Browse Forums Windows & Doors Thermally Broken Windows - You don't need them!!! 19Jun 20, 2017 5:13 pm allatonce Does this sound reasonable or nuts? To mangle a common saying, premium is in the eye of the beholder. The double-glazed windows in our home are coming in at around $150K. Provided they meet your efficiency and BAL requirements, your windows look like a bargain to me. Re: Thermally Broken Windows - You don't need them!!! 20Jun 21, 2017 11:01 am Thank you arcadelt. Thats an incredible cost for glazing. However, I've seen your pictures and wow - impressive. Thanks for the feedback. I actually looked further into it last night, and based on the WERS website, the benefits of going to a 5-6-5 over the standard range the builder would install normally is a 25-30% improvement on cooling and 20-25% improvement on heating and for Uw values, it reduced from 6.3 to 4.4, SHGC reduced from 0.74 to 0.53. Another important one for me was air flow and that reduced from 4.45 to 0.62. The best benefit I saw was on the sliding doors and stacker doors for up to 40% improvement on heating, and a reduction in Uw value to 3.8. Overall, this will improve the overall efficiency of the house dramatically and improve the comfort of air-flow through the windows both hot and cold. The one thing I can't stand is the breeze I feel in my bedroom at night in winter. (currently single glazed) Where we live we get as high as 47 (this summer) and as low as -2 (3 degrees this morning!). So I needed something to help with both heat and cold. It meant compromising a little, but its a balance. To go to greater argon gaps, only improves the heat and cooling efficiency marginally by a 2-3% (probably not worth the extra cost) and the greatest improvement on cooling efficiency was to tint the windows, which I didn't want to do. As you said, in the eye of the beholder, and I'm confident that we will definitely see the benefits, despite the cost. I have an investment property and tenants moved out recently. However the Property manager noticed one of the floor tiles is broken and the kitchen Island countertop is… 0 13133 I haven’t. But have a Lowe Design home. Not only did I find Matt Lowe patronising and a bully, but the home is NOT TO CODE. I have water coming through the bricks… 1 14488 Hi everyone. I am a single mother with little daughter, living in a small tourist town in WA Australia. I am thinking to install security screens to all the doors and… 0 25554 |