tinting for house windows

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#301956 19-Oct-2022 08:09

We have some large north facing windows/stacker sliders that we are keen to get tinted to help keep house cooler in the summer and protect flooring/furniture.

Want something that isn't going to be to dark as we want the benefits of the winter sun.

We live in Christchurch.

Can anyone recommend what sort of product we should be looking for and even better companies.

Thanks

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#2984490 19-Oct-2022 09:51

A reflective coating might help more than tinting. With tinting I expect the glass absorbs the heat, part is radiated outside, part is radiated inside, so some help but maybe not as much as it could? Tinting can be built into the glass or a film that's applied inside, best to get a professional to do that I think.

I got tinting on my office window, only about 1.2 x 2m, not sure it's made much difference to temperature but it has reduced the light coming in a bit.

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#2984493 19-Oct-2022 10:03

We got https://glassprotech.co.nz/ in earlier in the year to get some privacy film and some UV rejection film applied to some windows. Worked out great.

My office is in full sun in the afternoon after we felled some trees last year. The UV rejection film defintely helps. I cant recall what product they used (they will give you some options) but it certainly works. They advised against going full mirror tint.

It was close to $1000 for 4 bedroom windows, 4 full length glass french doors and 3 windows for my office. Only the office has high UV rejection. The others are privacy film.

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#2984496 19-Oct-2022 10:14

As you can see the high UV rejection is fairly reflective;

Below is from inside (left) and outside for comparison;

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#2984499 19-Oct-2022 10:27

Here are some of the bedroom windows, this is less reflective and we havent noticed a reduction of light (room is not facing the sun right now)

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#2984511 19-Oct-2022 10:43

Do most of the installers use the same product? Basically trying to understand if some films are better than others so we can choose the company that uses the better films. Or are they pretty much all the same.