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Well, what do these 'leading profile companies' know? They make plastic windows so they obviously don't care about the Planet. :)

Really? I use 24mm. Convection is more likely to develop in a 20mm gap than a 16 mm gap. Sound insulation will be better in the thicker unit but if this is an issue you will get a bigger difference by having laminated glass as one of the layers. And use insulated spacers not the old-fashioned...

So that's 1.2275 m2 At £57 it's £46.44 per m2 at £30 it's £24.44 per m2 Forget the £57 quote but £9 per m2 sounds very cheap. Where are you selling that Forest Grump? Sounds like horticultural rather than float?

It's tight seals round the edges that make a surprising difference.

Wood grows on trees instead of being based on the finite petroleum resources. There are health hazards for human and other lifeforms associated with all stages of the use of chlorinated plastics. Timber windows last longer. They are easier to repair. At the ultimate end of their useful life...

No, PVC is deeply shameful. Timber is so much better in so many ways.

All wood changes dimensions with humidity. You may seal it somewhat for a while but that won't last forever. A door needs to be made so that it can accomodate the movement. Please don't use Sapele. It comes from tropical West Africa and what's left of the rain forest there is far too...

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No Get a local joiner to make them from oak.

On the other hand, there are oak doors which have never been sealed with anything yet have survived for hundreds of years :)

Oh dear. Sadly, the state of the world timber trade is such that it is very difficult to establish the provenance of a piece of tropical hardwood. The stuff is shipped about via places where false documentation is easily obtained. Just use European oak if you care about the planet.

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oxymoron: Figure of speech with pointed conjunction of seemingly contradictory expressions. OED There is no such thing as a 'sound' door made of uPVC.

sound plastic = oxymoron

Er, excuse me, and this doesn't help the sofa problem, but storm windows and double hung sashes are quite British. The storm window is a casement with a rebate so the crack is covered making wind driven rain less likely to penetrate. Double hung sashes are vertically sliding sashes where both...

Just think that one day you or your friend may wish to go through that door in a wheelchair without hurting knuckles.

Well, if you want plastic that needs replacing in two decades. I'd charge double those prices for oak but it wouldn't need replacing for two centuries, so works out cheaper eventually.

Why not replace your single glazed steel window with a double glazed steel window. Much longer lasting and better looking than plastic. This firm make the real thing: http://www.cotswold-casements.co.uk/

There's nothing in itself wrong with a supplier that is not Fensa registered - it may just mean that it is a small independent firm that does not see it worthwhile joining, and paying for, the big boy's club. You can get work certificated by application to Building Control (cost £50 + VAT)...

Wood lasts much longer and can then be repaired. PVC doesn't last long and can't be mended. PVC is made out of our finite supplies of oil and comes via the petrochemicals industry, whilst wood grows on trees. Wood looks good, PVC looks horrid.