Overheating
With temperatures hitting 25C today this has been the first real test of our house in terms of overheating and how to manage excess heat.
When I designed our house, I crunched the numbers, taking into account average and peak daily solar gain. Due to the large amount of SW facing glass that we have, I knew we were going to have some overheating, based on maintaining an internal air temperature of 21C. My number crunching indicated that summer overheating resulting from solar gain c
It depends which film you choose as to how noticeable it is. The film we have on the front gable glazing is deliberately noticeable, as we wanted to add some privacy as well, so opted for a stainless steel like finish, that turns that glazing into a dull mirror from outside. The bedroom window glazing film is a barely detectable film, that most people wouldn't notice unless it was pointed out to them.
@PeterStarck has had the same almost clear film fitted to some of his glazing, I