Hi there
Can someone get me started, I've done a lot of googling and am swamped with inapplicable information.
I want to :
-replace the single-glazed glass in a single (wooden) balcony door with a sealed double-glazed unit.
-replace the skylight glass in the frame above the door with a double-glazed unit. The skylight is arched at the top.
-I also want to buy and fit a trickle-vent to the door
Sealed units should meet current BS requirements
I want to keep the existing frame and, preferably, door.
The main challenges seem to be:
- where to get supply-only sealed units, particularly one with an arch (I'm in London)
- the fact that the door is only-just thick enough to accommodate a sealed unit - what's a robust way of fitting the unit in the door with only a few millimetres to spare each side? Nails and putty ?!
- can you get off-the-shelf wooden trickle-valves? (I've only found PVC ones)
Any pointers on techniques, materials, sourcing suppliers, etc welcome.
I will do the installation work myself. Actually, it doesn't matter if it's a bit heath-robinson. The objective is to eliminate the condensation on the (single glazed) door glass that arrived when I got proper double glazing in all the surrounding windows.
thanks
Can someone get me started, I've done a lot of googling and am swamped with inapplicable information.
I want to :
-replace the single-glazed glass in a single (wooden) balcony door with a sealed double-glazed unit.
-replace the skylight glass in the frame above the door with a double-glazed unit. The skylight is arched at the top.
-I also want to buy and fit a trickle-vent to the door
Sealed units should meet current BS requirements
I want to keep the existing frame and, preferably, door.
The main challenges seem to be:
- where to get supply-only sealed units, particularly one with an arch (I'm in London)
- the fact that the door is only-just thick enough to accommodate a sealed unit - what's a robust way of fitting the unit in the door with only a few millimetres to spare each side? Nails and putty ?!
- can you get off-the-shelf wooden trickle-valves? (I've only found PVC ones)
Any pointers on techniques, materials, sourcing suppliers, etc welcome.
I will do the installation work myself. Actually, it doesn't matter if it's a bit heath-robinson. The objective is to eliminate the condensation on the (single glazed) door glass that arrived when I got proper double glazing in all the surrounding windows.
thanks
