Why You May Need Secondary Glazing for Your Home Windows if You Live in London

When it comes to your windows, what would secondary glazing and thermal insulation do to benefit you? Why should you pay for it?

Well, we all know that the better insulated a home is, the more energy efficient it is--not to mention more comfortable and less internally crusted with allergens. Secondary glazing provides effective thermal insulation. Now, thermal insulation involves the use of materials which reduce the rate of heat transfer lost to radiation, convection, or conduction. So, to put it clearly, thermal insulation stops heat from escaping out of your home.

Well, did you know that one-fifth of your home's heat goes out through your windows?

Furthermore, a single-glazed window loses as much as 14 times the amount of heat as a well-insulated wall covering the same area. But professionally installed secondary glazing will save you a significant amount of money in your heating bills every year.

• After a few years, therefore, the cost of installation has paid for itself through your realized savings on your heating bills. And then, from that time forward, you are actually making money on your "investment". Furthermore, your home is now worth more than it would have been should you decide to sell it.

In addition, if you "mind the gap" and make certain that the gap between your secondary glazing and the original window pane is a minimum of 100mm, you can get rid of the disturbances of your noisy neighbours!

Yes, your thermal insulation is also acoustically useful!

• And as if that's not enough for you, thermal insulation which utilizes secondary glazing reduces condensation in your home. Think of the money saved to repair wall papering, paintings, or wood damaged by water with that. Lower levels of condensation also make your home healthier, as water-borne pathogens and moulds don't have nearly as much opportunity to grow and thrive.

• If you are living in London, United Kingdom, then you know that there can be major problems in homes there due to these listed conditions. The homes of London were mostly built before there was any such technology for secondary glazing, so while their windows are beautiful they are highly inefficient.

That is why in 1968 Derrick John Smith founded the company known as City Sound. City Sound is in London and has developed a very deep and unique level of expertise in using secondary glazing for the thermal insulation of old London homes. You should contact them for a free estimate of what they would be able to do for you to make your London home more comfortable, healthier, and more economical.