Yeah we got some windows for here from LBC that were only a couple if years old and had been in n a veranda and they are excellent! I did have a friend say they thought they weren’t as good as 20 years ago now.
@toryroo - over the years, we’ve bought doors, windows and their own brand velux window and have always found them to be of excellent quality.
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The glazed doors I ordered from Leroy some years ago turned out to be made in Poland. So I would endorse going direct. I did so for insulating blocks, even with the lorry costs it was several thousand euros cheaper than buying in France, and better quality. since made to German standards
That is reassuring. I have every confidence having seen their product in several houses but positive opinion is always welcome.
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We had a business account with La Peyre locally and only used them and Atlantic Menuiserie for our clients because it was good quality stuff and lasted years with guarantees too which was important for the Déçennelle insurance
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It’s always good to hear that the professionals use a particular company. Thanks for the info @Shiba 
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did you mean Assurance décennale ?
Of course but in Franglais not straight French, do you not parler it? 
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Too bad—I really like this new word, “déçennelle,” especially with that cedilla before the “e”
Folks know what I mean, bought many many years of it. Life too short to worry about spelling these days plus my MiniMac often writes it for me.
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Slightly off topic - please excuse. This thread reminded me of when I stayed somewhere near Lorient in a very old and beautiful hotel. The windows were very tall and opened inwards against the tampering window opening, to reveal an insect screen which also opened inward very neatly, flat against the window, with the wooden outward-opening shutters outside.
On looking closely at the way the window was constructed, the insect screen seemed to be part of the original, not an addition.
This meant one could open the window and shutters, and close the insect screen to allow the warm summer sea air freshen the rooms.
If I was having some windows made, I would definitely look to having an integral openable insect screen incorporated in the design. Perhaps it’s a standard feature nowadays, I haven’t been looking. 
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Do you think you could explain further? We have been scratching our heads about how to include an insect screen when change our inward opening windows - with outward opening shutters. . And with wimdows butted right up to stone arch.
Maybe the solution is here 
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I was hoping to find something a bit more elegant than magnets and scratch 
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I think I can best explain it with a sketch - but please understand this is just a general idea of what I was talking about. I hope they are self-explanatory - I hope PDF files work on the site 
Window 1.pdf (18.7 KB)
Window 2.pdf (19.0 KB)
Window 3.pdf (22.3 KB)
Window 4.pdf (23.1 KB)
Window 5.pdf (21.0 KB)
Edit: Sorry I should have said, the sketches are a plan view on one side of the window.
My bad—I didn’t notice the Velcro strips and magnets!
An excellent presentation. Thank you for taking the time.
I assume both window and insect screen were one ‘vantail’?
If I understand correctly what ‘vantail’ means, the window was ‘deux vantaux’, i.e. two inward-opening window panes, so this detail occurred on both sides of the window.
It was a long time ago but I remember noting that it - window, insect screen and (possibly) shutter - were constructed as a single unit - the insect screen was not an add-on.
Seriously impressive! I will examine against our windows when I get home this pm.
As I like to do things properly myself, and shop-bought mosquito nets are ugly, I bought some cotton muslin and cut it into insect-screen-curtains. Ideally, I’d make frames out of wooden battens and staple the fabric to them. But as there aren’t any mosquitoes around my house yet, I’m content with my scraps of fabric, which are gently swaying in the breeze…
And “toile à beurre” is perfect for home made cottage cheese! 
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