Opinion on this UPVC window & door install?

Opinion on this UPVC window & door install?

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cashmax

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Wednesday 25th January 2017
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Nearing the end of a long and slightly painful garage rebuild after a fire. Had the window company come and measure up a few weeks ago and they installed this yesterday, unfortunately I wasn't there because I was working.

Not entirely happy with the result, given this was a made to measure solution. Just wanted to get some independent opinions before I go back them.

For clarity, my builder cut the wall, they came and measured, then fitted.




cashmax

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Wednesday 25th January 2017
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TooLateForAName said:
Is it the lens or are the sides and top curved?

Were you expecting a window above the door?
The window above the door is my issue. It wasn't discussed and makes the whole thing look odd to me. I had hoped the glass in the door would have been level with the glass in the windows, but it looks like the door has dropped own from a distance. Perhaps I was expecting too much, but why couldn't the door just extend to the top?

cashmax

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Wednesday 25th January 2017
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So to add a little more to this - The original plan was to not have a door at all, so the build was done to accommodate only windows on that side, but I decided at the last minute that a door would be worth adding. I guess this meant that the upper height was already set and my builder cut out the lower section to house the door. Having said that, the full height from top to bottom was 2300mm so I don't know if that causes a problem for door choices or something, but I just don't see what purpose the window in the frame at the top serves, other than to make it look a bit st.

cashmax

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Wednesday 25th January 2017
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Thanks for the comments. How I wish my builder was a "£150 a day man" he is a good guy, but as I said, I decided I needed a door a few days after the brickwork was done to accommodate windows only.