Secondary glazing - cost

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I am thinking of putting secondary glazing on our upstairs sash windows, to cut down on heat loss (esp with gas prices going through the roof) and also to make the rooms quieter. Last night's rowdy teenagers have brought this idea back to the forefront of my mind after I stashed it last spring...

Has anyone had this done recently and roughly what is the cost per window? We've got 7 of them to do and do not want to sell our kidneys for this!

Bump.

I am also looking into secondary glazing as we have lots of large windows.
This looks a bit nicer than some of the other options I have seen
www.365plastics.com/

Ah, one of our neighbours has that and says it has helped. I do wonder through whether it might be a bit of a PITA if I wanted to open the window for a bit... I guess it would only need to be on during winter but then, presumably, the tape would be quite noticeable. I'll have to go round to hers for a nosy!

I think you just attach the polycarb sheeting to your window panes so it doesnt affect how the window opening at all, basically creating another level of "glass".
www.365plastics.com/ecoglaze-installation.html

I think because our windows are sashes, unless the secondary glazing covered the whole thing we would still lose heat from around the wood (because it is never 100% square, tight etc). This is going to cost a fortune...

You can get your windows draught-proofed as well, which will deal with the gaps around the wood. This can be pricey but depends on labour costs where you are, worth shopping around.
The other option is to get secondary glazing sheeting to prevent heat loss from the glass and then have thick lined curtains which will help keep draughts out, esp if the curtains are drawn early in the evening.

The panels which cover the whole window are effective but quite ugly/obtrusive, no idea on price of these though.

Yep, we've done the draught proofing thing already (not cheap!) and in fact we have double-glazing in our bedroom, but it doesn't do much against noise etc and when it was very cold in winter was no help - although in general it is better than it was when we bought the place. We're going all out for an insulated house this winter!
Will have to find out about cost of the big secondary glazing units. At least I only want to put them in upstairs!

We had secondary glazing units put in - they were £300 for two (but had them fitted by a friend - it was pretty easy if you're handy with a drill)

£300 for two would be pretty reasonable. I wonder if I can find a friendly local handyman...

Where did you get the actual units from though Pandasam?

Just from a local glaziers...most companies that sell windows/glass also sell secondary glazing units. They told us how to take the measurements and then they ordered them for us.

Me and my partner recently installed secondary glazing into our 1950's built home and the result was great. Our gas bill dipped within a month and i definitely recommend it as long as you get time in your life to clean it. the vertical sliding ones we had bought have a tilt in to clean facility which helps.
much quicker and more time for wine!

we have the magnetic perspex panels that go over our ill fitting but G2 listed windows, they look so much better than the old fashioned huge frames and work really well

My 86 year gran wasn't allowed to have PVC windows because her cottage is listed and the Planning people said it had to be timber which was so expensive so we looked at putting in secondary glazing as an alternative. Her existing windows were so draughty -they were badly warped with gaps everywhere - I don't suppose I am that surprised after 200 years!

I wasn't al att sure that they would be as effective as replacing the windows so I searched for "internal double glazing" and loads of information about what I could expect to achieve..

In the end we went to a specialist company and was really pleased with how they looked after us. The people I spoke to were very knowledgable and never got annoyed at all the questions I had! It didn't take long to fit - whole cottage was done in just over a day