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Solar Film Update 1
Serendipity wrote:
Ok, here's the the promised report on the solar film installation. We had the Solar Guard Bronze installed today. The way it works is it gives privacy as well as energy savings. In the summer it reflects heat out of the house before it gets in; in the winter it allows a small amount of solar gain offset by reflecting heated air back into the room making our over all heat loss significantly less. We paid extra because we had two huge picture windows. We have already decided to have the additional windows (8) done at a cost of $250. Here's what we have so far. Cost - $807 CDN Installation - 10 windows, time 2 hrs Inconvenience - on a scale of 1 - 10 I would rate it a 3 but you get your windows cleaned free Look - You can tell it is there from the inside but it give a very nice mellow pale peach look. From the outside, it does not look industrial and goes really well with the house. Actually, it accentuates the architecture, something I am rather please about! Privacy - From the sidewalk that is rather close to the front of the house, you can see shadows but anything close to the front window you can vaguely make out. There is a reduced privacy issue if you have a window adjacent or directly in line with the tinted window as light will allow shadows. Nothing major, just so you know. From across the road, you can't see a thing! I should almost add another point is the neighbour **** off factor. We live next to a small apartment building. The tennants are snoops and and general pain in the keiseter but we try to keep good neighbour relations. As I type this, three are having huffy fits. I can see them but they can't see me Anyway, once they realize they can't see it, the novelty will wear off. Then on the other side is our adorable but annonying retiree neighbour who I swear to God knows everything we have in our house. He's having his own little huffy fit. All I can say is this the the best thing we have done in a long time. Well worth the money if only for the privacy! Energy savings are predicted at 25%. I can handle that! That means the film should pay for itself in 3 years. For the naysayers regarding solar gain, with the size of our windows, the solar gain was considerably less than the solar loss. All around a good choice for our situation. HTH I doubt you will save any energy or money with the Solar Film. You will probably lose out on incoming sun rays. Alex |
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On Fri, 06 May 2005 16:02:18 -0400, someone wrote:
I doubt you will save any energy or money with the Solar Film. In a strong air conditioning environment with lots of solar gain, maybe it would be helpful. But OP seems to be in Canada (gave pricing in $ CDN) where I doubt those conditions exist. Reply to NG only - this e.mail address goes to a kill file. |
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