sixpencehome
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Hi Everyone, I hope you are well.
I’ve posted previously about renovating our stone floor (which we are labouriously taking up at the moment), and have found lots of great advice on the forum so thank you all very much! We are preparing to replace the windows with sashes as they would have been originally but are worried the work will inadvertently go against our attempt to restore natural building materials in the house and reduce damp in the house. The house was built around 1860, is not listed or in a conservation area and has rubble fill walls about 450mm thick.
We have had quotes to have new timber sash windows fitted in our house, which are all currently unoriginal, single glazed, timber framed, with small top openings and are all pretty rotten. I wondered if anyone has had new sash windows fitted and can suggest any things we need to ask about or specify before we instruct someone - especially as we will be keeping our distance whilst the work is done during lockdown (house is unoccupied).
We’ve had a quote for softwood windows and hardwood sills. They’ve said the softwood is laminated Scandinavian redwood. The windows are A rated and the system is a leitz thermotech window. Guarantee is 7 years on the window, 5 years on the glazing and 1 year on the window furniture. Does anyone have thoughts on how long we could expect these windows to last if we look after them? We are struggling to find an answer that is not from a window company! Would they need normally use a cement mix to seal them in, and do you think it is reasonable for us to ask them to use lime? We will be reinstating lime pointing this year. If anyone has insights into things we should check or ask before they begin we would really appreciate it - we are trying to do right by the house and it can lead to analysis paralysis and we need to get the windows in before we can start plastering.
Many thanks in advance,
SPH
I’ve posted previously about renovating our stone floor (which we are labouriously taking up at the moment), and have found lots of great advice on the forum so thank you all very much! We are preparing to replace the windows with sashes as they would have been originally but are worried the work will inadvertently go against our attempt to restore natural building materials in the house and reduce damp in the house. The house was built around 1860, is not listed or in a conservation area and has rubble fill walls about 450mm thick.
We have had quotes to have new timber sash windows fitted in our house, which are all currently unoriginal, single glazed, timber framed, with small top openings and are all pretty rotten. I wondered if anyone has had new sash windows fitted and can suggest any things we need to ask about or specify before we instruct someone - especially as we will be keeping our distance whilst the work is done during lockdown (house is unoccupied).
We’ve had a quote for softwood windows and hardwood sills. They’ve said the softwood is laminated Scandinavian redwood. The windows are A rated and the system is a leitz thermotech window. Guarantee is 7 years on the window, 5 years on the glazing and 1 year on the window furniture. Does anyone have thoughts on how long we could expect these windows to last if we look after them? We are struggling to find an answer that is not from a window company! Would they need normally use a cement mix to seal them in, and do you think it is reasonable for us to ask them to use lime? We will be reinstating lime pointing this year. If anyone has insights into things we should check or ask before they begin we would really appreciate it - we are trying to do right by the house and it can lead to analysis paralysis and we need to get the windows in before we can start plastering.
Many thanks in advance,
SPH