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Windows
What is a tilt-and-turn window?
The same sash tilts inward for ventilation or turns inward to open. Opening details and hinge direction are shown in your design. Final sizes, safe use, hardware and suitability must be checked for your project.
Front Entrance Doors
Designer or Signature — where do I start?
Pick the range first, then compare the models shown within it. Each range has its own brochure, colours and furniture. Dolly can help you choose without needing to know every technical detail.
External Doors
Which door opens up the most space?
Bi-fold doors fold to a side or sides; sliding doors move alongside another panel. French doors open on hinges. Start with the arrangement you prefer and Dolly will check the right system and clearances.
Rooflights & Lanterns
What is an upstand?
An upstand is the raised frame a rooflight sits on. A compatible Korniche pre-formed upstand can be requested after the main roof product. Your installer needs to confirm suitability for the roof build.
Measuring
What size should I enter?
Use millimetres and measure the full opening or frame, not an individual pane. Tell us what you measured and whether the height includes the cill. Each Size step includes guidance; final manufacturing dimensions must be checked.
What changes for Vertical Sliding Sash?
Enter the structural opening. The proposed quotation size deducts 10 mm from both its width and height. Both sizes remain visible in your summary. The deduction is not approval for manufacture.
What if my size is unusual?
Keep your dimensions and request manual review. Casement requests above the confirmed 3000 mm overall width are retained for Dolly to assess, not priced as standard. Explain the opening in your notes; file uploads are temporarily paused.
Products and options
Which windows can I enquire about?
Casement, Tilt and Turn, Heritage, Flush Sash and Vertical Sliding Sash. Lift-and-slide is a sliding-door mechanism, not a window category.
What does viewed from outside mean?
Imagine standing outside the building looking in. Panel numbers run from your left to your right. Tilt-and-turn windows open inward; other handing and movement requests need the exact supplier opening diagram.
Are fixed and dummy sash the same?
No. Fixed is a non-opening glazed section. A dummy sash is also non-opening but is intended to match the appearance of an opening sash. Availability and the exact profile need supplier confirmation.
How do I choose my entrance door?
Start with Customer details, choose Smart Designer or Signature, then choose a model from that range. We guide you through size, opening direction, outside and inside colours and finishing touches. Your exact model is kept in the preview and summary.
What are the rooflight choices?
Korniche Flat Glass, FlatLite and Roof Lantern each have their own size, colour and glass choices. We keep the address entered with Customer details, so you do not repeat it. A compatible Korniche upstand can be requested afterwards; Dolly checks suitability with your installer.
Quote process
Does a quote basket place an order?
No. It holds your quotation request and no payment is taken. Dolly checks the specification, availability and final quotation before any order.
Are prices shown online?
No. Every product is quotation-only. Submit your requirements and Dolly will review the specification before providing your quotation. No order or payment is taken online.
Has my draft been sent?
Pressing Continue after Customer details saves a private draft for Dolly and later steps update it. Submit enquiry sends the complete request into the private records and returns a reference. Downloading a PDF alone does not submit it. Email notifications remain disabled during this review until the mailbox connection is verified.
Delivery
What should I include about delivery?
Free delivery covers the UK, including UK islands, excluding Northern Ireland. Tell Dolly the delivery address, postcode, access restrictions, unloading needs and target timing. Delivery arrangements and lead time are checked with your quotation.
When should I arrange fitting?
Wait for confirmed product and delivery arrangements before making fitting commitments. Do not assume a lead time from an illustration or product category.
Supply only
Does Dolly’s Windows fit the products?
Dolly’s Windows is supply-only. Surveying, fitting and building work are arranged separately.
Trade accounts
What benefits will I receive?
Your own appointed account manager; preferential trade rates based on the scale and regularity of orders, subject to approval and current terms; and wider choice including aluminium, trade-only uPVC and access to Dolly’s Building Plastics. Trade quotations are shown net of VAT where relevant. Your application is reviewed before an account and its terms are confirmed.
Does submitting an application open an account?
No. It is a request for Dolly’s team to review your business needs, not account or credit approval.
Colours and glass
Can inside and outside colours differ?
Choose outside and inside separately from the supplier finishes shown for your product. Where supported, foils provide wood-effect or block-colour laminated finishes instead of powder coating. Exact combinations are checked for the selected system. Screen colours are indicative; ask for a sample before ordering.
How do clear, obscure, toughened and laminated differ?
Clear and obscure describe appearance. Toughened and laminated describe glass construction. An insulated glass unit is the complete sealed assembly. Your preference still needs a product-specific safety check, particularly for doors and overhead glazing.
Can I choose an obscure pattern?
Windows and external doors show Pilkington pattern preferences. Choose a shown pattern or Help me choose; Dolly checks compatibility with the exact product and glass unit. Describe any other pattern in your notes. File uploads are temporarily paused.
Warranties and aftercare
Which warranty applies?
Ask for the warranty, exclusions, care instructions and claim process for your exact product before ordering. No generic warranty period is promised.
What are the returns and cancellation terms?
The approved terms must be supplied before orders are accepted. This review does not invent cancellation periods, refund promises or bespoke-product exceptions.
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