Double Glazed Miracle

Though our modern day double glazing is thought to have been invented in the 1930s, it wasn’t until 30 years late that we began to fit it into all our homes. London Glazing are glass specialists. In the 1960s the UK saw double glazing become more available and since then it has been making homes warmer and safer. Though the majority of homes these days use double glazing, with some people being on their 2nd or 3rd fit, it seems that there are still families out there sill using single pane glazing that sits in damp, rotten frames with green mouldy condensation on the inner surface of the glass. It is amazing just how much heat is lost through a single window pane. Lets go back to the early years: The 1930s saw double glazing travel to America and an inventor called Haven created the Thermopane. This was popular in the 1940s and 1950s, with Thermopane becoming a luxury and very sophisticated. In Great Britain, double glazing only became popular around 40 years ago, during the 1970s. Before this, fairly relaxed building regs meant that people had no real incentive to become energy efficient. London Glaziers advise on glass fitting. The 1970s also experienced an energy crisis, with an oil embargo declared by the Arab Petroleum Exporters. At this point the UK started to rethink just how dependent it was on foreign fuel. The price of energy increased during this time and homeowners started installing double glazing to be more energy efficient and less reliant on oil. Double glazing companies grew quickly to meet demand. They now vary from a simple family business to large nationwide companies. From aluminium frame based windows, double glazing has grown to cover a huge variety of frames and types of glass, including wood and uPVC frames with secondary, double and triple glazing solutions. These days, FENSA (Fenestration Self Assessment) offers a membership to double glazing contractors who give homeowners certificates with a 5-10 year guarantee for their professional work. The double glazing revolution is expected to grow in popularity, as more energy efficient products and money saving incentives appear.