#PORTHOLE WINDOWS FOR HOUSES KEYGEN#
Yes, you may think you are saving money by buying that secondhand single glazed window for 15 quid, but you will be loosing much more than that heating your boat over winter (if you are a liveaboard!). Like with most things in life, you get what you pay for! Double Glazed Yes, they are double the price! But, to me anyway, they look way nicer than the uPVC equivalent. They are often considerably cheaper than some of the other windows on offer for narrowboaters. You will find out another big benefit of uPVC windows, the price. This certainly helps!Ĭlick the image to go and view these windows over at Ebay yourself. Although, as you can see from the examples I found below on Ebay, you can buy uPVC windows with a wood effect print on them. Having said all of that, it depends on the boat you own and the look you are going for. To me, these white windows are a bit gaudy and take away from the traditional look of a narrowboat. We are all used to seeing these gleaming white plastic windows on our houses in the UK, and the exact same uPVC look can be had on a narrowboat or canal boat too! I have seen some narrowboats recently that have gone for these type of portholes all over them and the end result has looked very striking and original, whilst also letting in more light than traditional portholes.Īs stated above, portholes do offer more security, but in most cases thieves wouldn’t opt to use a window to enter (unless you have made it ridiculously easy for them to do so!). These days you can buy examples that are bigger than traditional portholes and can come with some striking metal materials for the frame. I do feel that the porthole window is evolving on narrowboats though. Therefore, many people opt for portholes in the bedroom and bathrooms of their narrowboats, whilst opting for the brighter and airier bus style windows in living and kitchen spaces. Porthole windows have the advantage of giving you more privacy, as there is less opportunity for people to look in whilst you are getting dressed in the morning. The porthole windows are what we are traditionally used to seeing on boats, in fact whenever we see such small and round windows we often think of boats! I talk about this more in a separate article on narrowboat security. I mean, you know that no-one is fitting through a porthole window.Īlthough it is incredibly rare that an unwanted person would attempt to enter your boat through a window, a door is always the most likely place for this. The downside is that they are bigger and could potentially be less secure than porthole windows. This will hopefully help give your small narrowboat a lighter and airier feel to it. The bus style windows are lovingly named that way because they….err….look like they were taken from a bus 🙂 The benefits of these bus style windows is that they are bigger and let in more light. Windows may not cross many people’s minds as narrowboat owners, but they can actually have a massive impact on the look and feel of your pride and joy! Window Styles Bus Style
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