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I now have a cellar, it's damp due to lack of ventilation. It turns out there is a window that has been boarded over, it's rotten. The lightwell is covered by a wood frame with roof felt, my plan is to reinstate a window and remove the felt frame to get some light down there.
The window is single glazed and completely rotten. I have flitted between rebuilding the window, or replacing with a cheap upvc unit.
The brick work is rough and will need some attention, but given it's not a window you will see, i dont want to chuck loads of cash at it.
My two options I think are, get wood and rebuild the current window, upsides to this are not being wasteful, downsides are its a single glazed unit and i guess will make the space freezing in the winter.
Option two I am thinking to remove all the wood rebuild a square wood frame and then get a cheap custom size to sit in the wood, I think this will be easier for me to fit than doing into the (very wonky) brickwork. Advantage is better insulation and addition of trickle vent for some airflow.
Which option would people go for if you were me?
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