We have bog standard uPVC DG, and when the wind gets up, as it often
does, I can't help but go around shutting all the windows as the noise
unnerves me.

What sort of wind can an open window cope with?

On Fri, 19 Feb 2016 23:12:33 -0000 (UTC), R D S
wrote:

We have bog standard uPVC DG, and when the wind gets up, as it often
does, I can't help but go around shutting all the windows as the noise
unnerves me.

What sort of wind can an open window cope with?


It's an ill wind that blows nobody good.

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Graham.

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On 19/02/16 23:12, R D S wrote:
What sort of wind can an open window cope with?

All but a double vindaloo and 7 pints.


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You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a
kind word alone.

Al Capone

On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 11:00:05 +0000, Chris Hogg wrote:

Why do you have all the windows open all the time?

I like fresh air. And i'm often too hot.

I don't understand the question. Do you mean before it rips off its
hinges? It's a HLIAPOS question.

Indeed.
But I wonder has anyone ever had an open window damaged in a storm, or
are they engineered to withstand any likely amount of wind.

On 20/02/2016 13:07, R D S wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 11:00:05 +0000, Chris Hogg wrote:

Why do you have all the windows open all the time?

I like fresh air. And i'm often too hot.

I don't understand the question. Do you mean before it rips off its
hinges? It's a HLIAPOS question.

Indeed.
But I wonder has anyone ever had an open window damaged in a storm, or
are they engineered to withstand any likely amount of wind.

I think he must be refering to normal casement windows with reflex
hinges top and bottom. These rely on an adjustable friction setting on
the hinge mechanism, but during windy weather this is insufficient to
stop the window being sucked open or blown shut. Old fashioned timber
windows had a mechanical stay that held the window at a specific
position. UPVC windows don't have this.

In article ,
R D S wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 11:00:05 +0000, Chris Hogg wrote:

Why do you have all the windows open all the time?

I like fresh air. And i'm often too hot.

Sounds like you need to turn down the heating, then, at this time of the
year?

I don't understand the question. Do you mean before it rips off its
hinges? It's a HLIAPOS question.

Indeed.
But I wonder has anyone ever had an open window damaged in a storm, or
are they engineered to withstand any likely amount of wind.

I'd say it would depend on many things. If a casement type and opened
fully against the wall and locked, chances are the wind couldn't catch it.
If partially opened with no lock and the winds smashes it against the
wall, many would break. Sash windows seem ok.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 14:56:00 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
R D S wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 11:00:05 +0000, Chris Hogg wrote:

Why do you have all the windows open all the time?

I like fresh air. And i'm often too hot.

Sounds like you need to turn down the heating, then, at this time of the
year?

I have a penchant for languishing in a very hot bath.