Those winter chills

In an effort to help keep those winter chills at bay, we recently installed some under floor insulation.  Then the other day we had glaziers come and double-glaze our high windows in the sitting room.  Mind you, this took quite a bit of arranging as they had to wait until we were home and not traipsing off somewhere in the caravan.  We had already had several conversations about a suitable date, as the men could not work in rain or high winds either, and at last we found one which suited both sides.  Two workmen arrived, each in a separate work van I noticed, and started unloading supplies.  The existing glass channel had to be removed and new type put in.  This came in one long length, packed around a length of timber to keep it from bending.  Up went the ladders on the front deck and the men started removing the existing glass panes.

Out with the old window panes

Once that was done, the new channel was cut to size, and put in place.  Then the new double glazed windows were fitted in place.  These have argon gas between the panes, and come all cut to size ready to install.

Double glazed windows ready to install

All this took quite some time and the men were up and down the ladders, calling out measurements then cutting the channel to the right size, and bang, bang, bang as it was nailed into place.  Muffy was not at all pleased with all this noise and wandered down from having a snooze in our sunny bedroom to see what was going on.

Working on the last window

Once they had finished the last window they packed their tools away one of the workmen came inside to clean all the finger marks off the inside of the windows.  This young man was from Salisbury, UK, and we chatted about our visits to his country.  He commented that whole house double glazing is the norm in UK and wondered why it is only just happening here, especially as our climates are similar.   If we are ever lucky enough to buy another new house, (keep buying those Lotto tickets) we would certainly get double glazing installed.