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Energy Efficiency and Historic Buildings: Draught-proofing Windows and Doors

Energy Efficiency and Historic Buildings: Draught-proofing Windows and Doors

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This guidance note provides advice on the principles, risks, materials and methods for improving the thermal performance of existing windows and doors by draught-proofing. Draught-proofing is one of the most cost effective and least intrusive ways of improving the comfort of occupants and reducing energy used for heating with little or no change to a building’s appearance. It also has the added benefit of helping to reduce noise and keeping out dust. Research has shown draught-proofing can reduce air leakage from windows by between 33% and 50%, therefore significantly reducing the heating requirement needed for the room. Historic windows and doors make a major contribution to the significance and character of historic buildings and areas so every effort should be made to retain them rather than replace them. Windows and doors can tell us a lot about the history of a building, changing architectural taste and style, social hierarchy, building economics, craft skills and technical advances. Older buildings are prone to heat loss through cracks and gaps which develop as various building elements move and distort over a long period. This is often the case for windows and doors which can be a major source of heat loss. However, less than a quarter of the heat lost through a typical traditional window escapes by conduction through the glass, the rest is by draughts (air infiltration). Since draughts make people feel colder, the occupants often turn up the heating and run it for longer. Windows and doors should be assessed for repairs before embarking on any draught-proofing measures. Traditional windows and doors can almost always be repaired, even if in very poor condition. This guidance forms one of a series of thirteen guidance notes covering the thermal upgrading of building elements such as roofs, walls and floors.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Repairing windows and doors Draught-proofing rather than double glazing Issues to consider before draught-proofing Draught-proofing and the Building Regulations Draught-proofing products Where to get advice


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781848024359
  • Publisher: Historic England
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 24
  • Width: 210 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1848024355
  • Publisher Date: 29 Apr 2016
  • Height: 297 mm
  • No of Pages: 24
  • Sub Title: Draught-proofing Windows and Doors


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