The past year we have been working at ways to improve our product range.

Having the majority of our product installed in and around London and it's

busy streets many of our clients have asked if possible would our product

house triple glazed units?

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The simple solution would have been to take our 24 mm / 28 mm (4 mm glass /

warmedge space / 4 mm glass) unit and split it down to accomodate the

extra glass. Instead we have decided to make our sash wider now allowing a

32 mm (4 mm glass / 10 mm warmedge spacer / 4 mm glass / 10 mm warmedge

spacer / 4 mm glass) unit . Making our overall u-value an impressive

0.8 W/m2k.

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Traditional windows, with a single pane of glass in them, have a U-value in

excess of 5. Double glazing used to score over 3, but, over the years, the

manufacturing process has undergone a number of improvements and

currently the Building Regulations insist that any window you install today

should have a U-value no worse than 1.8.

These improvements have been brought about by the introduction of:

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* Wider cavities between the two glass panes 16 mm is the optimum distance

* Low-emissivity coatings being added to the glass to stop heat escaping

* The cavity being filled with an inert gas, usually argon

* Designing out cold bridges, such as aluminium spacers, surrounding the

glazed units

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Now, a U-value of 1.8 may look good when compared to what we have been

fitting relatively recently, but compared to the U-value demanded for walls

currently less than 0.3 and due to fall even lower you can see that windows

remain weak spots in the overall thermal efficiency of a building envelope.

Hence the tremendous pressure to improve their performance even further.

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Triple glazing is not only good for keeping the heat inside your home it is also very useful to keep the noise of a busy road out. Although a double glazed unit does make a significant difference to a single glazed window. It is widely known that triple glazing reduces the noise levels even further. It is also much more aesthetically pleasing than the more traditional means of secondary glazing.

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Having triple glazing can also add great value to a property as if your property is on a busy road the main reason a possible buyer would be put off is the noise. Due to the advances in glass technology you could reduce the noise levels further by having acoustic glass installed on the inner pane of the sealed unit.

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If you're keen to know more about the option of having triple glazing feel free to contact one of our advisors as we will kindly give you some more info...