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And what is a reasonable target to aim for? Excluding passive house craziness

Well the law changed last week and our new application has been submitted. Ready for the long wait now...

Interesting. I'm sure when I looked into it the cost difference of triple glazed windows was never going to pay back the energy savings over double in the life of the windows. Unlike single glazed to double where they do save you money. The improvement wasn't as drastic with 3g vs 2g. That rules them out for me although @JohnMo said it was more a comfort thing.

But the custom ones come with welded joints. How do you keep the strength? What brand did you use?

What suprised me were the channels in the formers were not filled with foam, just air gaps. I understand pvc windows are like this but I expected eps within the closers having used the off the shelf ones before. They have a bba cert so they must be good for their stated performance.

As @torre the premade ones are so much better than the off the shelf jobs. I've used them before wouldnt mess about any other way on 150mm cavity construction. To answer your actual question they are stable enough for the brickies to build in as they go. You may find for doors they will set a profile or straight edge up the reveal also.

Do the installers glue the unit in when window fitted then or do they come factory glued?

I've also cut sections out before and noggin between

Just looked. Glued glass to sash. Must be expensive if unit fails or gets broken? I think that would put me off

What makes a better profile?

Which are the best upvc profiles? They all claim to be! @craig

Yeh tractor maybe get a separate policy. You might just find the insurers will want to load the policy if you start adding personal items.

How much are the contents at risk in garage likely to be worth? Will insurance be worth the hassle?

I think a lot more energy goes into producing steel. I bet you would find a keto type product is cheaper vs steel in the states where they seem to use timber products a lot more

Did you price it up vs steel? Not sure if just went to a dear supplier but had a price years ago and steel was cheaper. Crazy.

I think there might be 2 kinds of spray or that could just be bull. I've had it before when someone has said ive put the good spray on for you in case tiling the floor or something. Maybe acrylic vs non acrylic?

Glad you ignored any naysayers. Its lovely stuff.

1 section. Its quite common to have a hole like this somewhere. On some sites they cut a hole 1400 by about 200 to pass plasterboard up through then nog and patch after.

Use the 8x2

Smear in clear silicone is what nhbc inspectors look for below sinks where waste cut into shelf.

Isn't that the planners job though, to visit site and look at how the proposed scheme would fit in?

As in you only have FCU in the summer house?

How big is an 800w kit? Presumably you can only have 1 kit per house or per ring main or whatever? I am thinking of a pergola with solar on top in summer and put away for the winter to let more light in

Do you have any pics of your pipes pre boarding the walls/ceiling? Also any of the finished units?