Windows direct from manufacturer are cheaper when the price loses links you do not need: the showroom, sales visits, extra middlemen and fitting bundled into a package. Making the window costs the same, whoever sells it afterwards. With us you see the price of your windows straight away in our configurator, without a visit and without fitting in the price. Below we show what a window price is made of and which parts you can leave out.
First, to be clear: we are not a factory. We are an official dealer of All Windows Group (AWG), and the windows are made in the AWG factory. For years we made and fitted windows ourselves, and since the late 1990s we have shipped them to Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Today we sell the product only, online, and deliver regularly to Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Austria and Czechia, and to other EU countries once transport is agreed.
Windows direct from manufacturer: what is in the price?
| Price component | Showroom purchase with fitting | Buying online from GALI | |---|---|---| | The window: profiles, glass, hardware, production | in every price | included, windows from the AWG factory | | Middlemen (importer, wholesaler, agent) | may be in the chain | one link: us as an official dealer | | Showroom, salesperson, visit and survey | usually included in the price | none: online configurator, you measure yourself | | Fitting | often bundled with the windows | none, you pay your installer separately | | Delivery | varies | per rack space, amount shown in the quote before you order | | VAT | included | rate of the delivery country, settled by us under the OSS scheme | | Warranty | depends on the seller | GALI warranty for 2 years, valid in the country of delivery |
This is general information on VAT, not tax advice. We explain in more detail where the difference between a showroom and buying without middlemen comes from in windows from Poland without middlemen.
What stays in the price whoever sells it?
Materials and production are a cost no seller can remove. So the same system with the same glass will not become much cheaper just because you buy it "at the source". The price of the window itself depends on the usual things: system, glazing, size, number of sashes, colour and extras. You can change each of them in the configurator and see the effect at once.
Two decisions really lower the price. The first is fewer sashes: one sash plus a fixed pane instead of two sashes. The second is ordering the whole house at once, because delivery is charged per rack space and in a larger order makes up a smaller share of each window. We recommend at least 2 windows or one lift and slide door.
What do you take on when you buy without middlemen?
A lower price means you do part of the work yourself or arrange it locally. It is worth counting this before you order:
- Measuring. You measure the openings in several places (top, middle, bottom) and give the frame size, not the opening.
- Fitting. You find an installer and book a date. We do not recommend particular firms and take no commission.
- Unloading. The windows arrive on racks and unloading is up to you: you need a forklift or 2–3 people.
- Receiving and storage. You check the windows in front of the driver and store them upright, under a roof, away from sun and damp.
Bear in mind too that made-to-measure windows carry no 14-day right of withdrawal: Directive 2011/83/EU (Article 16(c)) excludes it across the EU. Grant schemes have their own conditions and often require fitting by a contractor, so check with an adviser or on the scheme's official website.
What we check before the windows go to the factory
Over 29 years and more than 5,000 orders we have learnt that, when buying without a showroom, the costliest mistakes are in the data. Someone gives the size of the opening instead of the frame, or describes the opening side from outside. Someone else decides on a top-mounted shutter only after ordering, and its box adds to the window's height. That is why we check sizes, opening sides and item descriptions before every quote. Before production you get a drawing and specification to approve, and before dispatch, photos of the finished windows. The delivery comes with the declaration of performance and CE documents.
How to check the price of windows without middlemen
Put your windows together in the configurator: system, glazing, colour, extras, then the size and opening of each window. You see the price at once and can compare the same project in two systems. The systems are described on our uPVC windows page, and delivery abroad on our export page. We prepare a quote with delivery within 3 working days.