There are many homes across New Zealand that have Colonial style leadlight windows that are strong in craftsmanship and in character and so of course, many homeowners wouldn’t want to replace their uniqueness. However, most of these leadlight windows are single-glazed and therefore lose a significant amount of heat during winter. Also, if not taken care of, leadlight windows can leak air and water and can cause all sorts of issues.
When you surround your leadlight panel inside double glazing, it gives you the opportunity to repair and refurbish the leadlight so that it can last and provide the performance of new double glazed windows, so you can retain your original leadlights by getting them placed inside a double glazed unit in Eco Doors & Windows’ uPVC joinery. The leadlight goes between the two panes of the double glazing, essentially making it a ‘triple glazed’ unit. In this way you can improve the thermal insulation but keep the heritage of your home.
Eco Doors & Windows can replace the existing frames of your existing leadlight windows without changing the appearance, so you can hang on to the classic character while you benefit from today’s technology. The double glazing will protect the leadlight condition, ensuring it will last a very long time. In relation to lead lights, they take out the frame with the lead lights, pop the leadlight into a new double glazed unit, then put it into our uPVC frames. The full unit then gets installed.
Besides the benefits of double glazing, retrofitting offers many other benefits such as it can be more cost effective than replacing existing windows, whilst maintaining the integrity and character of your home. At the same time, it utilises the existing window and door frames, adding value to your home.
So, if you wish to retain important, original heritage features for your home, and for more information on aluminium windows Wellington, aluminium doors Wellington and double glazing please go to https://ecowindows.nz .
