Wooden or single glazing

[steptoe]

With talk in another thread about insulating homes, I'm curious.... Is wood framed or single glazing still a thing?
Or has it all long since rotted and been replaced by pvc?

What about you guys with older Victorian properties?

I ask because I'm reminded that our 70s house had wooden frames and until we could afford better double glazing we fixed glass inside the frames with clips like below. not elegant but good return on investment at that time. Whole house done for about 300 and kept for about 5 years.
https://www.secondarydiyglazing.com/sec ... g-systems/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Transparent-Re ... 09KQ4QB1D/

We had the old metal crital windows single glazed froze on the inside in the winter lol , until dad fitted double glazed i think in the 80s i think , my mates dad would never have the house done up and they had crital windows well in to the 90's , i can give you a funny story about my sister that has died and her moving to a new home brand new build and ending up signing up for double glazing lol but to lonbg to type here but if she is looking down on me whataa laugh we had

[Medusa]

When we bought our 1930s semi 20 odd years ago it had a mix of the original sash windows, cold, draughty and rattly and Everest aluminium double glazing which probably cost a fortune to install when they did. The back door which was also aluminium got replaced with Upvc and the sash windows to double glazed wooden frames. All of the windows apart from 3 have now been replaced with triple glazing (didnt want to disturb the tiling on the others which remain as Upvc double glazing) and we have really noticed a difference in heat being retained in the house. We intend to replace the back door too with composite at some point. I loved the sash windows which had no rot and did consider having them refurbished but the cost did not compare to replacing them.

[grenfell]

In one of life's coincidences today I ended up splicing and repairing a wooden door with double glazed panels. The door was only put in about five years ago by the customer's son and there was quite a bit of rot. To be honest it would probably have been better to have replaced the whole thing , probably cheaper in the long run.

[ForgeCorvus]

Funny thing. Brother's house (late 1990's ) windows had to be replaced a couple of years ago, Parent's house (early 1900's) windows needed patching five to ten years ago...... And that place had stood empty for while before the P's bought it in the late 60's.

[Yorkshire Andy]

Funny thing. Brother's house (late 1990's ) windows had to be replaced a couple of years ago, Parent's house (early 1900's) windows needed patching five to ten years ago...... And that place had stood empty for while before the P's bought it in the late 60's.

Forced / fast grown modern timber is rubbish that's before you get into the eco modern water based " preservatives " Vs old solvent / oil based stuff

[grenfell]

Funny thing. Brother's house (late 1990's ) windows had to be replaced a couple of years ago, Parent's house (early 1900's) windows needed patching five to ten years ago...... And that place had stood empty for while before the P's bought it in the late 60's.

In my time in restoration I've come across countless instances of timber work centuries old that was still as good as new or old stuff that had been insect or rot affected but was still doing it's job. "Got used to being there" we'd say. The door I worked on recently was a modern composite construction , really a glorified blockboard/plywood type of thing. It was painted so I didn't actually realise that until I started to cut into it and found the grain going "the wrong way" . I'm in favour of making as much use of timber as possible but when it results in a product with a very limited lifespan I have to question it.