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New glazing shuts out the draught, so why does the sitting room still feel chilly come November? Most of the time the windows are fine and the heating side of the room has never been looked at. Here's a practical, room-by-room check for the first heating season with your new windows in.
That cool band around the edge of a new window is often normal physics, but it can also point to a draught, a thermal bridge or a fitting detail that needs attention. Here is how UK homeowners can tell the difference and what to ask an installer in 2026.
A cold snap arrives, you pull back the curtains, and your new windows are covered in water on the outside. It looks like a fault, but it often means the glass is doing exactly what you paid for. Here is how to tell healthy outer-pane condensation from a failed sealed unit or a damp problem inside.
New windows can feel so airtight that it’s tempting to tape over the little slots in the frame. Here’s why those vents are there, what the rules expect, and how to use them without turning your heating into a donation to the street.
Spring gets the bookings, summer gets the weather and winter gets the discounts. A month-by-month look at how weather, fitter availability, factory shutdowns and heating-season disruption should shape your 2026 timetable.
Brochures are happy to say 'A-rated' and then go very quiet about coatings, gas fill and spacer bars. This is the part of the specification that decides whether a room overheats in July, whether you can sleep through the traffic, and how the windows look in ten years.