Hi
I have a period house and many of the windows are in bad nick. Some of the casements are rotten, some warped so don't close properly and some parts of the leaded windows are damaged (cracked stained glass and blown lead)
Insulation with these windows is non existent
I do want to retain the look so don't want everything ripped out and replaced with upvc.
This company has said they will do two things
1) On some windows, rout the existing casements and fit double glazing into them
2) On others (where casements are rotten) they will provide future units. This involves new casements being made (from timber) to match existing. Then they take the original stained glass stick it to a sheet of glass, relead it and then apply another two sheets of glass to form a double glazed unit.
Like this you have something that looks like the original leaded timber window but the added benefit of a modern unit in terms of security and insulation.
http://www.stainedglasslondon.com/page/future_units
I'd be interested to know if anybody has any thoughts on this?
Thanks
I have a period house and many of the windows are in bad nick. Some of the casements are rotten, some warped so don't close properly and some parts of the leaded windows are damaged (cracked stained glass and blown lead)
Insulation with these windows is non existent
I do want to retain the look so don't want everything ripped out and replaced with upvc.
This company has said they will do two things
1) On some windows, rout the existing casements and fit double glazing into them
2) On others (where casements are rotten) they will provide future units. This involves new casements being made (from timber) to match existing. Then they take the original stained glass stick it to a sheet of glass, relead it and then apply another two sheets of glass to form a double glazed unit.
Like this you have something that looks like the original leaded timber window but the added benefit of a modern unit in terms of security and insulation.
http://www.stainedglasslondon.com/page/future_units
I'd be interested to know if anybody has any thoughts on this?
Thanks