Wood, at current estimates will outlast plastic, at least for windows - hardwood 80+ years. If properly maintained, of course.
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May 19, 2014
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This house still has some original windows, build date 1911. They are actually a hard "softwood", properly seasoned before use.
That's why I went with slotted concrete posts and concrete gravel boards, with wooden panels slotted in.
Doesn't look to bad and easy to maintain.
I bet the surviving windows don't face S/SW :-) Same timber still available from any half decent merchant, at a price of course
absolutely right, but the ones on the S/SW windows lasted until 10 years ago.
The same applies to oak
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