double glazing

Our house is listed. We cannot replace our single glazed windows.

What we have done, on windows that are non-openable or treated as non-openable is get a piece of glass the size of the surrounding window frame and fitted a flexible plastic strip around it, with clips that are screwed onto the window frame. www.tubeway.co.uk/easyfix-diy/easyfix-glazing.html

On windows that are usually only opened in summer we have had rigid acrylic sheet cut, as above and we have then stuck special magnetic tape www.amazon.co.uk/Adhesive-Magnetic-Steel-Secondary-Glazing/dp/B00CI5T8PS onto the window frame so that we can put the interior double glazing pane on the window in the winter and peel it off and store it in the summer.

Neither system is obtrusive when installed - unless your window frames are not painted white!

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If you do choose double glazing, do not go to the large national firms- go to a local preferably family run business. Make sure that the firm does not sub contract, - I have had mega problems with that in the past.

Thank you for your helful tips. I will put them all together and eventually make a decision.

Do you have cavity insulation? It's a lot more cost effective than DG if the house is suitable.

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I've got secondary glazing over ancient diamond pane windows and it does the trick but looks ugly inside - can't be seen from outside. A neighbour has these secondary panels, which look much better and were quite cheap, but they installed the panels themselves.

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Is your house listed or in a conservation area? The quote seems very high. I'd ask around local people and get a few more. We had two enormous picture windows ( 5ft x 9ft )with special layered glass and thermal gasses put in. They were nowhere near that price. x

Hi, sorry to hear about your windows. We have a problem with our 60s metal framed windows and lack of central heating. Its a flat so no changes possible unless the whole residents association agrees. What we did was get the best possible curtains. Interlined with fleece. They weigh a ton and have to be closed by pulling on ropes silk cord. However, they do seem to make the rooms very cosy indeed at night or after dark (4pm here). Not a solution for you necessarily but its a thought. Good luck!