Tony Bryer wrote:

But this may be as much cultural as anything else: you now replace
things because you want a fresh look or something different, not
because the old is worn out.

True. Quite often, people I know, have ended up replacing windows in
cases where there was nothing wrong with the windows as such. Often
there were other things like some of the sealed units had failed, or
some of the original fittings or hinges had broken, and it was no longer
possible to get replacements that worked in quite the same way.


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Cheers,

John.

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