In article , N.
Thornton writes
fred wrote in message ...
In article , Dan
delaMare-Lyon writes
If you don't fancy DIY and are in a hurry - give a company called
"Ventrolla" a call (prolly web too).

They quoted 2500 inc vat to renovate all our sash windows - but on
closer in spection they were too fargone to save "sensibly" so we
removed tehm and had sympathetic UPVC replacements (as the sash
replacements were one arm, a leg, a kidney and a re-mortgage).

I'm surprised Dan, I bought a set of 5 wooden replacements (8'x4') for
about 250quid each plus about 400quid to glaze the lot in low-E DG units.
Ok, it was about 5 years ago, but I was amazed how cheap it was. Not
cheaply made units either, all have draught seals fitted in routed channels.

And used /reclaimed sash windows are around £70 a go. Glazed as well.

Good point, but not a goer for me:

The 5 windows form a corner oriel window. When I did the loss calcs for
the CH I realised that single glazing just wasn't going to work; 14sqm of
glass /6.5 sqm of floor :-/. The 'new' ones are DG so a lot better from that
point of view.

The rest of the windows in the house are SG and just fine, I'll check out
reclamation if they get too bad.
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fred