I live in a 30-year-old bungalow, originally with mahogany-framed DG windows. The frames at the front of the house had started to rot, and several blown panels, so a few years ago I got them replaced.
Unfortunately some of the work was very unsatisfactory, ending up in my having to threaten legal action etc. For this reason, I can’t face having the windows at the rear of the house ripped out and replaced. As it happens, the prevailing NI semi-arctic weather hits the front, and the rear is quite sheltered, so the frames round the back are in really good nick.
There are a couple of blown panels, but I know a guy who specialises in replacing them. However, some of the seals where the windows close have shrunk and hardened, so when I wash the windows on the outside, I end up with a puddle on the inside
I looked at this before, when I thought it might be possible to rescue the front frames, but there is a vast and bewildering range of sealing strips on eBay etc – is it possible to find out the right kind, and replace them?
- Desperate of Co Antrim
Unfortunately some of the work was very unsatisfactory, ending up in my having to threaten legal action etc. For this reason, I can’t face having the windows at the rear of the house ripped out and replaced. As it happens, the prevailing NI semi-arctic weather hits the front, and the rear is quite sheltered, so the frames round the back are in really good nick.
There are a couple of blown panels, but I know a guy who specialises in replacing them. However, some of the seals where the windows close have shrunk and hardened, so when I wash the windows on the outside, I end up with a puddle on the inside
I looked at this before, when I thought it might be possible to rescue the front frames, but there is a vast and bewildering range of sealing strips on eBay etc – is it possible to find out the right kind, and replace them?
- Desperate of Co Antrim
