Serving Montpellier & surrounding areas
Sash Window Repair & Restoration in Montpellier, Cheltenham
Montpellier has some of the finest Regency window joinery in the country — tall six-over-six sashes, glazing bars barely an inch wide, and stucco reveals that show every clumsy repair. We work on these frontages constantly, from Montpellier Terrace and Montpellier Villas to the crescents behind the Gardens, and our default answer is repair rather than replacement.
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Tell us about your windows and we will arrange a no-obligation survey, usually within five working days.
Period windows in Montpellier
The Montpellier stock is overwhelmingly late Georgian and Regency: box-frame sashes running full height to the first-floor principal rooms, often with margin lights, delicate astragal bars and original crown glass that ripples in the light. Many of the ground-floor openings sit behind ironwork balconies or under canopies, which protects the head of the frame but traps damp at the sill.
Because the frames are built into thick stucco-faced masonry, water tends to track behind the render and into the box before anyone notices. The classic Montpellier failure is a perfectly sound upper sash above a soft, delaminating bottom rail and rotten sill nose — with the pulley stiles still in excellent condition after two centuries.
Weight-and-cord mechanisms here are large and heavy because the sashes are tall. When cords snap, homeowners often prop the sash or paint it shut, which then locks in the moisture. Rebalancing to the correct weight for the glass — particularly after slimline units are fitted — is as important as the joinery itself.
Decayed sill noses and bottom rails
Damp trapped behind stucco and balcony ironwork rots the lowest members first. We splice matched timber rather than lose the sash.
Broken glazing bars
Regency astragals are slender and snap easily. We cut and scarf new bar to the exact original section rather than fitting a chunkier modern profile.
Painted-shut and unbalanced sashes
Decades of repainting seize the sash in the box. We free, re-cord and rebalance so a tall Regency window lifts with one hand.
Rattle and draught on exposed frontages
Open terrace elevations catch the westerly. Discreet brush seals stop the rattle without touching a single original moulding.
What we do for Montpellier homeowners
Timber rot & sill replacement
Spliced repairs, new sills, cords, weights and pulleys — keeping the original sash wherever the timber allows.
Learn moreDraught proofing
Full perimeter brush seals routed into the sash and frame to stop draughts, rattles and heat loss.
Learn moreHeritage slimline glazing
Slim double-glazed units in restored or new sashes, sized for narrow Regency and Victorian rebates.
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Montpellier streets we cover
Montpellier Terrace & Villas
Tall Regency six-over-six sashes with fine bars and original glass worth retaining.
Montpellier Gardens & Walk
Stucco frontages with balcony ironwork and damp trapped at the sill.
Suffolk Square & Suffolk Parade
Grand terraces where profile matching is scrutinised by the council.
The Park & Tivoli fringe
Regency villas and early Victorian additions with mixed sash sizes.
Bayshill & Royal Crescent
Listed frontages needing fully reversible, like-for-like work.
Flats and conversions
Upper-floor apartments worked around access, communal areas and managing agents.
How a Montpellier job runs
Step 1
Free survey
We open every sash, probe the timber and record the exact glazing bar and moulding profiles before quoting window by window.
Step 2
Workshop joinery
Sashes travel to the workshop for splicing, new sills and bar repairs. Openings are boarded and secure the same day.
Step 3
Seals and balance
Brush pile routed into sash edges and meeting rail, beads renewed, cords replaced and weights matched to the new glass weight.
Step 4
Refit and finish
Sashes refitted, operation checked, putty lines and heritage paint system made good — with parking and access arranged around the terrace.
Article 4 and listed buildings in Montpellier
Montpellier sits inside a Cheltenham Borough Council conservation area with an Article 4 direction, which removes permitted development rights for window alterations. In practice, replacing original timber sashes with modern units needs planning consent, and many frontages are also listed.
Like-for-like repair and internal draught proofing normally need no consent. Where slimline glazing or a new sash is proposed, we confirm the designation at survey and prepare the section drawings and specification for the council so the application matches exactly what we install.
Why Montpellier homeowners choose us
- Repair-first approach — we replace only the timber that has gone
- Matched slow-grown timber and traditional linseed oil putty
- Original crown and cylinder glass retained wherever it can be safely reused
- Sashes rebalanced so they open with one hand
- Fully insured, tidy working and dust-sheeted interiors
- Guaranteed repairs and a 10-year guarantee on the draught seal system
The same workshop and joiners carry out our sash window repairs in Cheltenham.
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