Stephen, > I am not a fan of tinted windows myself. I was talking to > someone whose > office is on the south side of our building, and they are now > depressed > that the building put in window film on her windows. She said it is > depressing.
There's a lot of radiant energy where we are, so it might not be the same here where your friend is at all. The windows we have ordered have low-e glass with a 1" dead space between the panes. The 50% bronze tint should do very nicely. We tinted the windows on our last house and on the office space we rented in town. We already know that we like our windows tinted. I guess all that heat coming in the glass has never been fun for us. I don't like curtains and like to leave the blinds open when I can, so the tinting is very useful. The heat gain issue is the reason we put one level of the house below grade, too. It is rare for a home in California to have a basement. We designed our house to be able to close off our lower level so we don't have to heat or cool it unless we want to. I just hope it all works out the way I THINK it will. -- Kris www.shamrocktrails.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
