Quakers living close to their birthplace of their 357-year-old way of life are warming to a new solution for double glazing within listed buildings! The picturesque Sawley Friends Meeting House, a grade II listed building that dates back to 1777, is situated on the edge of the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire and is just a few short miles from Pendle Hill where Quakerism first began inspired by George Fox in 1652.

Access Plastics has launched a new selection of custom designed acrylic mirrors for the home and garden. Made from perspex mirror, they are available through retail website, and are reasonably priced with the added benefits of being lightweight and safe. Senga Smykala, MD of Access Plastics (UK) Ltd., commented: “As we move into spring more and more people are thinking about their gardens and mirrors are playing an increasingly prominent role in garden design as they help to create an illusion of space and size without the safety issues of traditional heavy mirrors.

Access Plastics has recently launched a very very low cost alternative to double glazing and secondary glazing. Basically your average window would cost around £40-£50 to glaze with ecoGlaze – around 7-8% of what it would cost if you chose double glazing. Other secondary glazing solutions are considerably more expensive mainly because they install, are generally (and needlessly) more complicated and DO NOT produce the acrylic glazing themselves.

A West Yorkshire-based plastics manufacturer has hit upon an incredibly simple and cost effective idea that transforms the way we make our homes more eco friendly. Access Plastics, based at Eastburn near Keighley, has developed EcoGlaze which is a system of clear acrylic sheets that can be easily fixed to the inside of existing window frames with magnetic tape to deliver environmental efficiency that more than matches up to the performance of glass. It's also perfect for listed buildings where double glazing is not an option.