If you are looking to install new windows in your home this summer, there are priorities that might be easily overlooked amid the summer heat. In particular, it may be very easy to ignore the importance of good insulation.

This is one good reason for fitting aluminium windows, as they can be combined with a wide range of insulating measures to help keep the heat in on a cold day.

For those who already have aluminium frames but no insulation, various DIY measures can achieve this effect. They include fitting rubber strips, adding spray foam insulation and applying window frame sealant.

However, there is no point in getting aluminium-framed windows fitted without insulation and then doing a DIY job on them. Instead, you can have the insulation built into them from the outset, ensuring that as soon as they are in place, they can keep your home warm.

A reason some may not think of insulation as being so important is the need to try to keep the home cool during the hot summer weather, something many would suggest needs to be more of a priority as the climate gets warmer.

However, that approach falls foul of a problem that homes in hotter countries face in reverse, Australia being a prime example.

Homes down under are designed to handle the heat, which means they are better at staying cool in their hotter summers than British homes. That means even though our temperatures in summer are generally colder, we will feel hotter inside.

However, the other side of that coin is that Australian homes are not well insulated against colder weather, which means they are some of the least well-equipped for dealing with cold weather.

One article noted that even a Canadian, coming from a country with some bitterly cold winters but homes equipped to handle them, had never felt colder indoors than in the Australian winter.

Given that our winter days are still significantly colder than those in Australia, there is no good reason to neglect insulation. However warm our summers get, we will still need it a few months from now.