air vents in double glazed windows?

elzie

you will have to let me know if the cd does the trick with the baby emma_b!

anitha

Hi,

I am hoping somebody on here can help. I have a different DG dilemma.
Our new house needs DG throughout and I have been told it will be a costly affair.

I have been told to use a manufacturer rather as they will be cheaper. Is this true ?
I am based in North London - can anybody recommend any reliable good companies to get quotes from ?

Any other advice to keep the cost low will be most appreciated.


Thank you
a

ridgeback

Hi,
I have just had DG installed.. I have a quick question about the bathroom window....
It has air vents at top of window , covered inside and out, but also, on the exterior of the window it has 2 holes.. about an inch long cut into the bottom of the frame.. To me it looks like they were drilling for the air vent.. then maybe realised they were drilling it on the bottom of the window.
It is just two uncoreved holes drilled directly into the frame.
You cant actually see them from the ground, you have to be up on a ladder, hence why I did not see the holes when the installation guys were here.

I dont think these holes serve a purpose, and are open to letting water into the inside of the frame.

So, are these holes supposed to be there ..

Tony.

deanos

just brick up the windows and the jobs a good un :beer:

Will_it_make_me_rich

I'm interested to know how white noise is going to help you sleep?

They use this when interrogating people to try and make them crack.

You might as well listen to a untuned tv channel.

McAzrael

ridgeback wrote: »

Hi,
I have just had DG installed.. I have a quick question about the bathroom window....
It has air vents at top of window , covered inside and out, but also, on the exterior of the window it has 2 holes.. about an inch long cut into the bottom of the frame.. To me it looks like they were drilling for the air vent.. then maybe realised they were drilling it on the bottom of the window.
It is just two uncoreved holes drilled directly into the frame.
You cant actually see them from the ground, you have to be up on a ladder, hence why I did not see the holes when the installation guys were here.

I dont think these holes serve a purpose, and are open to letting water into the inside of the frame.

So, are these holes supposed to be there ..

Tony.

They are probably drainage holes. Water will get into the rebate of plastic windows and so there has to be some form of drainage to stop it getting into your house. They should have some cover caps. In most cases the windows drain underneath and onto the sill which is why you don't normally see the drainage holes. Look at windows which have been put into Victorian terrace houses and onto the stone sills - they will have drainage holes on the face of the frame.

silvercar

North London Trade Windows
58 Valley Field Crescent
Enfield
Middlesex
EN2 7QA
UK


Tel: 08453471682

Securiglaze

020 8208 2082
61 Shenley Road, Borehamwood, WD6 1AE

I've used both of these in the last few years. Both manufacture and fit themselves.

AceCobra

Just FYI we had a similar issue in that the upstairs windows seemed to let in more noise than we expected. After some careful listening exercises with the windows open/closed the noise was actually coming through from the eaves/roof and walls. Its still fairly quiet but not as much as we expected. I'm hoping whenw e have the cavity walls insulated it'll make a bigger difference.

Martin.

missile

calleyw wrote: »

Thanks. But my husband would not be keen to do that. And neither I am. This is a man who makes himself bleed doing the most simple of jobs.

Also the windows have been in 11 years and I for one am not going to touch them. I have visions of them falling out or something. And replacements are not an option for a number of year yet.

I leave the windows on the first latch. But tend to shut them up when I go out.


Yours


Calley

Do you feel it is right to blame OH for choosing vents and think it is clever to make fun of his DIY skills?
I wonder how you would feel if you read a post from him joking how you never take responsibility and how fat you have become now you are pregnant? :rotfl:

ridgeback

McAzrael wrote: »

They are probably drainage holes. Water will get into the rebate of plastic windows and so there has to be some form of drainage to stop it getting into your house. They should have some cover caps. In most cases the windows drain underneath and onto the sill which is why you don't normally see the drainage holes. Look at windows which have been put into Victorian terrace houses and onto the stone sills - they will have drainage holes on the face of the frame.

Thanks for that, I called them out and they covered them up with the caps you mention.. at least it does not look like 2 black lines drawn in permenent marker anymore.
But why only the bathroom window !!

Tony.