Hello World! Welcome Friends! When you hear double glazing, the first thing that comes to mind would be a doughnut with some exceptional double-glazed top that’s beyond mouth-watering. While this is right, double glazing is also a term used and associated with architectural structures and buildings.
In simple terms, double glazing, also known as a double sheet system or Insulated Glass Unit (IGU), is a system where two glass panels have been sealed together with a small gap available in-between both glasses.
The double-glazing system is an efficient way of providing both adequate privacy for your home and sufficient security while also serving as a good means of insulation. The system isn’t a popular one, but one highly recommended by those on the construction line.
For homeowners looking to utilize this system, here are some things to know about double glazing:
1. Reduces Heat Loss
One of the primary benefits of the double-glazed window is that it helps reduce the loss of heat within the home while also reducing the amount of draft that can enter the house through the seams. Between the two glass panes of professional double glazed windows is a layer of argon gas. This gas is known to be a poor heat conductor; and as the thin layer between both window panes, it invariably allows the double-glazed windows to act as a heat insulator that prevents warm air from leaving the inner space of the house.
With the high cost of basic amenities like energy, a double-glazed window is an energy-efficient window that’ll help save a lot of money on energy bills by adequately maintaining the temperature within the house.
In addition to its insulative capacity, it also helps reduce the amount of drafts entering the house. The impermeable layer between both glass panes serves as a barrier of protection against strong winds that’d easily enter through the light layers of the window.
2. Serves As Noise Barrier
You might not know this, but your double-glazed window is a perfect source of assured protection from noise. Earlier, we mentioned how the argon layer helps reduce the amount of heat lost, but in the case of a noise barrier, both the gas layer and the additional glass pane serve as the repelling force for noise.
When sound waves hit the surface, they act in a variety of ways. Some are absorbed by the surface; some bounce off the surface and some pass through the material of the surface leading to the noise infiltration that we often get with other single-paned glass. But in the case of double-glazed glass, the added pane, as well as the space occupied by the gas, create a buffer region that doesn’t allow the sound waves to pass through easily. This invariably leads to a quieter home with a lot less intrusion from the outside world.
3. Types Of Glass Glazing
While double-glazed windows don’t have a variety of types, the materials employed in making them, most especially the glass types do have some differences that in some way matter in the eventual outcome and functionality of the glazed windows.
The most common types of glass used in making double-glazed windows or doors include:
- Low Emissivity Glass or Low E Glass – This type features a thin metallic coating that serves as an anti-glare film adequate for reflecting heat and increasing insulation.
- Laminated Glass – This is a combination of two sheets of clear glass that are bonded together with a transparent plastic interlayer.
- Toughened Glass – This glass has been reinforced and strengthened with the use of the heat tempering process. Glass made through this method shatters into tiny pieces that are almost harmless, and it’s most common in glass doors and large glass panels.
Other glass types include float glass, tinted glass, and Kiwi Quiet glass.
4. Increases Security and Safety
The best type of window or door glass, of course, is the type that can’t be easily broken, making cases of forced entry a difficult thing to come by. A double-glazed glass window or door offers you a double level of security and protection from any intrusion. This becomes even better when your double-glazed windows or doors consist of toughened glass, which is much harder to break through.
The security also comes in terms of safety associated with the parts of the window. In the case of a double-glazed window made from laminated glass, for instance, the components of the glass make it so that if the glass breaks, it breaks as a whole, rather than breaking into tiny pieces that can be harmful to individuals around it.
Conclusion
Knowing now how much of a benefit double glazing and double-glazed doors and windows are, acquiring one for your home sure sounds like a good way to go. As a rapidly growing glass option for homeowners, double glazing not only offers you security, but it offers privacy, comfort, and of course, it helps you save on the bills too, not to forget its long-lasting effects. So, what do you think of double-glazing for your home?
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