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Oct
When did we first start installing double glazed windows? The birth of what we now call double glazing seems to have started with Scottish families residing in large Victorian houses. Back then, many homes would rely solely on the kitchen fire to keep warm but it was not enough to insulate large houses. These families were forced to look for other ways to fight draughty conditions and keep their large homes heated during winter. This thinking eventually made its way to the United States in the 1930s. Some credit the invention of double glazing to the American inventor C.D. Haven,…