Browse Forums Heating, Cooling & Insulation 1 Apr 04, 2016 12:13 pm Just wondering if anyone has built a house with double glaze windows and if they have noticed their house staying warmer for longer in winter? I'm in the early stages of building a house with my wife and we are leaning towards double glaze windows and the current house we are in (4yo production builder house) is terrible at keeping its heat. Crappy blinds don't help but we are only renting and won't change them. If anybody has any experience living with the windows, good or bad, I'd like to hear it. Re: Double glaze windows and a warmer winter? 2Apr 15, 2016 7:41 am In a cool climate double glazing will certainly make a significant difference, as will good insulation and airtightness. Building Services Engineer Renovating our 1960's modernist home in Brisbane https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=82091 Re: Double glaze windows and a warmer winter? 3Apr 16, 2016 8:27 am As above comment. Double glazing plus lots of insulation in your walls, ceiling and floor will make your new house a much better place to live. You don't say where you are building. Stewie Re: Double glaze windows and a warmer winter? 5Apr 18, 2016 10:31 am Sydney and Melbourne you should be looking at R 4.0 for ceilings min. Get HD R 2.0 at least for your walls and with the DG windows and doors you will have a house that can cope very well with those cold Vic winters. Put in some decent thermal curtains and pelmets as well and you'll find your energy bills will be a lot lower than your current house. Good luck If you want I can post up a few helpful diagrams. Stewie Re: Double glaze windows and a warmer winter? 6Apr 21, 2016 9:34 pm We built in a cool climate and used a polystyrene external walling system, double glazed Windows and PVC frames. Although all these products work quite well we found we also needed to install honeycomb blinds (best for thermal reasons) to keep the the heat out in Summer & warmth in in Winter. Now that we have the blinds it is super comfy without heating or airconditioning. My build thread: Custom build on 40 acres viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75656 I don't know them all, the first 2 top of your list are best known. Rylock is a good company, Stegbar is for sale. 4 12823 Flashings over doorways and windows our carpenter has installed flashings that is buckled and short of the window frames and door frames is this right Is there a… 0 1153 id suggest getting an engineer to give you an opinion rather than a builder. 1 11932 |