Triple Glazing in Leicester and Leicestershire

Why triple glazing are specified the way they are

Triple glazing is a good product with a bad sales reputation, because it is routinely sold as an automatic upgrade when it is really a targeted one. The physics are simple: another pane and another cavity slow heat loss further. Whether you feel that depends entirely on the room, the exposure and what the rest of the building fabric is doing.

The specification we fit as standard

Three panes with two argon filled cavities and two low emissivity coatings, carried in a deeper frame with heavier hardware to take the additional weight, which is typically half as much again as a double glazed unit. The extra pane adds mass and takes longer to breach, and laminated options are available on the inner or outer pane depending on whether the priority is security or acoustics. Genuinely better on paper and noticeable in a cold, exposed, north facing room. In a sheltered mid terrace with warm neighbours either side, the difference over good double glazing is hard to feel.

• Frames and hinges rated for the unit weight, not adapted from double
• Two low emissivity coatings and argon fill as standard
• We will tell you when double glazing is the better buy for your house
• Expect around thirty to forty per cent above the double glazed equivalent. On a whole house that is a large number, which is why we often recommend it room by room.
• Our approach is to price it honestly against double glazing on the same openings, so the decision is yours with real numbers in front of you. Very often the sensible outcome is triple on the exposed north and east elevations and A-rated double everywhere else, which puts the money where it changes how the room feels.