7,800 tenants to get glazing

Tenants in Ballymoney are the first to benefit from new contracts worth £17.5m that will see all Housing Executive homes fitted with double glazing by 2015.
By The Newsroom
Published 6th Jul 2014, 10:45 BST
The Housing Executives Area Manager for Causeway Mark Alexander pictured with Coral Close tenant Brian Wilson with Danny Dixon, of Dixon Contractors and Lynne Gibb, Housing Executive Schemes Officer for Causeway, as the double glazing scheme gets underway in Ballymoney.INBM27-14SThe Housing Executives Area Manager for Causeway Mark Alexander pictured with Coral Close tenant Brian Wilson with Danny Dixon, of Dixon Contractors and Lynne Gibb, Housing Executive Schemes Officer for Causeway, as the double glazing scheme gets underway in Ballymoney.INBM27-14S
The Housing Executives Area Manager for Causeway Mark Alexander pictured with Coral Close tenant Brian Wilson with Danny Dixon, of Dixon Contractors and Lynne Gibb, Housing Executive Schemes Officer for Causeway, as the double glazing scheme gets underway in Ballymoney.INBM27-14S

Work is underway at 68 houses in Ballymoney in the first of a series of double glazing schemes across Northern Ireland.

Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland said: “I welcome the fact that the contracts are in place and work has started again on the double glazing programme to meet the Programme for Government commitment to install double glazing in all Housing Executive homes by the end of March next year.”

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Mags Lightbody, acting Chief Executive, said: “I am delighted our double glazing programme is now underway. The tenants who live in these homes in Ballymoney will be the first of just over 7,800 households to benefit from this programme.

“It will be a major boost for our residents living in those homes. By replacing them now, tenants should benefit from greater energy efficiency, noise reduction as well as lower heating costs.”

Mr Brian Wilson is one of the tenants who will benefit from new double glazing to his home at Coral Close in Ballymoney. He said he is “delighted” with the work.

The Housing Executive’s programme this year involves 58 schemes and includes around 7,800 homes. During the course of the contracts, our contractors will liaise with residents and the Housing Executive to ensure the work achieves the high standards set and expected.

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