Secondary Glazing or UPVC?

gazfocus

FreeBear said:

gazfocus said:

ThisIsWeird said:

Nice, very distinctive, and presumably the original vernacular? And they look to be in good condition? Are they real leaded?

What have your neighbours done with theirs? (Assuming similar house styles)

Surely not cheap to fully replace? And very costly if in timber?  So, if rescuable, I think I'd be inclined to go removable secondary, for use during winter months. Fully remove in warmer climes.

Does the secondary allow for trickle venting if required? 

We are looking at about £6,000 to replace with basic upvc double glazing and then more if we want anything different to the bog standard. This includes the front door, back door and French door in the dining room.

If you don't have stone lintels over the other doors/windows, there is a very good chance that lintels will need to be inserted to support the outer leaf of brickwork. It was quite common for the timber frames to provide structural support to the brickwork above. When I had my windows replaced, a contingency was built in for the possibility of lintels being required. One window needed it, and we managed to wriggle it in without disturbing much of the brickwork. Over the front door, I had to take out the entire soldier course to  get the steel in. Fun and games ensued trying to source matching imperial size bricks. Also had to slice ~6mm off the back of each one (more work).

Thanks for this. I’m not sure if there are lintels so will have to check when we get the keys. If it’s a case of there being none, it would definitely push us more towards keeping the existing windows though I think that’s the route we will go anyway, so just about finding the right/most convenient secondary glazing.