Browse Forums Windows & Doors Re: Double glazing - VERY important? 15Apr 22, 2010 3:08 pm Our builder uses A&L as well and we wanted DG. They make them in a Casement Window. That means they have a winder like the awning but they wind out sideways and open like a small door. Great for catching a breeze and directling it back into the house. SK Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34120 Handover 23 Dec 11 Squatting 21 Dec 11 Fixed 12 Oct 11 Plastered 31 Aug 2011 Framed 7 June 2011 Site Start 7 Feb 2011 Land Titled 18 Jan 2010 Land Deposit 25 Jun 2009 Re: Double glazing - VERY important? 16Apr 22, 2010 5:47 pm Thanks for all the input guys! Very helpful! Keep them coming Re: Double glazing - VERY important? 17Apr 23, 2010 8:14 am Problem is that building companies take advantage of those who want things like double glazing and they inflate the costs. Cut the windows out of your contract and find them yourself. If they don't like it show them the door. Don't let the building company dictate you what you can and what you can not. You are the boss. You call the shots Change is what we need! Can we? YES WE CAN!!!!! Re: Double glazing - VERY important? 18Apr 23, 2010 8:57 am We are building with Hermitage Homes and for our 41sq home the cost to go to double glaze windows to the whole house was $4,000. My brother is building with Simmons and for a 21sq house the cost quoted was $10,000! Just shows the difference in cost from builder to builder. Our house thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=18335 Re: Double glazing - VERY important? 19Apr 23, 2010 11:57 am windowexpert Problem is that building companies take advantage of those who want things like double glazing and they inflate the costs. Cut the windows out of your contract and find them yourself. If they don't like it show them the door. Don't let the building company dictate you what you can and what you can not. You are the boss. You call the shots Unfortunately - and I mean that - the larger builders can do better prices on the base home because they have contracts in place, and these contracts may preclude alternative suppliers from supplying. So if you want their home, that's the rule. But there is also another rule that the builder can add only 25% margin to extras. So even if you do want another supplier it should not be so punitive. Ed "ECOECO" At 'EcoEco', we design windows, we design the best windows, we do it for you, so that when you’re happy we are happy. Tel. 1800 326 326 Re: Double glazing - VERY important? 20Apr 23, 2010 12:35 pm Fred I arrived in Australia about 7 years ago I did 20+ years ago... unfortunately agree with you... but have not seen much change... Perhaps the energy is still too cheap. dymonite69 Note that heavy curtains with pelmets provide more insulating value than the extra glazing. Will not stop moisture condensation in my experience. I do not understand how can a family live with considerable moisture condensation (foggy and wet glass, water dripping down the window structure, on to the walls) on the inside of the windows in cooler months in Melbourne caused directly by single glazing. That's reminiscent of living in a caravan van. Have you ever noticed how much mould http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mould growth on the windows? I wonder how this contributes to health (e.g. asthma) of the inhabitants who breathe the spores in, or as in case of children, they pick the mould from window glass and frames and either eat it rub the spores in to their skin and eyes. For example, I have never seen mould inside of homes in several European countries (richer and poorer), or Japan, but see it every year again and again in Melbourne in our current (single glazed) house, friends houses and in my previous houses. Agrhhh... read this story http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=23220&hilit=mould Anyway... there are many other considerations that might be more or less important re DG for anyone of us. On the new house, we are considering all windows DG as a must. Built a 2 storey house... hebel, proctor, pvc windows, aiphone, deck roofs, louver covered patio This is one of the reasons I decided to go overseas for my double glazed windows. As the builder indicated, he's worked on many upmarket builds, these were the most well… 13 19560 The worst thing you can do is sign a building contract without a pre contract review. Over the years many people have come to me with disputes where they just signed… 0 8622 Hi - thanks for your reply. Yes I think 'Ill go for whitish with very speckly bits rather than pure white something like this. PS was actually 2008 I built the… 2 11997 |