Light, space and comfort.
Your sunroom will add all of these to your home by utilizing the
latest in glass technology. Special reflective and thermal coatings,
combined with an argon filled space between dual panes of tempered
glass, give us the ability to keep your room cool in the summer
while still being warm and cozy in the winter.
Our overhead glass units are a combination of Solarcool Azurlite,
a reflective glass, over argon gas, over Low 'E' glass. Solarcool
Azurlite reflects 84% of the suns heat, while the Low 'E' glass
keeps heat from being reradiated back out of the room at night
or on cloudy days. The wall glass is Low 'E' over Argon over clear.
On a summer day, when the sun is directly overhead, the heat is
reflected away. But, in the winter, when the sun is lower to the
horizon, you gain heat (and retain it) through the wall glass.
Glass Comparision Chart
Glass Type
|
Characteristics |
Clear
Daylight Trans |
Solar
Heat Gain Reduction |
Insulation R-Value |
Clear/Clear |
Clear view, moderate inslulation, not recommended |
81% |
13% |
2.0 |
Low 'E'/Argon/Clear |
Clear view, good insulation |
70% |
54% |
4.2 |
Azurlite/Argon/Low 'E' |
Clear view, controls heat gain, good insulation |
57% |
68% |
4.2 |
Heat Mirror 66 |
Reflectivity obscures view, good insulation |
56% |
55% |
3.7 |
Super Glass for
overhead applications |
Solarcool Azurlite/Argon/Low 'E' |
Reflective, controls heat gain, good insulation |
22% |
84% |
4.2 |
Comfort by Design
By using combinations of only the most efficient of these glass
types, together with operable windows, doors and ventilation fans,
we design your room to be as warm as possible 6 months of the
year and as cool as possible during the day the other 6 months.
We can design any combination of operable doors and windows into
your room to suit your space, ventilation and traffic flow requirements.
For automatic ventilation and cooling, we recommend the Vent
Axia fan. This glass mounted, thermostatically controlled unit
comes with a cool-air inlet. The thermostat will automatically
turn on the fan and open the louvers of the inlet to bring in
a fresh change of air every two minutes. (Total volume of air
moved is 1027 cubic feet per minute.) This means that your room
will be as cool when you get home from work in the afternoon as
it was in the morning when you left. (without having to leave
windows open and your home unsecured!) For pool and spa or greenhouse
applications, an optional humidistat controller is available as
well.
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