2026-05-03 19:46 UTC
@greg_harvey Here (netherlands) I'm not allowed to change the frames as those are monumental. There is monument glass, which does isolate better, but is far too brittle for use in my street. Too many trucks and drunk teenagers passing. Even if it would work in my house, I'd have to get a permit and they don't always give them. @pluralistic
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@greg_harvey@tooting.ch 2026-05-03 19:51
@wenslauw That sounds familiar to the sort of UK rationale at the time. Here in France we were able to replace original windows with identical new wooden ones that were double-glazed, but certainly my parents at the time were told the actual window frames *and glass* were part of the listed status of the property and therefore must be preserved. And even adding secondary glazing, which needed screwing into the frames on the interior, was technically against the rules. But my dad did it anyway. 😉