Do You Need Triple Glazing?

These days, modern windows are being made with three panes of glass, which we all know now triple glazing. These triple glazed windows are even more energy saving than modern double glazing. The heat insulation benefit is clearly felt through the additional pane of glass and gas filled gap. There are three reasons why you should think about fitting triple glazed windows. London Glaziers supply the latest glass.

1). They use much less energy and save even more on heating bills, and triple they also have an optimised energy balance to help make maximuum savings. This type of glazing gives a high level of solar heat gain, catching warmth from natural daylight and bringing it into your home. This is combined with high thermal insulation properties with triple glazed windows having a very low U-value to keep the heat in during night and day. The result is a window that well exceeds the current maximum “A” window energy rating achieving the maximum A+.
2). Comfort factor, means that the thermal efficient triple glazed windows guarantees that cold spots are gone. Triple glazed windows can also be configuered to give top class thermal acoustic performance, that reduces the noise levels from outside. London Glazing can advise on energy efficiency.
3). Increased security, as the extra pane of glass in triple glazing gives greater security for any home.

This type of glazing is now well established in many parts of Europe and is becoming increasingly the choice in the UK. The windows is one of the most exposed parts of any house. According to the Energy Saving Trust, a quite substantial 26% of all domestic heat will escape through the windows. Fitting energy saving windows is essential to help keep the cost of energy bills down. If fitting double glazing makes a modern house more comfortable to live in, triple glazing will make it even better.

Note: (Passivhaus) is a completely voluntary building performance standard that any person embarking on the build of a low-energy home may well be interested. Of German origin, it has had lots of attention in the UK and works on the principle of the reduction of heating demand to a really low level rather than just being reliant on renewables.
There are divided opinions. Triple glazing has been used in cold climate countries like Sweden and Norway for a long time, and the ultra-low energy (Passivhaus) insitute requires triple glazed windows with a U value of no more than 0.8. To have a window with this kind of low value, you will not only need to switch to triple glazing but also insulate the frame as well, also use more expensive manufacturing techniques, krypton gas can be used, in place of argon. A U-value of 0.8 sounds really good, so the additional energy we save is minute whilst the payback time for triple glazing is high compared to other energy-efficiency improvements. But no more than this. The real benefits are to do with comfort. If your walls, roof and floor of a house, are insulated and you forget the glass, you will definitely have cold spots around the windows at nightime. This causes draughts, and takes heat away from you if you sit close, and result in bad condensation. So, the point is, the standard of glass needs to be the same as the standard of the insulation in the house, so that the warm blanket around the house performs all the time and everytime.
A single glazed window, has an internal surface temperature of around 1°C.
A double glazed window, has a surface temperature of around 11°C.
A modern, energy-efficient double glazed window, has a surface temperature of 16°C.
A triple glazed window, with a centre-pane U-value of just 0.65, has a temperature of 18°C. 

Therefore you can now appreciate that a double glazed window is totally adequate, a triple glazed window happens to make you a lot more comfortable, as it keeps the heat a lot better. Triple glazing will not drastically affect your heating bills, but you will definately see and feel the difference inside your home.