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A ebook of information and suggestion on the right way to raise heat and effort potency, easy methods to upload splendor for your domestic with French doorways, stained glass, &greenhouse home windows
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Shutters for skylights. In addition to the louvered shutters illustrated on page 31. you can install sliding insulated panels that pull across the skylight to prevent heat loss at night and in cold weather. posite ends of the shutter. When closed, this shutter achieves a tighter seal than the wood shutter described above. For convenience, a manual override allows you to control the louver operation. Design: Zomeworks Corporation SHADING FOR SUMMER COMFORT Though desirable in winter, the sun's heat can turn your house into a solar oven in summer.
_ -- - - - _ _ I "" I ~1 --- --:1:: "" " J" Removcrble insulcrting pcrnels are inexpensive and effective interior insulation. You can make pop-ins from rigid foam boards cut to fit the window glazing or sash. Either fit the panels into the opening using friction, or attach them to the glass or sash with continuous magnetic strips . Some manufacturers offer foam faced with aluminum foil to take advantage of the metal's heat-reflection and fire-retardant qualities . The foil face can be painted or decorated.
Louvered sun screens consist of an array of tiny aluminum louvers set at a fixed angle to block direct sunlight. Most woven sun screens are made from fiberglass yarns. Available in different colors and densities, they cut heat gain anywhere from 45 to 80 percent. Sun-control glass may be reflective or heat absorbing . Reflecting glass- glass with a thin, reflective coating bonded to it-provides better sun control. reducing heat gain up to 80 percent. But it also reduces light transmission by as much as 70 percent.