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.
Newmilns
Newmilns and also Greenholm is a tiny burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a population of 3,057 individuals (2001 census) and rests on the A71, around seven miles east of Kilmarnock and twenty-five miles southwest of Glasgow. It is located in a valley through which the River Irvine runs and, with the neighbouring communities of Darvel and Galston, forms an area referred to as the Upper Irvine Valley (in your area referred to as The Valley). As the name suggests, the burgh exists in 2 parts - Newmilns to the north of the river as well as Greenholm to the south. The river additionally separates the churches of Loudoun as well as Galston, which is why the burgh, although generally referred to as Newmilns, has actually retained both names. Of the mills themselves, little currently continues to be. The last in operation was Pate's Mill, which rested on Brown Street opposite the railway station (contemporary Vesuvius building). Well Known in Allan Ramsay's rhyme, "The Lass o Pate's Mill", it was destroyed in 1977 and all that now continues to be is part of the mill's outside wall surface. The only mill building still intact can be discovered at the foot of Ladeside. Now used as real estate, Loudoun Mill (previously the Meal Mill/ Corn Mill of Newmilns) remained in use from 1593 up until it stopped producing dish in the 1960s. In 1970, the mill wheel was removed and also the lade filled out, with the only remaining tip of the site's former use being an adage, "No Mill, No Meal - JA 1914" etched on the external wall.
