{"id":1641,"date":"2009-12-03T14:00:17","date_gmt":"2009-12-03T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/diy-building\/silver-lining-on-heating-costs-with-ecoglaze"},"modified":"2009-12-03T14:00:25","modified_gmt":"2009-12-03T14:00:25","slug":"silver-lining-on-heating-costs-with-ecoglaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/diy-building\/silver-lining-on-heating-costs-with-ecoglaze\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Lining on Heating Costs with EcoGlaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/images\/ecoglaze\/secondary-glazing.jpg\" alt=\" Silver Lining on Heating Costs with EcoGlaze \" class=\"right\" \/>The enthusiasm of pensioners Elisabeth and Peter Hey, when you ask them about secondary glazing is based on recent experiences, and the knowledge that their monthly fuel bills have dropped significantly.<\/p>\n<p>Elisabeth said: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We noticed our energy bills go through the roof, when our energy provider disbanded a tariff that was introduced specifically for older people and put us on a standard rate.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It more than tripled overnight from around \u00c2\u00a380 per month and we decided we had to look at ways of reducing these hefty bills,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Peter looked into ways of cutting their energy usage and explained: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153As we live in a listed property we can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t install double glazing, and I came across EcoGlaze secondary glazing from Access Plastics, based in West Yorkshire.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We initially ordered their acrylic glazing for two windows and it was so easy to fit going up in just minutes; all we needed to do was provide measurements and they arrived in days and fitted perfectly.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We eventually had all our 17 windows done and the total cost came in at under \u00c2\u00a3500! It would have cost us that to get just one window double glazed!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d exclaimed Peter.<\/p>\n<p>Elisabeth added \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We now have no condensation and the sound of passing traffic has all but disappeared, but most importantly, we now rarely put heating on because we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need to, so our energy bills have fallen dramatically!<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT ECOGLAZE<br \/>\nEcoglaze Secondary Glazing is made from premium quality, UV stabilised acrylic sheet and high performance plastics; all materials are fully recyclable.<\/p>\n<p>Ecoglaze is fitted to the inside of the existing window using a magnetic system; this system traps a layer of still air between the pane of glass and the Ecoglaze Secondary Glazing.<\/p>\n<p>This airspace reduces the rate of heat loss and also acts as a baffle to reduce sound transmission.<\/p>\n<p>Ecoglaze can be fitted to your existing windows for a fraction of the cost, when compared with double glazed windows, and will still provide you with the benefits of standard double glazing.<\/p>\n<p>For more information please visit<a href=\"http:\/\/www.365plastics.com\/\" title=\"EcoGlaze\"> the EcoGlaze website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tel: (01535) 656983<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The enthusiasm of pensioners Elisabeth and Peter Hey, when you ask them about secondary glazing is based on recent experiences, and the knowledge that their monthly fuel bills have dropped significantly. Elisabeth said: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We noticed our energy bills go through the roof, when our energy provider disbanded a tariff that was introduced specifically for older people and put us on a standard rate. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It more than tripled overnight from around \u00c2\u00a380 per month and we decided we had to look at ways of reducing these hefty bills,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Peter looked into ways of cutting their energy usage and explained: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153As we &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/diy-building\/silver-lining-on-heating-costs-with-ecoglaze\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[282,75,232],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1641"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}