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[poshman]

hi all, ive just had double glazed window/doors fitted alls great except ive been having a discussion with the wife about the front door.
it has 2 small windows ( half size of the door ) about 5 ins wide there is a leaded pattern of tulips on it and other side obscure glass now....
is there a right and wrong way to have the pattern facing ?

at the moment the leaded pattern is on the outside and she says the pattern should be on the inside and also being in contact with the weather it will get ruined in time

personally, it looks better from the outside as you can see the tulips rather than looking through the obscure side and the lead wouldnt get weathered would it as its fitted on church roofs etc

thanks P M

 

[Djnikon]

I should say first I'm not a glazier or expert but my door has a similar pattern of lead work and it's on the outside... now that I look so is my neighbours.
It has weathered a bit but all that's happened is it's lighter grey than it probably was originally and has a few white spots but it seems to clean up ok quite easily.
I would agree with you that it goes outside so that people can see it (is that not the reason for having lead work?)

 

[ladylola]

Lead on the outside

you're right she's wrong

drinks on the missus I'd say

 

[The Bullet]

ditto - lead outside

 

[poshman]

Lead on the outside

you're right she's wrong

drinks on the missus I'd say

thanks to all, yeh i had a look at a few of my neighbours too all on the outside,........... now the difficult bit telling her shes wrong

 

[foxhole]

Tell her YOU were mistaken about her being correct.

 

[masona]

It has weathered a bit but all that's happened is it's lighter grey than it probably was originally and has a few white spots but it seems to clean up ok quite easily.

You can get round this by using black graphite polish but it will blacking the lead, if you do, try a small sample in out of sight area first

 

[God]

Think about it, if you had a heavy obscure pattern like Cotswold and the lead feature was on the inside you would not see it, also lead will darken with age. This then takes you onto the low e or k glass bit where this was meant to be glazed to the inside but if you had a leaded obscure unit how would this work as it's the clear side that gets leaded, listen to me waffling on of topic ..sorry