900, predate 1939. So most of the uPVC around Sowerby Bridge centre was fitted to older houses as replacement windows, and on those 2,900 pre-1939 properties the frame colour has a bigger effect on how the building looks.

Types of home in Sowerby Bridge, and a worked price

Of the 4,855 households counted around Sowerby Bridge centre in the 2021 Census, 15% live in detached houses, 30% in semi-detached, 38% in terraced houses and 17% in flats. The largest group is terraced houses, about 1,860 households or 38% (average 27%), and at our published rates a terraced house with three windows and a front door on the street side would come to roughly £440 to £800 before fascias, soffits or a conservatory, with the exact price set after we check frame sizes, condition and access.

17% of households, about 810, live in flats (close to the 15% average), and in most blocks the windows and outside walls are the freeholder's or management company's responsibility under the lease, so changing the colour of one flat's frames needs their written consent first, and upper-floor frames may need a tower or powered access, which we price into the quote rather than adding later.

About 4,040 households here (83%) live in houses rather than flats, and many houses with uPVC windows also have a uPVC roofline of fascias, soffits and bargeboards that weathers alongside them; spraying the roofline in the same visit as the frames ties the colour together and is usually more economical than two separate jobs.

Owners, landlords and timing

62% of households own their home and 19% rent privately (averages 63% and 19%), so owners weighing a respray against replacement and landlords who care most about speed are both well represented among the 4,855 households; a typical job takes 1 to 2 days either way.