We've got a small office, with one wall that faces almost exactly south- east and is damn near entirely glass. With no aircon and a big chunk of computer kit in the office, you can imagine what it's like at the moment!
What's the options for some kind of film for the windows to cut down on heat transmission, whilst retaining most of the light transmission? The building management don't want anything to be "visible" from outside - no logos, no visible tint, etc etc.
Suggestions, please...
Mirror reflective metal venetian blinds? Venetian blinds can then be wound back up when not needed, only needed a few weeks a year.
Then you need to sort out a few extractors - window mount Ventaxia or Xpelair 12", get a good cross-flow of air moving which will greatly reduce perceived temperature re discomfort.
Visible Light & Infra Red are rather related :-)
The heat is inside by then and this thing called the greenhouse effect comes into play.
Colin Bignell
There isn't anything that will be effective and won't be visible in some form or another. The least obvious would be a neutral tint solar control film. Even a light tint, which you might persuade them to accept, will reduce solar gain by a noticeable amount. Google for solar control film or heat reflecting film. The other way is an external sun shade, like a traditional extending shop canopy.
Colin Bignell
True, but without altering the visuals of the building there is little alternative.
External blinds avoid superheated air in the interior.
3M might do a film which will reduce transmission of IR.
"js.b1" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
Not an option. There's vertical blinds at the mo - and we've already tried to get those replaced for purely functional reasons...
Unfortunately, definitely no chance of it being an option...
"nightjar" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
About what I thought.
Mmm. Mebbe get some samples, and see what's visible and what's not.
Yeh, tried that. Four squillion fitters, all with very little in the way of useful info.
I dread to think of the office manager's reaction.
Or . (Have bought other things from them without any issues - but not yet window films.) Also on Ebay .
If you just stick a patch on it'll be visible even if 99.9% transparent in visible light. However if you stick something neutral to every bit of glass in every window, it will be "invisible"(*) as all the window glass will look the same.
(*) Provided you don't go silly and stick a mirror film on. B-)
Thanks for that, they seem to have a better range and variety of sizes on offer and are a lot cheaper than windowfilm.
"Dave Liquorice" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
Oh, sure - but it'll give an indication of HOW visible it's going to be, compared to all the other windows of all the other rooms...
On 2 Jul 2009 14:52:42 GMT, Adrian had this to say:
You could, of course, do away with all the computer stuff - or relocate.
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