Sash windows draughts
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Edit- you will need to buy the staff bead with the carrier inbuilt, plus the draft excluder on a roll. Additionally, you will need the parting bead with the carrier.
The staff bead, you may get away with one size of excluder on a roll, but with the parting bead, you may need more than one depth of draft excluder.
If you only replace the staff bead, the upper sash will still be drafty. Ideally, you would also draft exclude the meeting rail, which means you will need to use a router to cut a channel for the carrier.
If you are going to that much trouble, you might as well use a router to fit the "easy glides" which help to centre the sashes in the box.
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www.reddiseals.com
www.reddiseals.com
BTW when fitting the parting beads you need to cut them in half (so that brush pile is contact with the upper and lower sashes).
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Reddiseals offer Timber Window & Door Products, and specialise in products for the restoration & renovation of traditional box sash windows
www.reddiseals.com
Edit- you will need to buy the staff bead with the carrier inbuilt, plus the draft excluder on a roll. Additionally, you will need the parting bead with the carrier.
The staff bead, you may get away with one size of excluder on a roll, but with the parting bead, you may need more than one depth of draft excluder.
If you only replace the staff bead, the upper sash will still be drafty. Ideally, you would also draft exclude the meeting rail, which means you will need to use a router to cut a channel for the carrier.
If you are going to that much trouble, you might as well use a router to fit the "easy glides" which help to centre the sashes in the box.
Reddiseals
Timber Window & Door Products - Specialists in products for the restoration & renovation of traditional box sash windows
www.reddiseals.com
Reddiseals
Timber Window & Door Products - Specialists in products for the restoration & renovation of traditional box sash windows
www.reddiseals.com
Reddiseals
Timber Window & Door Products - Specialists in products for the restoration & renovation of traditional box sash windows
www.reddiseals.com
BTW when fitting the parting beads you need to cut them in half (so that brush pile is contact with the upper and lower sashes).
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Adding to what @opps says above, you might want to consider using https://www.reddiseals.com/product/direct-fit-parting-bead/ I have found it more forgiving on the slot width than solid parting beads
Good call. it is probably easier to tap in as well.
My mate used to use a plastic parting bead but occasionally had to belt sand it on site to site to enable it to fit the slot.
Yours looks like a much better option.
Thanks.
Oh, another potential supplier is Mighton
www.mightonproducts.com
Sorry, forgot to mention it earlier.
Best of luck
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Sorry, forgot to mention it earlier.
Best of luck