seal gone in my windows

[maggiemay48]

My upvs windows are full of condesation.This has only happened a couple of days ago.What can i do?Ican see out anymore it looks awful.

[Ethel]

There is very little you can do except replace the sealed units.

This is cheaper (as a rule) than replacing the whole window and you need only replace those units that have blown.

How old are your windows?

[JudgeJ]

The gap between the panes of a double glazed unit is filled with either dried air or an inert gas. The spacer bar inside the sealed unit is filled with silica gel. The silica absorbs any excess moisture which is in the void between the panes of glass. If your windows are showing signs of condensation it means that either the seal has broken down and/or the moisture absorbing gel has absorbed all it can.

The only remedy for this is to replace the sealed unit.

[maggiemay48]

H i would say about 10yrs old.But where i live we have a lot of waggons passing my home. and our house shakes like mad .This is more or less every day.I keep wondering if this has anything to do with it.Because My living room went i had that fixed. my bedroom has gone but its not to bad that one.And now my kitchen.

[maggiemay48]

How do i replace the seal.Where do i get it from?How much is it roughtly? maggs

[raysparx]

Hi maggie,

you can't just replace a seal,the sealed unit is the whole piece of glass,any double glazing company can do this work,ring round for quotes, Ray

[doglady]

Just skimmed over your question quickly - I thought you were talking about an actual seal that had come in through your window.

Doh!!

Sorry!!

[raysparx]

lol doglady,

very good, the other answers look silly now, I hadn't thought of a seal jumping through !!!!

[grannyg]

Did the company that put the windows in sell you a guarantee insurance? we are now claiming on ours through the suppliers but not sure if after 10 years yours may have run out. The only answer is to replace the leaking unit as others have said.
GG

[maggiemay48]

Hi the company who did our windows have gone into liquidation /bankrupt one or the other.So we cant do anything now.They said they were guarenteed for life.says so much for the company.

[buildersmate]

Trouble is, they didn't say whose life - yours or the windows'.