Hi,
I hope someone can help.
We've recently had double-glazing put into our 1905 stone built house. The windows were fitted and screwed into the recess using timber, and there still a large cavity either side behind where the existing wood work meets the window and goes into the wall (and in places it was about 6 cm void). The fitters were going to cover/close it up with architrave. I questioned this saying that that would provide no insulation at all. They then admitted that they had run out of foam.
They returned the next day, but instead of foaming the gaps they stuffed them full of insulation fibre (looked like the stuff you use in roofs), and then sealed with architrave.
My question is; is this standard/good practice for double glazing installations - or should the voids have been fully foamed?
thanks in advance
I hope someone can help.
We've recently had double-glazing put into our 1905 stone built house. The windows were fitted and screwed into the recess using timber, and there still a large cavity either side behind where the existing wood work meets the window and goes into the wall (and in places it was about 6 cm void). The fitters were going to cover/close it up with architrave. I questioned this saying that that would provide no insulation at all. They then admitted that they had run out of foam.
They returned the next day, but instead of foaming the gaps they stuffed them full of insulation fibre (looked like the stuff you use in roofs), and then sealed with architrave.
My question is; is this standard/good practice for double glazing installations - or should the voids have been fully foamed?
thanks in advance
