What Our Clients Say.
Veritas Building & Joinery Reviews
Michael C. East Lothian.
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"Veritas constructed a new wooden, double glazed, box and sash window to put into my 1890s house. The window replaced a tired 1980s aluminium framed one. Based on my experience, I would recommend Veritas to anyone. Colin was extremely professional throughout, and a pleasure to deal with. Communication about what would be constructed. installed, how, and when was excellent. Colin was able to easily accommodate any requests or requirements that we had through the process. He was meticulous in answering all the questions we had and went into great detail about the construction, materials, and design of the windows that he makes. The sashes/box/window itself are all very well constructed. 'Little' details (actually quite important!) like the choice of sealing mechanism/type of seal between sashes and between sashes and box, and selection of window design and wooden profiles to match the building were all done really well. The end result is not just a functional window, but also a delightful object and thing to use. It insulates both noise and draughts better than the old aluminium window that it replaced. The installation of the window was also carried out to a very high standard. The proper materials recommended by heritage/conservation experts were used to seal the window into the window opening (sand mastic - which won't cause damage to older stone buildings like modern sealants can). Removal of the old window was done with great care and the fabric of our building was really looked after, with care taken to minimise disrupt/damage the original plaster and other building materials. This was all nicely tidied up afterwards. Everything was done meticulously and with real attention to detail, down, I noticed, to aligning any screw heads on the frame (which I really appreciated). All this for the installation of a single window. We are looking forward to being able to ask Veritas back to do the rest as soon as we can."
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Brad Cotton. Edinburgh
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"Colin and Matt came around and did an absolutely amazing job with our windows. They were polite, provided a fantastic handmade, bespoke product. They completed the replacement of our two windows in a single day as promised, and hoovered and cleaned up after themselves! They even used sympathetic techniques like oakum to fill gaps Instead of spray foam in our historical home. We really appreciated Colin’s approach and expertise with our window project and would happily have Veritas do work for us again! Highly recommended!"