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Mutton
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Great link JL - by the way "thermopane window" is that what I'd call double glazing?
As to external shutters - you need to have inward opening casement windows or sash windows to be able to fasten/unfasten the shutters from inside the house, rather than outside. If no internal access to the fastening on the shutters then you'd be trapped in the house if it caught fire when the shutters are closed across the window.
I grew up in a house with single glazed sash windows and internal wooden shutters that fitted closely over the window. Far more effective than curtains.
I could put internal shutters on our windows in our modern house - but then I couldn't have houseplants on the window sills. So I fancy, one day, having thick external shutters that close over the windows, properly fitted with no draughts round the edges, so that they will increase the insulation. Won't ever happen in reality unless I suddenly have lots of money to pay a carpenter to do them. Probably would need a frame around the window too, for the "close fitting draught free" bit. Not enough time in the year, other things have priority (like the animals, planting more trees, finishing the raspberry bed etc etc) but it would be nice. Though would need to swap to sash windows of some sort, so I can open the shutters from inside the house AND still have houseplants on the window sill.
Still dreaming.....![](images/smiles/icon_smile.gif) |
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Jam Lady
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