Buying a house with no double glazing

loulou41

I have seen a house I like but it has no double glazing and it will be a shame to double glaze as it wil loose all its nice features on the windows. Any idea how much it will cost to double glaze a 3 beds semi? Also how uncomfortable will it be without double glazling and how costly in winter? It looks nice as it is. Thanks

betterbargains4u

The cost of double glazing very much depends on the company used.
Just make sure you get at least 3 seperate quotes for the job.
Double glazing cuts down your heating bills. How cold your house would be without it, depends on lots of other things too.

• Which direction the house faces.
• Whether you have cavity wall insulation or not.
• Whether it is a terraced, semi or detached property.
• Whether you have sufficient roof insulation.
• Whether doors are draftproofed or not.
• The efficiency of the central heating system.

We moved into a house last year, that is only partly double glazed and I think that you will have to brave out the first Winter in it to see if it is too cold for you or not.
Don't let it put you off buying the house, though.

Rex_Mundi

If you don't like the idea of plastic, or ali windows. You could also look at a joinery company. They could make you double glazed wooden windows to suit your house.

If you do this, there are a couple of points you need to remember. The windows MUST comply with part L of the building regs. Also, if a joiners fit the windows, unless they are registered with FENSA (less likely than a window company), you will have to pay your local council building regs to inspect the windows, and issue you with a certificate saying they comply with part L. You must get this certificate. Local councils have different charges for this service. It would normally be around the £100-£150 mark, but could be more or less depending on the council.

flang

I lived in a house that wasnt double glased for 11 years before moving into my own flat, double glazing makes hell of a difference but you get used to it eventually!!!
I found getting out of bed in the winter the hardest!!!

robwend

loulou41 wrote:

I have seen a house I like but it has no double glazing and it will be a shame to double glaze as it wil loose all its nice features on the windows. Any idea how much it will cost to double glaze a 3 beds semi?
, about £3500. if you go fancy. i had leadlights and it cost me that

tawnyowls

I would say about £2500 for plain windows. The fewer panes you have, the cheaper each window will be - eg a single long fanlight will be cheaper than two smaller ones and a plain pane.

If you really want to keep the features, perhaps you should consider secondary glazing? Not as efficient as the proper DG - depends how much money on saving energy you're willing to sacrifice for the appearance.