The Windows.mt Journal
Windows and apertures in Malta, explained properly
Prices, materials, glass, shutters, grants and the rules — written from what the law, the official schemes and Maltese prices actually say, with the sources listed.
The Journal is being written now — nothing has passed review yet, and we would rather show you nothing than something nobody has checked.
In the meantime the cost calculator answers the question most people arrive with, and a site visit answers the rest.
In draft
Written but not yet read by a person. Not indexed, and not to be relied on.
- Condensation and mould on windows in Malta DraftMaltese winters are humid rather than freezing, and that combination puts water on cold glass and frames. Here is what the climate data says, what warmer frames and warm-edge spacers change, and what foreign health guidance recommends — plus where no Maltese guidance exists at all.
- Do you need a permit to replace windows in Malta? DraftReplacing apertures is permitted development under the Development Notification Order — until the works materially alter the character of the building. Here is what the law says, what it leaves open, and who decides.
- Double Glazing Grant Malta 2026: the REWS Scheme DraftOne national grant for retrofitted double glazing is currently on call: the REWS 2023 RIDG scheme, 50% of eligible cost including VAT capped at EUR 1,000, extended to 31 December 2026. Here is what it pays, who it excludes, and which schemes you may read about online are closed.
- Double glazed windows Malta: price list and what moves it DraftThe only Maltese figures anyone publishes for double glazing are a retailer's supply-only PVC list and a guide's per-square-metre aluminium estimates. Here is what each one covers, what it leaves out, and how the REWS 50% grant alters the arithmetic.
- PVC or aluminium apertures in Malta? An honest comparison DraftA material-by-material comparison for Maltese homes, using only the prices and rules that are published — and saying plainly where nobody publishes a figure at all.
- Persjani: Maltese louvred shutters, timber vs aluminium DraftPersjani are the louvred shutters that sit outside the glass on Maltese façades. This explains the material choice, the maintenance that goes with each, and the planning rule that decides whether yours can be replaced at all.
- Sliding Doors in Malta: Lift-and-Slide or Standard? DraftThree sliding mechanisms, three different seal behaviours. What manufacturers actually publish on sash weights and thresholds, how watertightness and security classes are written, and which of those figures nobody puts in print.
- Thermal-break aluminium windows explained DraftA thermal break is a low-conductivity bar separating the inner and outer aluminium shells of a frame. It changes the U-value, the risk of condensation on the frame, and whether a job can plausibly meet the REWS double-glazing requirement.
- Window energy ratings and your EPC in Malta DraftAn Energy Performance Certificate is needed to sell or rent a dwelling in Malta, and replacing more than 5% of the envelope's glazing pulls in a perit. Here is what the sources actually establish — and the one figure we could not confirm.