Solace Creations

Double
glazed units are insulated just like the doona on your bed or
fiberglass batts – if you shake up your doona, it adds air between the
fillings which increases your insulation.  If you squash your batts, the
air is reduced and they become less of an insulator.


With double
glazed units, there are two panes of glass and in between the glass
units is trapped air that is often filled with argon gas.  These units
are sealed and arrive on site as one unit.


In Canberra, it is
important to get as much of the winter sun into your home as possible so
that you receive free heating.  The sun will enter your windows as a
shortwave and then once inside will convert to a long wave.  Your
heating inside your home is already a long wave.


Glass is a good
heat conductor and if the window is single glazed, the heat will
transfer readily to the outside.  You may notice in your single glazed
home that by 4pm, the home gets cooler and... [Details]