secondary glazing

There's secondary glazing everywhere.

A cheaper alternative even to secondary glazing is a new product called Eco-ease designed by a small British firm and made from clear plastic panels.

Gas fired central heating, secondary glazing, a fitted kitchen and a terraced rear garden with sandstone walls are among the features.

Situated in Church Road, Litherland, the property benefits from gas fired central heating and partial secondary glazing.

"A few pounds on some weather stripping may be all your windows need, plus some good thermal curtains to draw when it gets dark, or secondary glazing."

Although double glazing (either secondary glazing or replacement windows) won't reduce fuel bills by that much, it will help make some rooms a lot more comfortable.

For the same reasons, we haven't got round to having secondary glazing fitted (we use three-ply bubblewrap instead at the moment!)

The cheapest and most sustainable option is almost always to repair or refurbish existing windows, perhaps with the addition of sliding aluminium-framed secondary glazing on the inside.

These include the shrinking of plastic film (d-i-y secondary glazing), drying of putty joints, and the freeing of rusty nuts.

This can cover the whole cost of draught-proofing, getting your loft insulated, having your pipes and tanks lagged, and possibly wall insulation and secondary glazing.

Since then an ongoing programme of conservation has been underway and isothermal secondary glazing is gradually been installed on the exterior to protect the windows from further damage.

The most effective sound barrier is provided by a combination of sealed unit double glazing, combined with secondary glazing with a gap of 100 to 200mm between the two (you may need to lengthen indoor sills).

The use of concrete suspended floors and "secondary glazing" in most of the wooden-framed windows was requested in the design requirements; the latter represented the first use of double glazing in an English building.

The second layer can be added as a separate, usually movable, pane inside your existing window (known as secondary glazing), or can be provided by fitting a twin-wall sealed glazing unit in place of the usual single pane.

For effective noise insulation, secondary glazing (a second window pane inside the existing one) is most effective; the bonus of secondary windows is that modern materials (especially uPVC and factory-coated aluminium and steel) need virtually no maintenance.

Secondly, the new proximity of the original side windows to the floor of the living-room quickly revealed the propensity of the stained-glass panels to admit draughts and clearly it would be wise to install secondary glazing within these openings to seal leaks, even at the expense of losing an uninhibited view of the coloured glass.