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| Thread ID: 89614 | 2008-05-06 03:21:00 | Double Glazing with plastic sheets | Morgenmuffel (187) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 666392 | 2008-05-07 08:19:00 | um... magnets on aluminium? are you sure? | Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 666393 | 2008-05-07 08:27:00 | Thats a point. | pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 666394 | 2008-05-07 23:25:00 | um... magnets on aluminium? are you sure? Yep absolutely sure - our windows are aluminium and the magic seal works a treat. OK I will put you out of your misery and tell you how it works. First of all a strip of magnetic tape is fastened to the aluminium - it uses some sort of contact adhesive and it really does stick. The magic seal window itself has another piece of the stuff on it and when you put them together they literally "whack" into place. Over quite a few years so far there has been no sign of any of the adhesive failing or the magnetic attraction giving up. Certainly the seal has proven much more effective than the other double glazing we used. I'm delighted with it and love the way my very small study warms up ultra quickly even on the coldest day with just a few minutes with a simple fan heater. An occasional sign of a little moisture under very extreme conditions has shown itself and the answer is to pull part of the seal away from the window and let the sunshine shift the moisture. There has been no sign of any flies or dirt getting in. Even if there was it can be easily fixed. With such a simple method even wooden window frames can be treated and made effective. I just wish I had known of this product 20 years ago before we had the other double glazing put in. Another big advantage I reckon is the fact that you can remove it so quickly if needed to replace any original glass that may get busted. (I too played cricket as a youngster - no further comment!). Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 666395 | 2008-08-25 12:30:00 | I don't think that plastic window insulation kit is a permanent [edited] solution. It may be low cost, but I don't think they are suitable for all situations. |
samfoster (13707) | ||
| 666396 | 2008-08-25 21:36:00 | I don't think that plastic window insulation kit is a permanent [edited] solution. That may well be why they said it may last a limited time. ;) It may be low cost, but I don't think they are suitable for all situations. Maybe that is why the suppliers limit the range of situations the product will be suitable for? ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 666397 | 2008-08-25 22:20:00 | Just what do we mean by permanent? My permanent heavy double glazing had to be replaced after about 20 years only. Our permanent corrugated iron roof needed replacements after the same time. I often see houses here in NZ advertised as permanent materials and they have some sort of superduperplank exterior and galvanized roofing. On the other hand our plastic double glazing shows no sign of any problems yet. I am still absolutely delighted with it. Nobody seems to realize our windows are double glazed when they look through them - and that was initially my concern - that the plastic would "yellow" - but it hasn't. Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 666398 | 2008-08-26 06:37:00 | I forgot to respond to this thread. I emailed the Magicseal guys and a local installer rang me back. After much wrangling on the phone I eventually got him to spit out that it would cost approximately $800 per average size window. $800!!!!! I asked if it was gold plated, or magical in some way and then said thanks, but no thanks. |
pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 666399 | 2008-08-26 23:46:00 | I forgot to respond to this thread. I emailed the Magicseal guys and a local installer rang me back. After much wrangling on the phone I eventually got him to spit out that it would cost approximately $800 per average size window. $800!!!!! I asked if it was gold plated, or magical in some way and then said thanks, but no thanks. Well now I wonder what you wanted. $800 does seem a lot of money but it depends on what you class as an average size window. You really should let them quote properly and do not expect to pay garbage type prices. I paid a total of $1635 for 3 rooms and this meant only four windows but because of their design it included 11 separate panes of glass and 3 of the panes were opening windows. So it was a complex long winded job. Each pane had to be treated on its own of course and the aluminium fittings are made to pretty fine tolerances. No they are not gold plated - but magical? - well on cold days it certainly seems like it. I don't know if we save any money - I think like most people we just tend to enjoy the extra heat and comfort - plus the windows are not dripping in the mornings. Come on stop being so stingy - double glazing costs money. Beside which I reckon I am the most miserly person around and at Christmas time go about muttering "Christmas bah humbug!" Don't try stealing my crown. Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 666400 | 2008-08-28 08:10:00 | This "solution" has been around for years. A local supplier offered to do my office window free if I could do the heat-loss calcs to show it was cost effective, fo him to use as advertising. I did the calcs. I never got the free install. At the exhorbitant prices, it was not cost effective. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 666401 | 2008-08-31 00:08:00 | We have done our office / spare room with double sided tape and the supplied heat shrink wrap we bought it from environment Canterbury cheap will supply link later when I can find it again. Had no condensation on this window all winter even with guests staying and its a small room that was really bad last winter so does work just have to keep the stupid cats from scratching it. | gary67 (56) | ||
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