What device did the council building inspector use to test my double glazing?

Oct 14, 2021 Last reply: 4 years ago 5 Replies

Some 15 years ago now I had the local council building inspector in to pass a double glazed window I'd installed. My memory is a bit vague but he used something like a small tube which he pointed at or maybe held against the glass of the window and which apparently indicated whether it was a pass or fail.



My new window passed but he also checked some other already installed windows that had been in for about 10 years and they failed.



Anyway, can someone tell me what this magic device he had was and what exactly it was measuring?


I remenber it being a cardboard device we used to use to measure the coating or/and the spacing? of the glass....sorry can't remember much more...its been 11 years

On Thursday, October 14, 2021 at 10:36:22 PM UTC+1, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:> >

Yes that definitely sounds like it. The cardboard look seems right but I didn't say it because it sounded daft and I thought it must just be my vague memory playing tricks. It was really small and I'd love to know what it was called. All the meters I can find now are unsurprisingly digital and I assume that one wasn't, or at least wasn't very sophisticated.

well it was optical after all ....but there were no batteries to go flat simple is sometimes better....I think it only measured the gap and not any insulation coating ....

a plastic version is all I could find.....

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Sounds like a "Low E coating detector".

coating detector e.g. as recommended by Pilkington

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