What would you replace this wall of glass with?

[Simpo Two]

True - there must be some everlasting plastic equivalent though...?

[mattfuey]

There is a plastic equivalent, it's being used on the flat that I'm buying, but I can't for the life of me, remember what it's called.

[dxg]

Catz said:

Thanks very much for all the input! It's given me a few things to think about.

DUMBO100 said:

My Dad built,, and we lived in, timber framed houses identical to that one. The balcony was great and the shape of the roof means you can have massive Christmas trees in the corner. When we sold the house the next owner fitted white PVC with inward opening doors? And it ruined the look of the house. I'd try to stay as original looking as possible.

That's really interesting, I've only ever seen 3 other houses of this design. I agree about ruining the look of the house as this window is almost part of the architecture.

As for the outside of the house, well it's in a bit of a sorry state. Doing windows, roofline, front door, balcony and something with the horrid pebbledash so hopefully get it looking a little happier. For those interested the outside looks like this ...

I used to live near to a couple of streets full of those things. Built by a local builder called "John Brown", I think, in the early seventies. Your profile says "Scotland" - are you in one of Aberdeen's satellite towns?

Anyway, someone above suggested frameless glass. What about a nice structural glass solution? A truly frameless solution would need some kind of secondary support for wind bracing. A structural glass, with its glass mullions, would not.