How long your aluminium windows will last depends on their quality. They should last 20 -30 years at least, but have been known to stay in good condition for up to 45 years. This is considerably longer than uPVC and wooden double glazing.
Ilminster
Ilminster is a community and also civil parish in the countryside of south west Somerset, England, with a population of 5,808. Bypassed in 1988, the town currently lies just east of the joint of the A303 (London to Exeter) as well as the A358 (Taunton to Chard and also Axminster). The church consists of the hamlet of Sea. Ilminster is mentioned in files dating from 725 and also in a Charter approved to the Abbey of Muchelney (10 miles (16 km) to the north) by King Ethelred in 995. Ilminster is additionally discussed in the Domesday Book (1086) as Ileminstre implying 'The church on the River Isle' from the Old English ysle and also mynster. By this duration Ilminster was a growing community as well as was given the right to hold a regular market, which it still does. Ilminster belonged to the thousand of Abdick and Bulstone. In 1645 during the English Civil War Ilminster was the scene of a skirmish between parliamentary soldiers under Edward Massie and Royalist forces under Lord Goring who defended control of the bridges prior to the Battle of Langport. The town includes the buildings of a sixteenth-century grammar school, the Ilminster Meeting House, which acts as the town's art gallery and also auditorium. There is also a Gospel Hall.
