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We need new glass on the front of the house upstairs & my wife mentioned the other day about how she'd seen a house with windows that seemed a bit tinted & she was on about it as a possibility. From her point of view it'd be better for getting changed so she doesn't have to shut the curtains.
My workplace has had an extension built that has tinted windows. I call them tinted but i don't know if they are. They're certainly different to your 'everyday' type windows, whether it's a film or something that's within the glass. I know it's difficult to see in but you can see out perfectly fine. If they have the office lights on then you can see in much better. I'm crap at visualising though and they have these new windows in black frames whereas all the other existing windows were in white frames so i'm not sure how it'd look.
Anyway how much extra do these things cost?
What is the actual design of them? Is it a film like a peel off (i doubt it) or is it the actual glass itself (which is what i'm expecting)?
Benefits and disadvantages of these?
The front of our house gets the sun all day long in summer and you have to have the blinds shut if you want to watch TV otherwise the glare is terrible. Also the rooms can get quite hot, so i'm wondering if this tinted glass (i'll carry on calling it tinted until someone corrects me) will A) cut down the glare and B) not have the room being so hot.
But they can't be perfect so there must be some sort of disadvantage.
Hopefully someone knows what i'm referring to so that i don't have to go getting a photo.
My workplace has had an extension built that has tinted windows. I call them tinted but i don't know if they are. They're certainly different to your 'everyday' type windows, whether it's a film or something that's within the glass. I know it's difficult to see in but you can see out perfectly fine. If they have the office lights on then you can see in much better. I'm crap at visualising though and they have these new windows in black frames whereas all the other existing windows were in white frames so i'm not sure how it'd look.
Anyway how much extra do these things cost?
What is the actual design of them? Is it a film like a peel off (i doubt it) or is it the actual glass itself (which is what i'm expecting)?
Benefits and disadvantages of these?
The front of our house gets the sun all day long in summer and you have to have the blinds shut if you want to watch TV otherwise the glare is terrible. Also the rooms can get quite hot, so i'm wondering if this tinted glass (i'll carry on calling it tinted until someone corrects me) will A) cut down the glare and B) not have the room being so hot.
But they can't be perfect so there must be some sort of disadvantage.
Hopefully someone knows what i'm referring to so that i don't have to go getting a photo.