Toning of the balcony and other window openings - what is good and what is bad

Recently, there has been some interesting trend. This is a "chip", like the tinting of windows, and not car windows (this is more familiar, although 20 years ago it was possible to "get stuck" if you tinted on your car, then it was a curiosity), and windows of houses, apartments, Loggias, etc. Where it came from and what is useful, what kinds and features - about everything further.

Everyone saw in American movies huge skyscrapers, which have tinted windows from floor to ceiling, and they stand all mirror, shimmer with the rays of the sun. Yes, in the world, tinting has been used for a relatively long time, since it has a number of properties and a number of advantages resulting from it.

What is the toning of the balcony in general and in particular

This is a coating of a glass surface (which serves in one or another place by a window) with a special film, the main function of which is to adsorb the heat that enters buildings along with the sun's rays.

What useful can you get from tinted windows?

Clearly, the room will be less hot. This is especially important in the summer. But if you hope in the winter, except for the sunlight, no longer on anyone, then do not rush to glue the film. In addition to jokes, if you are very hot, then the best option is air conditioning. He can cool, and heat, if manned accordingly. But tinting of balconies and loggias with a film - the option is cheaper and also, in principle, valid. It will not be frosty in the apartment, but will refresh at least. They say that this way reflects about eighty percent of solar energy. And in the opposite direction, the film works on the same principle, in general, it is a tool that can protect against some percentage of heat expenditure from the inside during the winter and the accumulation of excess solar energy outside in the hot summer months.

In addition to this basic function, tinting the balcony can have a lot more "chips". It all depends on the manufacturer, than decides to give a film, from that it will protect.

Slightly functional

Mirror surface in the daytime works like a curtain - no one sees anything from the street until someone on the other side decides to turn on the light and the mirror surface will be inside the room. It's worth remembering and not throwing cornices with all the good in the trash immediately. Of course, if tinted balconies, a photo with an example below, then the curtains are not very important.

There is no distortion of the outside world from the window. Yes, he was given a light dark shade, but the dimensions, angles, other parameters are normal.

Glare, which constantly interfere with watching TV or using a desktop computer, solar bunnies from neighboring buildings, from snow - they will not be, if the window is taken prisoner of toning.

Protection of residents from infrared radiation and ultraviolet radiation - the film stands securely on the defensive from these, harmful to human rays.

Still a little bit of pluses

Windows with mirror tinting do not fog up, protect the interior from the ruthless action of the sun on furniture, on painting and the like. Soft light passing through the tinted window can not damage the plants (only if these are not plants that need a lot of sun, in this case there will be a reverse, negative effect - consider this). Toning the balcony will keep and will not let the glass shatter, if suddenly the neighbor's child sends a ball to your window. The film for tinting the balcony protects against minor damage and scratches.

In addition to all of the above, such glasses also have a noise-insulating ability, which will be useful in offices, workers can not be distracted by noise outside, and the film has inherent fire resistance. What is meant: in the event of a fire (God save, of course, from this, but, alas, the situation is not the rarest), ordinary glass is very hot, bursts and opens a room for fresh air, because of which the fire intensifies. The film also for some time (up to about 45 minutes, depending on the manufacturer) will be able to restrain the glass from destruction, without giving the focus of ignition of additional oxygen recharge.

About the types of toning, briefly about other existing methods

Toning windows of balconies is performed not only with film, although this option, in principle, the fastest and most economical. There are at least three other methods: toning in bulk, vacuum application and paralysis. The first of these methods is performed at the boiling stage (various dyes are added), the second is that the film is applied to the glass in a vacuum medium, and the third method is to spray the protective layer onto still hot glass. All options are relatively equal in quality of protection from the sun and vary considerably in price.

Questions of style and quality

Windows under the tinted film, in addition to protective properties, acquire a beautiful appearance, and such buildings or its individual parts, if only the balcony is tinted, stand out against the background of others, become more modern. And the larger the area of the glazing, the more spectacular and respectable the building. The range of films is now huge, you can choose the right texture and style of your building.

When choosing a manufacturer, take into account the film quality indicators : moisture resistance, resistance to temperature changes, to other atmospheric and natural phenomena in general, which can adversely affect the windows and their tuning. Naturally, the choice of the firm that provides the service "tinting balconies and loggias" will also be helped by the feedback of people who used the services of a particular company.