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Double or triple glazed windows

  • 30-05-2018 8:46pm
    #1
    darrmolo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26 ✭


    What type of windows is people putting in new builds. Im still not sure whether to go double or triple. I dont mind paying the extra for triple.
    There will be 16 windows and 3 double doors. 
    Thanks for any advice in advance


Comments

  • #2
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    Triple


  • #3
    delfagio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 376 ✭✭delfagio


    Triple is best and would highly recommend triple over double. Better sound reduction and better thermal wise


  • #4
    fatty pang
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 326 ✭✭fatty pang


    delfagio wrote: »
    Triple is best and would highly recommend triple over double. Better sound reduction and better thermal wise
    It's not that simple. You won't notice the difference in sound reduction between 'standard' double-glazing and 'standard' triple-glazing.


  • #5
    Brenk39
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭Brenk39


    As far as I'm aware in order for triple glazing to effective for sound reduction the centre pane has to be a different thickness to the other 2.
    If it's not you might as well get double glazed windows..


  • #6
    Shaunoc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 521 ✭✭✭Shaunoc


    Triple is old school. Try some dynamic glass :)


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  • #7
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,220 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Shaunoc wrote: »
    Triple is old school. Try some dynamic glass :)

    What's the transmittance of an untinted electrochromic window compared to normal triple?

    I'm seeing 62% for Sage and I think that's double glazed.

    Conventional triple glazed might be 72%, which is 16% more visible light coming through. In winter that's got to be noticeable, surely? You'd want big windows.


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