2026-05-03 13:50 UTC
@greg_harvey double-glazing doesn’t fit in the windows of old houses, is the reasoning here. @pluralistic
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@greg_harvey@tooting.ch 2026-05-03 18:02
@wenslauw @pluralistic You *can* have double-glazed windows made of wood to specification. I've had it done. It's expensive as hell, but possible. I hope the rules are more sensible now, when I was a kid we lived in a Grade 2 listed farmhouse in Nottinghamshire and my parents were literally forbidden from fitting double glazing, even if it were made to measure to be exactly the same as the sash windows being replaced. Which is ridiculous. In the end my dad put "illegal" secondary glazing.
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@mauk_y@wehavecookies.social 2026-05-03 19:21
@wenslauw how can you refuse to elaborate? What stops any window maker from building a fitting frame and order correctly sized double glass panes for it? @greg_harvey @pluralistic