1. Begin where you actually feel uncomfortable Choose the room and position where the cold is most noticeable. It might be a chair near a bay, a bed beside an external wall or a desk facing a window. The starting point matters because discomfort is experienced in a particular place, not as an average temperature […]
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Oct
Oct
1. Weather tests the whole opening A window can seem entirely sound through a dry week and then admit air or water during a single period of driving rain. This is not mysterious. Wind changes the pressure across an elevation and pushes rain against surfaces it may barely touch in calmer weather. Orientation, shelter, height […]
07
Oct
Oct
1. Let the change in light show you how rooms work When the clocks go back in autumn, the official hour changes; the daylight available to a house follows the season. Evenings become darker earlier, and the rooms that felt open in summer can begin to feel quite different. In the UK, British Summer Time […]
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Sep
Sep
Why Winter Reveals More About Your Glazing Windows and glazed doors form part of the boundary between two very different environments, and winter makes that role particularly noticeable. As external temperatures fall and heating keeps the interior warmer, the difference between conditions inside and outside becomes greater. Add stronger winds, prolonged rain and higher levels […]