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What a shame you wish to destroy another part of our heritage, add to environmental pollution and resource depletion - and reduce the value of your house.

Sometimes one wonders whether the lock makers, the insurers ( and even the burglars) are all in league. I've been told, but haven't tried this, that you can get round most locks in uPVC windows with a a few seconds work with a blow torch. Oopps, hope there's no burglars reading this. Hard for...

It's an effect you get with hard coat low-e glass such as Pilkington K Soft coat low-e is clearer.

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There's the price you pay now, there's the price you pay again when you have to replace them, and there's the price everyone pays because they have have messed up the planet. Do you want windows made of uPVC or oak? In the grand scheme of the things oak will be much cheaper.

You don't need to add poison - the rot won't grow if the wood is dry. Yes putty will do te job for a while so if you are replacing the window in a couple of years that would be the cheapest solution. A more permanent solution would be to use one of the resin products. Rather like car-body...

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But a properly designed window should not need seals to keep the rain out.

No, but maybe if you could give a bit more description of the window and where this 'seal' that leaks is. I would expect a window to be pretty rainproof without seals by virtue od design detailing that sheds water outwards.

The BS6206 kite mark tells you it is safety glass but does not tell you whether or not there is a low-emmisivity coating.

The relevant section of Part L of the Building Regs is: Conservatories 1.58 For the purposes of the guidance in Part L, a conservatory has not less than threequarters of the area of its roof and not less than one half of the area of its external walls made of translucent material. 1.59...

If it's Pilkington-K 'hard-coat' glass it has a very slight grey/bluish tinge that is usually un-noticeable but can be seen in direct sunlight if you know what you are looking for. 'Soft-coat' low-e glass, as made by St Gobain and others, is less easy to detect visually.

Building Regulations Part B Fire Safety The Law requires: “Means of warning and escape B1. The building shall be designed and constructed so that there are appropriate provisions for the early warning of fire, and appropriate means of escape in case of fire from the building to a place of...

Oh Carpenter Les is right about the insulation. Old buildings were rubbish at keeping the warmth in (with the exception of thatch, perhaps), but that's not the point on which this thread started. It was about stopping water leaking around a plastic window frame 'sealed' with 'waterproof'...

It's a sad tale and it really shows up the problems of using modern materials and methods on and old building. With a 200 year old house it would be much better to use the same materials that existed at that time. They were flexible and breathable. You may not like to hear this but the real...

It's not so much the size but the position. According to the Building Regs. if the bottom of the window is less than 800mm above the floor or if it is next to a door or if it is in a door then it needs to be safety glass. This could be toughened or laminated or very thick annealed. Your...

I noticed Homebase sell a double glazing film. (On the same rack as the draught insulation.)

There's a price for doing a job and there's a price for knowing how to do a job. How much do you pay your hairdresser, car mechanic and solicitor?

You've got to decide in each case. A little rot is easier to repair with resin, more rot is better repaired with new wood and lots of rot means complete replacement. Then you have to factor in the potential loss of historic fabric and a qualitative assesment of resin versus wood patching. If...

A sill made of English oak should last 200 years and might last twice as long. No maintanance.