Browse Forums Increasing Home Value Re: Should I second Glaze the windows? 3Feb 24, 2010 5:54 am Hi there, I am facing the same question I have a lot of road noise that i want to shut out. i, too, need to double glaze but I am baulking at the cost - $5k. Re: Should I second Glaze the windows? 4Feb 24, 2010 7:44 am I've got double-glazed windows and so far so good they cut out a lot of noise, and this morning it was 11 degrees outside and inside the inner pane of glass was no where near as cold as what it was outside! Great for getting a better Energy Star rated house. $5k for how many windows? It cost me more than that to option up my house with double-glaze. Re: Should I second Glaze the windows? 5Mar 27, 2010 10:23 am gantricity I've got double-glazed windows and so far so good they cut out a lot of noise, and this morning it was 11 degrees outside and inside the inner pane of glass was no where near as cold as what it was outside! Great for getting a better Energy Star rated house. $5k for how many windows? It cost me more than that to option up my house with double-glaze. it would be expensive to build a house with double glazed windows, because all your windows will have two panels stuck together with a total thickness of more than 10mm.. add on double glazing utilizes a thin plastic material that is adapted to existing windows. its less effective( generally improves heat eficiency from 2 star to about 3.5 star.) i found this on the foolowing website http://www.coolmax.com.au/ht/double-glazing.php VICTORY 1800, EN-SUITE, DOUBLE GARAGE, FAMILY ROOM AND ALFRESCO Land Settled: 20 July 2010 Site Scrap: 30 August 2010 Slab Pour: 20 September 2010 Frame Complete: 23 September 2010 Fascia and Gutters: 28 September 2010 Roof Complete: 06 October 2010 Lock-up complete: 28 October 2010 Plaster complete: 29 October 2010 Fix-out complete: 22 Nov 2010 PCI 7 FEBRUARY 2011 Hi, We have a single story MacDonald Jones house, on a waffle pod slab with steel frame. Are we able to build a second story extension? Other info is we are 900mm from… 0 9201 We are building a second dwelling and are currently selecting window and door frames. We want to blend into the forest and also bring out the stone work and the fake wood… 0 19991 i imagine you also have another contract with an architect? and yeah, whatever other's said about special conditions and appendices 16 16613 |