A Victorian Glasgow tenement flat is a difficult place to heat.
A Victorian Glasgow tenement flat is a difficult place to heat.
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by Cate Devine
Those huge, beautiful but single-glazed bay windows may be much admired, but they're incapable of blocking out the cold air coming in, or trapping warmth from within. Residents cannot replace them with double-glazing if they're in a conservation area, which creates problems every winter. To add fuel to the metaphorical fire, the stripped original floorboards that are so fashionable become a curse when freezing air blows through the spaces between them.
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A Victorian Glasgow tenement flat is a difficult place to heat.
Those huge, beautiful but single-glazed bay windows may be much admired, but they're incapable of blocking out the cold air coming in, or trapping warmth from within. Residents cannot replace them with double-glazing if they're in a conservation area, which creates problems every winter. To add fuel to the metaphorical fire, the stripped original floorboards that are so fashionable become a curse when freezing air blows through the spaces between them.
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