Tinting the Windows on our HOUSE to Save Energy Costs and Reduce Heat
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- I saw this at the XPEL office in San Antonio. My house in LA doesn't get a ton of direct light, but I finally saw a chance to try it up here at the Wattage Cottage in Big Bear
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Tinted the bedroom skylight. Tintings highly underrated, it worked great.
I have big windows in my flat - about 4 metres wide and about 2 high. The previous owner installed some internal blinds to protect from the heat, which worked to an extent, however the window panes would get hot and heat the place up by convection. So I got some mirror foil with 20% transmittance, and - contrary to the instruction - stuck them on the *outside* of the window to keep the panes themselves from heating up. It's my flat, my foil, and i I choose to do it "wrong" it becomes right :). I suppose the advice is to keep the foil protected from the elements. I had it a couple of years and it is still fine. If it breaks down, screw it, I'll install a new set.
Works absolutely great. Keeping all windows open at night (optionally using a fan to help circulate the air) will usually cool down to around 20°, and if I close the windows in the morning it will keep the temperature pretty good even if it's in mid-thirties outside. Even in direct sunlight the panes barely heat up. It will rise to about 24, 26 until it's cool enough to open the windows again (or until I decide that I want fresh air and heat be damned). It's not "cool" by any stretch of the imagination, but it's quite acceptable without AC. I was worried that it might make the place too dark, particularly in winter, but it's no problem at all. It also helps to keep the heating down, as it reflects the infrared back into the room in winter.
Caveat: this works so well in my case because someone installed cheap window panes. Around here (Austria) windows are almost always equipped with thermal protection - a very thin layer of metal (gold, I believe) that barely blocks visible light at all, but blocks almost all of the infrared. With such windows, installing tint would have far less benefits.
This level of tinting is illegal in California. The homeowner must be visible to passersby at all times.
Do you take it down in the winter so the sun heats the room?
Phil, other people have known this since 1981.
i was born in 86. Missed the window (sorry for the pun)
@@worstretirementever You crack me up. We need more people like you. 🙏🚴
Yes but the window tinting in 1981 was actually lead particulate from smog.
Just skip the tint and replace windows with mirrors facing outwards. 😉😂
Sounds like a great idea. Would be interested in how effective it is. Has it dropped the heat?
Haven’t seen an electric bill yet but feels like it delays and lowers the peak heat in that room. The dogs are hanging out in that room more is the best indicator
Did you get this for free? 😅 not sure why anyone would want to block natural sunlight. And some light blocking curtains do the trick.
Wait wattage cottage is back?
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How can I buy a roll and apply myself? Ive already learned to tint like you did.
there's a quote box at the bottom here. I would try that www.xpel.com/products/window-film/vision-home-office-window-film
@@worstretirementever nope they said I have to be an authorized dealer or they wont sell the film direct and pointed me to an installer
Sweet.... *JIM CARREY* diy home improvement
Worst retirement vid ever..... 🤣
Leeeeaaast painful for me though