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Re: House windows
| J | 28 Jan 2006 16:14 |
> Maybe J will jump in here and straighten us out. She so good at this stuff. I wish BJ was here. They renovated an area of their home and replaced windows so she would be safe. I don't know windows enough to say really. But thanks for asking. Hugs J
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| Beverley | 28 Jan 2006 13:54 |
Oh, are those windows going to make a big difference! Wish we could put them in this old house. (Historic commission will not allow them.)
I don't think I'd sit in the sunlight streaming through but to be able to allow the light in would be wonderful.
If my memory serves me correctly and it probably doesn't there are two harmful lights, UV and UB? This is only going to eliminate one of them but does the other automatically become reduced as it passes through glass?
Maybe J will jump in here and straighten us out. She so good at this stuff. Bev
> ...not to be confused with the computer software... > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Mary |
| Mary Rawle | 27 Jan 2006 18:50 |
...not to be confused with the computer software...
Hello Everyone,
I have a new landlord (this is a *good* thing), and he is replacing the windows in the duplex unit in which I live. He is *so* kind as to ask me what kind of windows I want! Isn't that great? It's an older house with double-hung multipaned glass windows that are pretty but very energy inefficient.
So. He has given me a brochure from BetterBilt windows (this is not an advertisement). They make window that will help our place look like it did before, but with double-paned glass, and I do believe it is a single pane which has bars within that make it look like multipaned glass.
Under "Window Options" it say "Low Emissivity Glass." It goes on to say "...plus most of the sun's damaging ultraviolet light is filtered out, protecting draperies, furniture, carpet [and lupus patients? {my addition}] from fading.
So. Have any of you guys had experience with this "Low Emissivity Glass?" Would I be able to peek out and see the sun shine? Little kids in the neighborhood think I am a witch, because I keep all the windows closed, and wear mostly black (I'm kidding here). But would I be able to open my curtains? that might be a landmark day....
Are they good windows? Do they really help? To what degree? What do y'all think?
Thanks in advance,
Mary
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