Georgian bars - to be or not to be?

Alibat

I think it's all down to the type of house and personal preference.

After seeing most of our street replace their windows over the years, and being surprised at just how much they changed the character of a house, when we got round to doing ours we tried to get windows as close to the originals as we could.

When it comes to adding value to a house they would do the exact opposite for me and put me right off a property because I really dislike them and find them over fussy. But then no doubt many people would dislike our windows. It's all swings and roundabouts.

paddyrg

Georgian glazing is about more than just the frame and wood, the real stuff uses old glass too, which you can instantly tell if you know what you are looking for. Modern glass is all 'float' glass, made by pouring liquid glass onto liquid tin, it is very flat. Georgian glass was all rolled glass, it is much less flat and reflects unevenly (walk down a Georgian street looking t reflections in windows, they wobble, pinch). This is where a lot of the charm is, in the irregularities, especially wen rflecting a setting sun!

Would I bother trying to make new float glass look Georgian? Not really, you may as well put an 'E-Type Jag' body kit on a Kia.