Is my double glazing installed badly?

poppellerant

I live in a rented house, and all but one room is nearly very quiet. You can hear traffic, but it's pretty quiet - I don't expect it to be soundproof!

But in one bedroom, you can hear the traffic more clearly than the rest - and it so happens this room is the colder of the bedrooms. When you knock on the inner plastic surround it sounds hollower than the rest. I'm tempted to peek behind it, and try and stick some expanding foam in if I can.

Any advice?

maninthestreet

any draughts coming from that window? If it has an opening window, have you checked the rubber gasket hasn't perished?

Meadows

Sounds like the seal may be past it best on a part of the window.

poppellerant

Sorry for being so naive, but what is the seal - the black rubber part that holds the window in the plastic frame?

I do know if I press on the left, there is a lot of give in the white plastic surround - in fact it moves over the window's frame, because the silicone beading has worn.

Norman_Castle

Check that the frame is sealed with sealant where the frame meets the wall both inside and outside.

Meadows

poppellerant wrote: »

Sorry for being so naive, but what is the seal - the black rubber part that holds the window in the plastic frame?
I do know if I press on the left, there is a lot of give in the white plastic surround - in fact it moves over the window's frame, because the silicone beading has worn.

Could be the seal as the window closes (in the opening of the frame that the window closes against).

neiljules

It is possible that the window is a lot smaller than the origional, which means that there is a larger gap that has been covered with trim... this happens sometimes as it is impossible to tell what is behind the previous timber windows and you are left with a large space to cover.... a pic would help but removing the trim would confirm that there is a gap.

sashman

try looking for trickle vents, you may have a tv just in this room or this one is stuck open

Leif

Pink meaty nourishment from Scholar ... reported.

Kaz2904

Not sure how nourishing it is though