subject: Nip in the air? Nip it in the bud with double glazing [print this page] As summer leaves us with nothing but memories for another year, and we reach for the central heating controls, now is a good time to think about the contribution your windows make to keeping the house cosy.
When double glazing was first brought onto the mass market in the 1970s and 1980s, it was seen as a godsend for anyone who had been struggling to stay warm in a house with windows which were one of the main sources of heat loss in the house.
It was a simple principle, relying on the idea of two panes of glass being far better than one at the job of keeping draughts, cold and damp at bay. Once it became possible to construct windows with two panes of glass, with each of these panes separated by a space in which a vacuum was created, it seemed that the ideal solution had been arrived at.
Looking back, it is hard to believe that double glazing has been with us for a generation now, and it has made a tremendous difference to the lives and the homes of many people. Like most products and technologies, though, double glazing has come a long way since the first units were installed. Advances in manufacturing methods, and in the materials used to make the frames and the panes, mean that the windows of the 21st century are a totally different proposition to those which our parents had installed in their homes.
To begin with, they are manufactured to much higher standards, with greater precision and big improvements in the standards of their performance. What has also changed fundamentally since the early days of double glazing is our awareness of global warming. The concept had hardly been recognised when the first double glazing was devised and installed, yet now we are all too aware of the effect that all the artificial heating we do of our houses, and of other premises, is damaging the planet, and using up resources which will, one day, run out.
So there is greater pressure on everyone to turn down their heating for the sake of the future, and for our children. But understandably, for most us of, keeping our children warm takes a higher priority. Hence, rather than creating more heat, we are learning the importance of holding on to the heat we have. And the latest double glazed windows and doors are the front line in our defence of not only our children and our homes, but the planet too.
Getting double glazing quotes for updating and improving your windows and doors is easy, with companies specialising in finding the most suitable local double glazing company which is trusted by customers.
Nip in the air? Nip it in the bud with double glazing
