Triple Glazing Worth It?

wazza300

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Worth the price over double glazing? and also is it worth having the vents in the frames or not?

been quoted £1650 for 4 triple glazed swish windows
 
Very much so, we have triple glazed, the silence is deafening and the gas bill is considerably smaller than my neighbours.

Trickle vents yes however might negate the triple glazing if you're buying it for acoustic reduction.
 
The windows don't condense up with the vents in though,I'm really torn to have them in or not,its a property near busy town centre

The rooms have large vents already but was thinking of bricking them up if I had trickle vents, not sure
 
You can get acoustic trickle vents but they are large, ugly and expensive.

But yes triple glazing is excellent acoustic insulation.

Have you thought about no trickle vents and using mechanical ventilation, nuaire do a nifty unit, is it a flat or house with loft?
 
Idk they have an offer on triple for price of double,I just wondered if you actually noticed any benefit

Do you get any condensation macca with yours? Maybe it doesn't happen with double or triple glazed?
 
Just to throw a spanner in the works if it's about noise reduction I've breifly looked into it and found that asymetrical glazing units were better than triple glazed. I can't remember the exact details as it was a while ago but essentially its a double-glazed unit comprising of one pane thicker than the other (and thicker than usual panes)

have a quick look into it, consider this just a tip rather than hard fact!

where was your quote from out of interest?
 
Triple glazed direct

I think secondary glazing offers best sound proofing but anything would be better than what's in at the mo
 
Yes we get small amounts of condensation in the winter months, we have no trickle vents or mechanical ventilation and we dry our clothes in a condensate tumble drier so we use aero 360's between October and March.
 
maccapacca said:
Very much so, we have triple glazed, the silence is deafening and the gas bill is considerably smaller than my neighbours.

Trickle vents yes however might negate the triple glazing if you're buying it for acoustic reduction.
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Placebo effect I presume.

Triple glazed units provide little to no benefit over double when it comes to noise reduction. A double glazed unit with two different thicknesses of glass will perform much better. Use laminated glass or even better, acoustic laminated glass (e.g. SGG Stadip Silence) in a double glazed unit for noise reduction.

Beware triple glazing will lower the amount of light transmitted and will also add significant weight to a sash.
 
For maximum sound reduction, go for units with different thickness glass.

For instance, a standard double IGU is 4-20-4 (28mm), so 4-18-6.4 (28.4mm) would give a better sound reduction due to the resonance of the glass. Same principle for triple glazing. Go for something like 6.8-6-4-6-6 (28.8mm) or similar.

High performance soft coated (low e) glass will typically give you outer condensation because of the nature of the glass. It's not a fault (unless the condensation is inside the unit) but you'd be surprised at the complaints we'd get for this.

I used to work in the UKs largest glass manufacturer and it was fascinating :)
 
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im gonna go ahead with these windows,in a few weeks time ill let you know how it goes,still undecided on trickle vents or not
 
Our trickle vents click closed, and the sound difference with them open and closed is rather large.
Open all summer and pretty much all day in winter unless an exceptionally windy day and I cba with a draft at zero degrees.
 
update on this,had the windows fitted today,just one trickle vent in the bathroom that you can click closed (if id known they click closed i would have had them on all the windows but nvm)

they already seem a lot quieter as for warmer idk yet i need more time to say,will grab some pics and post em when i get a chance,would recommend the company/windows though
 
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Even a closed trickle vent is a lot noisier that a window without a trickle vent at all.
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Exactly.

wazza300 said:
im gonna go ahead with these windows,in a few weeks time ill let you know how it goes,still undecided on trickle vents or not
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Don't waste your money on trickle vents.

Example: im going make a really energy efficient window and then.... cut a big hole/s in the top.

It makes no sense, allows in drafts and noise (I have them in my flat so I know and also work in the industry)

You simply open a window slightly whenever you need ventilation and close it when finished.

(edit: too late, RIP OP) ;)

OT: Yes triple glazing is worth it. the end.
 
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