Choosing a Low e Glass Option
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Comments (9)Dafreak, For window rehabbing you can try: Restoration Works Inc. - http://restorationworksinc.com/ If they are not in your area, they likely will know someone that is. If Angie's List is active in your area, it is worth the cost to sign up and check out member comments and referrals. You can also try posting a query on the Old House Journal Online Forum. http://www.oldhousejournal.com/cgi-local/forum1/index2.pl Good luck and don't stop keeping the folks on the Tim Johnson board honest....See MoreShould I replace glass in older windows with low-e?
Comments (1)If the windows are otherwise okay, put a solar control film on them and send the differential check to.... Windows on Washington... Just kidding. But seriously, there is no reason (where you are located) to change to Low-e if the windows are otherwise okay. Put a good 3M solar control film and you are done and done....See MoreAnyone with windows with Low-E-240 glass?
Comments (5)We are going through the planning process for a new build. Though most window companies I've consulted with encourage the low-e366 as the best choice for energy, I just can't seem to get past the greenish hue to the glass. It was suggested low e 240, as it seems to have a blue-gray hue, however they say the glass may be slightly darker. The window company that we plan to use continues to list low-e 240 option on their website, and I haven't been told otherwise, so I'll have to check into. I was just curious to know if anyone had them and if they felt the interior of their home was too dark. My understanding is that low-e is not suppose to limit visible light transmission, but reduce heat and UV. We are in Florida and will be using Hurricane Impact windows. They refer to the low-e 240 as "turtle glass" here because less light from the inside can be seen from the outside so as to not interfere with sea turtles, although that doesn't affect our situation. I think the first number refers to the number of layers on the low-e, I am not sure what the second and third numbers refer to, so I wonder if low-e 340 would be darker. Thanks for any knowledge you might have....See MoreLow-e laminated glass mirrored purple tint!!??
Comments (28)The CCC stands for China Compulsory Certification and the number under the CCC tells who made the glass and the specific certifications the glass meets. Curious if you have a safety logo on any of the glass? Since it's laminated you don't technically need one, but an inspector would normally require a certificate stating that you have certified safety glass in the door. Typically in residential applications the glass labels (logo's, bug, etc) are on the inside glass surface of the window, readable from the interior of the home. These may very well be installed backwards if all of your labels face outward. On the pictures that I sent, labeled side 1 would be intended to face outward, exterior of a home. Conversely, labeled side 2 in the picture (which in glass-speak would be called laminate surface 4) would face inside the structure. Most LowE coatings are designed to be applied to glass surface 2. Glass surface 2 is inside the laminate (or IGU) opposite side 1. Glass surface 1 and 4 are "touchable" while glass surfaces 2 and 3 are inside the laminate (or IGU) and when using any 2, 3, or 4 silver layer coating, the coating should be on surface 2. And this the same for both laminated and insulating glass (and that changes when you have a triple pane IGU or a laminated IGU, or especially a laminated-triple-pane IGU...but not going there). And yes, coating application surface does make a difference both in performance and aesthetics, and this is a consideration in both laminated and IGU applications Make sense?...See MoreWindows on Washington Ltd
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