Double glazing question

Sillyaspie

I have had a quote to replace the windows in my 1960's built house but the salesman said that I would have to change the designs, making the opening windows smaller, which I don't want to do. He said that the sizes of my windows were too big and that I would be told the same by anyone else I went to. Is this right?

Ruu_Old

You have to be joking. Gardening/DIY is where you want.:eek: Operating Sytems->Windows..hmm?

Sillyaspie

Oh **** sorry!

sceptre

Well, he/she is silly as pie. Though I've always thought of pie as serious business.

Moved to do the Windows mods a favour.

delly

Strange, I thought most windows these days had to be big enough to fit a person in the event of a fire.

delly

delly wrote:

Strange, I thought most windows these days had to be big enough to fit a person in the event of a fire.

Yep, all habitable rooms need a "means of escape" usually a window, but another door (leading outside, in a different direction) is also acceptible.

ircoha

Sillyaspie wrote:

I have had a quote to replace the windows in my 1960's built house but the salesman said that I would have to change the designs, making the opening windows smaller, which I don't want to do. He said that the sizes of my windows were too big and that I would be told the same by anyone else I went to. Is this right?

are ur existing windows single or double G?

there may be a weight issue with DG and the ope sizes in pvc

galwaydude18

yes all newly installed windows have to have a min clear unobstructed opening of 500mm x 850mm when the window is opened out a 90degrees to the frame. It's building regulation and fire regulation also!

pjq

I have the same issue and have already looked at jobs done by this company
http://www.lmglazing.com/contact.htm
They install d/g in windows that were previously single .If their quote is reasonable I hope to retain my old teak windows . I think that because you are "repairing" and not replacing the windows , you avoid the building reg. issues .

pjq

Mellor

pjq wrote:

I have the same issue and have already looked at jobs done by this company
http://www.lmglazing.com/contact.htm
They install d/g in windows that were previously single .If their quote is reasonable I hope to retain my old teak windows . I think that because you are "repairing" and not replacing the windows , you avoid the building reg. issues .

pjq

Yeah, if you are fitting glass only then the regs dont apply.
But if new frames are going in then you need to comply with most conditions

ircoha

pjq wrote:

I have the same issue and have already looked at jobs done by this company
http://www.lmglazing.com/contact.htm
They install d/g in windows that were previously single .If their quote is reasonable I hope to retain my old teak windows . I think that because you are "repairing" and not replacing the windows , you avoid the building reg. issues .

pjq

indeed but DG windows are much harder to break than SG, in case of fire

pjq

While I'm happy not to have to comply with regulations , I did think of putting a €20- Lidl fire extinguisher in each room as an offering to the god of fire . If they dont extinguish the fire their weight will break the window , someone told me that you should smash at the corners
pjq

Mellor

Back to the original point, if the salesman said that the required pane was too big, and all companys will tell you that, then he is lying.
I have seen panes of glass in frames 3m square, DG glass. That was specialist made, but ask around, you will get somebody to make it for you, if some who does it standard.

pjq

Confusion may be that salesman was refering to size limit on a window that opens ( to meet regulations) . I was told that the max size of a window that opens is less for a plastic than for a modern wooden window .

delly

Turns out Sillyaspie is a troll, so the thread shall be locked.