Browse Forums Windows & Doors 1 Feb 16, 2012 8:37 pm We are rennovating a victorian era workers cottage with double hunge timber windows. We are replacing some and our builder has said we have to use aluminium frames for double glazing. Is this true. Not sure how bad this will end up looking. Thinking about just replacing them with full windows that dont open. Question is can we get double glazing in a timber frame? This will give us way more colour flexible .ie we can keep it raw or paint any colour vs a limited range of powder coat colours. Any thoughts? Re: Double glazing in timber? 2Feb 17, 2012 7:45 am kmcgreg We are rennovating a victorian era workers cottage with double hunge timber windows. We are replacing some and our builder has said we have to use aluminium frames for double glazing. Is this true. Not sure how bad this will end up looking. Thinking about just replacing them with full windows that dont open. Question is can we get double glazing in a timber frame? This will give us way more colour flexible .ie we can keep it raw or paint any colour vs a limited range of powder coat colours. Any thoughts? Of course you can get timber windows in double glazed... no problem at all... I think any timber supplier will do it. Here's the largest supplier in Melbourne... http://www.canterburywindows.com.au - double hung too... 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 in timber? 3Feb 27, 2012 1:52 pm we have timber double glazing throughout. A massive bifold, french doors and sliders. NEVER accept a builders 'no' as gospel. Translation NO = too hard for me to do Re: Double glazing in timber? 4Feb 28, 2012 4:16 pm sceen7 we have timber double glazing throughout. A massive bifold, french doors and sliders. NEVER accept a builders 'no' as gospel. Translation NO = too hard for me to do Well sometimes it means "I can't get those cheap so if I say no then I can add some extra money for the double glazing even though its not that much more and I'll make a higher margin rather than having to pay a higher rate and make less margin." Short story is if the builder can't get something at a rock bottom price they don't want to use it because for them to add enough margin for it to be "worth it" to them it might blow out the cost too much. Re: Double glazing in timber? 5Feb 28, 2012 4:31 pm chrisandkate sceen7 we have timber double glazing throughout. A massive bifold, french doors and sliders. NEVER accept a builders 'no' as gospel. Translation NO = too hard for me to do Well sometimes it means "I can't get those cheap so if I say no then I can add some extra money for the double glazing even though its not that much more and I'll make a higher margin rather than having to pay a higher rate and make less margin." Short story is if the builder can't get something at a rock bottom price they don't want to use it because for them to add enough margin for it to be "worth it" to them it might blow out the cost too much. On the other hand, he might mean... "OMG timber windows and doors, that's just too much maintenance for the 7 year homeowners' warranty, you will have to go with aluminium"... A common complaint by builders... 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 in timber? 6Feb 29, 2012 12:17 am We have timber double glazed/ double hung windows in our current house and have specified them for our new house as well. Our Building on 118 acres in South Gippsland thread - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=54556 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 15112 For your reference Performance Labels: Window assemblies in housing, except timber windows, must be labelled so the label can be seen when it is in situ. For timber… 6 2267 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Long story short, a toilet room is going to back onto our main bedroom and I want to make it close to soundproof. Im going to build two frames (pretty much a room within a… 0 2134 |