Some of us have a life outside NG's and don't have the time to wade through every thread posted in every interest group. Nice one though, all the same !
Andy
Bloody interfering nosey busybodies
Nov 09, 2006
34 Replies
I just can't keep up. Christian's reply did make me laugh though ;-) You'd have to read the other thread to appreciate it fully.
Cheers,
Martin Pentreath
Which is of course exactly what they said about Crittall windows when they first came out.
AWFUL things. Cold and draughty.
It's not that well hidden to justify a dot in front of the name...
Don't have any details do you? Just what I'm looking for.
Correct. that is not right.
You were too subtle for me, I am afraid!
No.
Building regs: yes Planning: no (other than certain areas)
David
What, you mean back in the 1850s?
Rubbish. Slender framed, elegant windows are a feature of many modern as well as traditional building design. And with the modern double-glaxed replacement glass inserts performance need be no worse than with the horrid plastic windows.
MM
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And usually rusty
Crittall's windows are GALVANISED!
MM
I worked on a 30s house where the whole lot were rusted through at the bottom
...until someone sands them down to repaint. They they're wrecked, as rust will always leach though.
I lived with them for 15 years and they rusted at the base..inside!
All that condensation.
My mother, whose house they were in, eventually replaced them with UPVC DG, and suddenly the house got almost warm.
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