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gil
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 19, 05 12:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

double glazing ? How about internal wooden window shutters ?
instead of, or as well as.
giraffe - do you still have originals in place ? could you renovate or install ?

Also, if you've got sash windows, you can get single glazed ones with brush-type draught excluders round the edges (which also stops them rattling). Apparently most of the heat lost through this kind of window is round the edge, not through the glass. Double glazing makes me think of condensation, and older houses not being able to breathe properly.

But I'm not an expert on this kind of thing, and my window shutters are way down the to-do list.

dpack



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 27, 05 4:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

draughtoroofing, insulation and double glazing willpay for themselves in that order .then go for energy efficient equipment .

dougal



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 27, 05 7:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
draughtoroofing, insulation and double glazing willpay for themselves in that order .then go for energy efficient equipment .

Yep, that's the standard advice - BUT - unless any (combustion) heaters are "room sealed" (drawing their own combustion air in through their own flue system) then you *must* have a good supply of fresh air (or risk Carbon Monoxide poisoning). And that air supply means draughts...

Hence upgrading the heating (an expensive item) may allow better draughtproofing (which is cheap!)
And an efficient boiler might reduce the fuel consumption by 20-30% compared to 'traditional' designs. And that % saving would apply to whatever consumption would be expected from the levels of insulation employed...

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