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Is triple glazing still not a thing in most places? It's become pretty much standard here in Romania in everything but the cheapest windows.

by cbg0 5y ago

teruakohatu 5y ago
In New Zealand it is available but I have never seen a house with it. Double glazing is the required minimum for new houses and has been for 20 years, but I would say at least half the country is single glazed.
sersi 5y ago
I wish! In Asia, single-pane/single-glazed is pretty much the standard. Even in 3600 usd/month apartments in Hong Kong, it's very unlikely you'll see double glazing. It drives me up the wall, winters are not long and it doesn't get that cold but there's a few days a year when the weather drops to around 12 degrees celcius within my apartment (so 54 degrees Fahrenheit) and as someone from colder climes that's used to central heating, I'll say that I much prefer a cold winter with a warm home than a mild winter with a super cold home. I've seen the same when I lived in Japan... Additionally due to the poor insulation, you get to hear the noise outside quite a bit which I personally hate.
- CorrectHorseBat 5y ago
  And it also helps with the heat in summer
toyg 5y ago
In UK double-glazing is basically everywhere, with triple typically replacing it as windows fail. However, there is still a significant amount of single-glazed properties in poorer areas or in listed historical buildings.
- lbriner 5y ago
  Yeah, Councils can be really bad at requiring people to either replace their old single-glazing with some exactly the same in double-glazed or keep the old inefficient windows. This is understandable for historical buildings but we experienced it with a box office building built in the 1970s, cost us another £11K to get cream coloured uPVC windows instead of white ones. I think that might change as we go towards energy efficiency, we need to swing the needle back towards more efficiency = good.

Is triple glazing still not a thing in most places? It's become pretty much standard here in Romania in everything but the cheapest windows.

by cbg0 5y ago

Is triple glazing still not a thing in most places? It's become pretty much standard here in Romania in everything but the cheapest windows.

teruakohatu 5y ago

In New Zealand it is available but I have never seen a house with it. Double glazing is the required minimum for new houses and has been for 20 years, but I would say at least half the country is single glazed.

sersi 5y ago

I wish! In Asia, single-pane/single-glazed is pretty much the standard. Even in 3600 usd/month apartments in Hong Kong, it's very unlikely you'll see double glazing. It drives me up the wall, winters are not long and it doesn't get that cold but there's a few days a year when the weather drops to around 12 degrees celcius within my apartment (so 54 degrees Fahrenheit) and as someone from colder climes that's used to central heating, I'll say that I much prefer a cold winter with a warm home than a mild winter with a super cold home. I've seen the same when I lived in Japan... Additionally due to the poor insulation, you get to hear the noise outside quite a bit which I personally hate.

CorrectHorseBat 5y ago
And it also helps with the heat in summer

toyg 5y ago

In UK double-glazing is basically everywhere, with triple typically replacing it as windows fail. However, there is still a significant amount of single-glazed properties in poorer areas or in listed historical buildings.

lbriner 5y ago
Yeah, Councils can be really bad at requiring people to either replace their old single-glazing with some exactly the same in double-glazed or keep the old inefficient windows. This is understandable for historical buildings but we experienced it with a box office building built in the 1970s, cost us another £11K to get cream coloured uPVC windows instead of white ones. I think that might change as we go towards energy efficiency, we need to swing the needle back towards more efficiency = good.