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Double, Triple Glazing - Talk Back

How long will it take to get pay back on fitting double glazing to my 2 bed home?

Category: Double, Triple Glazing (22.02.2008)

mattjgreenwood asked:
It depends on a number of variables so I can’t be very accurate but the way the fuel costs are set to rise in about 15 years. However If everyone in the UK installed double low E glazing we could save enough energy to make 612 billion cups of coffee!