k glass

rwster

Does any one know if pilkington k glass double glazing any better than ordinary double glazing is it worth the money ,ny ideas

Rex_Mundi

Up to 30% better insulating properties than normal glass units.

Nowadays you don't have a choice on installing K glass in new windows. Due to changes in the building regs (part L) All new windows HAVE to be glazed using K units. If you are only changing the glass in in your existing frames, then this doesn't apply.

Queenie

It makes your white net curtains look dingy and dirty from the outside!!

Rex is right, you get no choice in the matter now if having new one's fitted.

Nile

Queenie wrote:

It makes your white net curtains look dingy and dirty from the outside!!

.........which could be money saving.

You can leave it longer between washing your nets.......because everyone will assume that it's the K glass making your nets look dingy.........whereas you'll know that it's just that they're really dirty.:D

Queenie

:rotfl: Good one!!!

RedOnRed

Have I been tele-ported back to the 70's? Who still has net curtains in this day and age?

Queenie

Me

chrisw

How can you tell if a window is fitted the wrong way round with the kglass on the wrong side without a meter that building inspectors use? I suspect I have one window 'back to front'.

Nile

RedOnRed wrote:

Have I been tele-ported back to the 70's? Who still has net curtains in this day and age?

Me and Queenie:j I've saved a fortune on electricity and washing powder too...........thanks to the K glass.:rotfl:

Rex_Mundi

How can you tell if a window is fitted the wrong way round with the kglass on the wrong side without a meter that building inspectors use? I suspect I have one window 'back to front'.

This is unusual. When 'k' units are made, they are always finished off with a sticker on the side of the 'k' glass to show which side is glazed on the inside.
What makes you think one of them is wrong? Is it because there is a slight colour difference in one unit? There could be another explanation.

Pilkington 'k' glass is a brand name. There is an alternative glass that can be used in units. We all know it as 'soft coat'. It's an alternative low emission glass from Saint-Gobain Solaglas. There is a slight colour difference between these 2 types. If one unit has been replaced by the other type, you will notice the difference.

There has been clever marketing from Pilks (Pilkington) over this glass. It's only been recently that everyone has called this type of glass 'k'. When it first came out. All these types of glass were known as 'low-e'. You had soft coat from solaglass and hard coat from pilks. Now because of the marketing from pilks everyone thinks that a unit can only be made from 'k' glass which is their product. Both types comply with the current building regs.

chrisw

My brother-in-law fitted the windows with all the stickers facing the right way, however, the building inspector said the glass in one opening casement was the wrong way round and the sticker must have been put on wrongly. He also said it needed to open wider for fire escape. My b-in-law replaced the hinges but my wife peeled the stickers off the windows and then he couldn't remember if he'd turned the glass round. The inspector came out again, was happy with the hinges, but his light meter wouldn't work. He said as long as the glass had been turned he would issue the certificate, which he did.

So now nobody is sure - sometimes it may look slightly different from the others but it could be imagination.

Does it really make any difference anyway?