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2 Highly Beneficial Extras To Consider When Installing Your New Windows

Windows are one of the fundamental components of every home. They're the primary source of natural light and provide you with a view to the outside world from the inside of your home. However, given the opportunity, windows can also contribute a lot more to your home than these basic requirements. If you're planning to have a new window installation, then there are two optional yet highly beneficial extras that are well worth considering.

1. Double glazing

Traditionally, windows are constructed with only one pane of glass, which is known as single glazing. As the name suggests, double glazing uses two panes of glass instead, and they are installed in the window frame with a small space between the sheets of glass. This air pocket acts as insulation that prevents heat transfer from the inside of your home to the outside and vice versa.

Double glazing can make a massive difference to the overall level of insulation in your home. Windows are generally the biggest culprits for allowing heat in during summer and letting out warm air during winter. Double glazing has the dual benefits of keeping the internal temperature of your home more comfortable and reducing the cost of heating and cooling.

2. Privacy film

Windows provide you with an eye to the world outside your home. Unfortunately, they provide the outside world with a direct view into your home as well. If you live in an urban environment or you have close neighbors who overlook your home, this may mean that you don't enjoy a very high level of privacy. Even in a secluded or rural environment, opportunistic criminals use windows to monitor occupant activity and assess what valuables may be inside a home.

Fortunately, it's easy to remedy this situation by adding privacy film to your new windows. Privacy film is a very thin material that is applied to the external surface of your window panes. It creates an effect that's similar to a two-way mirror. Your view from the inside of your home is unrestricted, but anyone looking in will only see a reflection of themselves and the scenery behind them.

While both of these additions may increase the overall price of your new windows, both are valuable investments. They'll save you money in the long term, increase the comfort and security of your home while you live in it, and make your home more appealing and valuable to potential buyers if you decide to sell it.


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