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Green Building Bible, Fourth Edition
Green Building Bible, fourth edition (both books)
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General: Should I bother remanufacturing this double glazed window?

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    • CommentAuthorcjard
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2023 edited
     
    Picked up an insanely cheap sliding door with two 1.5x2m panes that's ideal for a job I have but the double glazing is 6-6-6 so probably over 3 for its u value. I'm fairly confident I could strip it apart and clean the old glue off, and find someone locally to do a "put an 20mm warm edge spacer, and hot glue it up" for a few quid - there is space in the frame to go upto a 32mm pane thickness.

    However, it's going in a seldom-heated 60sqm garden room gym/cinema that will be well insulated everywhere else though so I'm not sure whether upgrading the glazing is actually ever going to pay back the money, effort or emissions associated with the remanufacture. Probably easier all round to get a decent set of curtains

    what do you good people think? Is upgrading DG by improving what you already have ever worth it?
    • CommentAuthorrevor
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2023
     
    I would not bother fiddling with the existing glazing units get replacement DG units or alternatively get thermal curtains, We find curtains very good at their job.

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