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Retrofitting extreme thermal bridging on wooden balcony doors

Anonymous user 09/03/2024 - 3.23 PM

I have council installed double glazed wooden balcony doors under 2007 regs that have been described as 'one of the worst examples of thermal bridging their surveyor had ever seen' . There are two faults in the design - the first is a metal kick plate that is constructed as a u-bend from the outside of the door to the inside (glued on) and the second is a metal threshold - again running across a wooden frame from outside to inside without a break. In winter this causes permanent condensation and a cold breeze in the living room. I can't find a council surveyor or a tradesperson who can explain how to remedy it. Have seen storm guard energy efficient thresholds that might solve half of the problem. Could the glued on metal kick plate be covered in a thermal tape or would an internal brush at the base of the door help? At wits end and would like to resolve before another winter sets in. Many Thanks !

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Anonymous user

The brush will stop the draught from this crappy system,if there is daylight at bottom of doors that means the gasket has had it or badly fitted, and as for the condensation well that is not supposed to happen because the sealed units are built to stop that, so they could be inferior. If there is any condensation inside the sealed units it means there blown and not doing there job. Kind regards Owen

Answered2 August 2021

Anonymous user

the system is 24 yrs old this is why glass as condensation {not inferior but old}the thresholds would probably have been in accordance to regfor the time. I suggest you get new doors these are very old and sounds as if the parts are worn due to age and the glass as blown given they are 24 yrs old ,you could fit new gaskets,brushes etc but if you dont know correct way to do it could end up making more problems. Most double glazing from back them came with about 5yr guarentee on glass and i think 10 yrs on whole system.24 years is old to todays systems seriously think about new ones. hope this helps but as i say i would think your problems are down to age related wear and tear

Answered6 September 2021