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  2. Window tax - Wikipedia

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    Window tax was a property tax based on the number of windows in a house. It was a significant social, cultural, and architectural force in England, France, and Ireland during the 18th and 19th centuries. To avoid the tax, some houses from the period can be seen to have bricked-up window-spaces (which can be (re)glazed later).

  3. Window insulation - Wikipedia

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    Most windows use argon (which is cheaper), but krypton is a better choice of insulation when the distance between the panes has to be smaller (the distance has to be about 13 mm (1 ⁄ 2 inch) for argon, and about 9 mm (3 ⁄ 8 inch) for krypton; increasing or decreasing the space will degrade performance).

  4. Insulated glazing - Wikipedia

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    A typical installation of insulated glass windows with uPVC frames. Fitting a second pane of glass to improve insulation began in Scotland, Germany, and Switzerland in the 1870s. [2] Insulating glass is an evolution from older technologies known as double-hung windows and storm windows. Traditional double-hung windows used a single pane of ...

  5. Right to light - Wikipedia

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    Gatehouse in St Pancras and Islington Cemetery, with "Ancient Lights" plaque visible at left. In effect, the owner of a building with windows that have received natural daylight for 20 years or more is entitled to forbid any construction or other obstruction on adjacent land that would block the light so as to deprive him or her of adequate illumination through those windows.

  6. How to protect your home before, during and after a storm - AOL

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    Securing loose objects outside a property such as bins, ladders, trampolines and outdoor games, garden furniture and tools ... Closing and fastening external doors and windows. Securing storm ...

  7. Window - Wikipedia

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    A window is an opening in a wall, door, roof, or vehicle that allows the exchange of light and may also allow the passage of sound and sometimes air.Modern windows are usually glazed or covered in some other transparent or translucent material, a sash set in a frame [1] in the opening; the sash and frame are also referred to as a window. [2]

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