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Absolutely John... the biggest boys ( Anglain/Everest and safestyle .... who incidentally are all trading names for Anglian Windows these days ) will always sell you new windows plenty of Independants out there ... we've replaced units in wood/pvc and ali for over 25 years along with other...

I fully understand the experiment side of it and well done for doing it. I was just adding some extra points in case anyone thought it was easy to split a unit down cleanly enough to reuse it . The only thing I will add is that by the time you've ' dried ' the dessicant out ( which will...

Well done for attempting it ... needs to be pointed out that the sealant in an old unit like that will be different to modern sealants and they can be very tricky to get apart and the unit can easily be broken with too much force and you can easily slip with a stanley blade and cut yourself...

As cdbe .. don't see that threshold working for you I'm afraid , and not sure you'd get 15mm by cutting the ribbing. Potentially you could drop it lower than the inside floor but would take lots of double checking before hand that the door would actually fit ,55mm is a lot to try and lose in a...

Sorry folks been busy then away camping then a stag do lol. As others have said ... the unit has broken down, the dessicant is no longer active. That's your first issue Do not drill toughened unless you want a million piece jigsaw or drill the laminate ( without proper cooling) unless you want a...

A bead of silicone should have been run across the top of the cill , just in front of that lip , where you've got a black arrow, and then the window screwed to the cill creating the water tight seal . There should also be a substantial bead of silicone either end of the cill to stop ( under...

The bit at the bottom is part of the Integral cill. I'm a little confused as to why they have set them so far back Into the property, in fact the main frame is flush with the internal plaster, thus pushing the back of the cill within the property. Normally that wouldn't happen and that edge of...

Recently priced one at 841 x 1078 (so smaller than yours ) , and that was approx £550+vat . You can probably get cheaper . Try Morley Glass

Yeah blinds inside sealed units are really expensive , all depends on whether you want magnet operated, electric or what

No units in the past were air filled , and majority are to this day. There is one company I believe that makes them with a vacuum , and that is purely for ' heritage ' purposes. And you can't really compare single glazing to a single unit lol... there is nothing to be effected bar one pane of...

But as I explained earlier... it doesn't ' sit there and do nothing ' . It's constantly contracting and expanding with changes in temperature and atmospheric pressure. The materials that go into making a sealed unit don't do this at the same rate , and , in my honest opinion ( this is just...

@crank39 ... this post is highlighting half the issue with the window/door industry lol.. lots of misinformation and misunderstanding ( yes some of this information is not supplied by installers probably because they don't know either! ) and also the feeling that windows/doors MUST last forever...

Yeah but those windows that have lasted 100 years are single glazed...not double glazed. And they will have needed some repair work at some point , even if it's just a coat of paint. And your Ferrari will be much more expensive and have less of a warranty

Sounds like your windows were missing the ' bridging packers ' ..... Bear in mind as things heat up and cool down they expand and contract and different materials do so at different rates. Annoys me though the logic that 10-15 years is too short a period....how long does your car last ( with...

Indeed it's replaced by air... very slowly ..sealed units are always leaking a very small amount( whether air filled or argon/xenon filled ) but the unit won't start misting until the dessicant in the spacer bar has reached the end of its life. ( on average 10-15 years but anomalies do happen)...

It's all to do with how it's sealed ... the argon just eventually seeps out

Brilliant Crank... and exactly how I do it too!

If replacing old units ( pre 2002 ) they wouldn't have had Argon as std. So in that case technically it is an upgrade, whether the person quoting includes it for an extra fee or offers it as std is up to them. Argon filled units most certainly do make the sealed unit ' better at its job of...

Unless it's an old style upvc window with really thick wedge gasket you ain't getting that in I'm afraid , new sealed unit at correct thickness I'm afraid

Most foils ( in fact I think all ) are from Renolit. The biggest piece you will get for yourself is an A4 sample. Renolit do offer trialling courses in how to do it but only in Germany. What you are seeing is actually a lot more common than you would think. A lot of woodgrain profile that...