A beautiful sash window is the aesthetic dream of many homeowners, a step back in time to the Georgian and Victorian homes of the past. When it comes to heating your home, sash windows are not optimally suited to excluding draughts. 

It may be that you have extremely old sash windows from when your home was first built. A sensible and long-term cost-effective answer to draught-proofing your home, is to replace the windows. Remember to always check if your house is Grade listed as this can affect how much you can change, or the kind of replacement windows you are allowed to have fitted.

Fully replacing your windows has a large outlay of cash, which is often not realistic. There are companies who are fully dedicated to restoring sash windows.

When restoring a sash window, professionals remove the window beads and install draught excluder seals. They add modern replacement beads and draught proofing weather strips to help stop heat escaping, these are added by creating a groove around the window for them to slot into.

Old sash windows have gaps in which window beads connect to operate the aperture and closure of the window. Restorers use modern methods with old fashioned styling so you cannot tell the difference visually but will feel the increase of warmth in your home from draught-proofing.