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Cheapest window solution

  • 24-02-2017 4:49pm
    #1
    Easttoeastish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22 ✭


    Need to replace windows but it's a short term fix. The ones there are all single glazing and approx 25/30 years old.

    The next 3/5 years we will hopefully gut the whole house, do the usual knock walls and extend so I really don't want to spend a fortune. The front door also needs replacing!!

    Is there a cheap way around it or should I really just hold off?


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  • #2
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,189 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    The dearer part of this is the labour. You'll only save penny's going for single glazed


  • #3
    Easttoeastish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22 ✭Easttoeastish


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    The dearer part of this is the labour. You'll only save penny's going for single glazed

    Thanks for that. I'm assuming PVC is the cheapest route to go though?


  • #4
    Sleepy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,366 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    We've just been through similar - our place has misted old aluminium double-glazing that's well past it's useful lifetime. Having stretched myself to get the initial deposit and other work done, it'll be at least 5 years before I can save the 10-15k we'll need to replace the properly so we looked into other options and tbh, just decided to live with what's there in the meantime. Even the cheapest PVC double-glazing is going to cost 3/4k and I couldn't justify spending that on a stop-gap...


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