It's a Real Breeze to Dodge the Draught ; Sash Windows Don't Have to Be Chilly or Noisy and Can Show a Room in New Light

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For anyone who has ever struggled with a sash window, the notion of replacing it with a low-maintenance, hinged affair is superficially appealing. That sashes can also be draughty, let in a lot of noise and rattle like a Sunday service collection box when a lorry goes past does not endear them to some either.

And yet, is there anything more beautiful than a Victorian or Edwardian house with original sashes? Back in the Seventies and Eighties, to save on maintenance and heating bills, many homeowners ripped out their period sashes and replaced them with uPVC double- glazed units.

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It's a Real Breeze to Dodge the Draught ; Sash Windows Don't Have to Be Chilly or Noisy and Can Show a Room in New Light

Thirty years on, sash windows are going back in. As Charles Gould, of South London Box Sash Windows ( www. southlondonboxsash windows.co.uk, 01227 743382), says: 'Aluminium-framed, double- glazed windows last 25 y...

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