DOUBLE GLAZING

Simple and Economical

Have you ever looked at your existing windows and thought you would like them to be double glazed? You dismissed the idea because it would be too expensive and you didn't want to go through the construction mess of pulling out the windows. Well think again. Now it is possible to double glaze your windows at surprisingly affordable prices.

A single pane of glass provides very poor insulation because glass is a good conductor of heat. Therefore much of the heat in the room literally goes out the window. Install double glazing and a layer of air is trapped between the panes. Air is a poor conductor so far less heat is lost through the window.

Just-rite have introduced their inside glazing window to double glaze existing windows. This window is a sliding window made from aluminium and glass. It is installed in the inside of an existing window in the reveal and duplicates the size and shape of the existing window. The only difference is that both sides slide. This allows the window to open for summer breezes and cleaning the fixed pane of the existing window.

One problem of aluminium windows is that a lot of heat is lost by conduction through the aluminium frame. This window does not suffer that problem because the inside aluminium frame is not connected to the aluminium frame of the existing window. Being glass it will last a lifetime and does not need special cleaning care as with the plastic or acrylic secondary glazing panes.

For existing timber windows the single pane of glass is removed and replaced with a double glazed unit.

Double glazing cuts down on the cold draughts off windows and significantly improves the comfort level of a home. Another benefit of this double glazing is significant noise reduction. If noise is the major problem, laminated glass can be installed to further enhance the noise reduction properties of the window.