On 26 Mar 2006 20:10:00 GMT, Ian Stirling wrote:

It is if bought to save energy. However, it has other advantages.

It does?

Less chill from the window.

Less - maybe no - condensation.

Less - maybe no - draughts.

Less noise from outside.

I find the OPs request a hard one to call. And those that have mentioned
doing the CH over seriously drafty windows I feel have never lived in a
place where the medium to heavy weight curtains literally do move in the
wind. When it's windy here, the curtains move and if it's below 5C
outside the 38kW boiler struggles to keep the place warm... It can be
below 5C or even 0C without the wind and there is no problem. How cold &
windy the previous week has been is *very* noticable in the amount of oil
we burn. Something like 1/3 more when it is cold & windy.

Chucking out a 10 year old boiler that probably just needs good descale
in the back garden to give it another 10 years life over the huge energy
saving that could be acheived by doing the windows... The vent for the
boiler is a problem but I suspect that could be addressed by baffles to
stop any direct path from the outside world.

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