On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:01:09 GMT Stuart Noble wrote :
I personally have never seen degraded
upvc. Yeah, I know, it just looks **** from the beginning.
I've got pvc at the back and lovingly restored originals at the front
which seems a reasonable compromise to me.

I went for white powder coat thermal break aluminium. A little more
expensive and not quite as good as wood or PVC for insulation but
slimmer frames, maintenance free and recyclable at the end of their
life.

--
Tony Bryer SDA UK 'Software to build on' http://www.sda.co.uk