Doubling the Security and Safety in Your Home with the Help of Double Glazed Windows

Double Glazed Windows can do more than regulating the temperature inside your home. Aside from making you feel comfortable and cozy during cold months and improve your sleep by blocking external noise, now you can add two more beneficial features to your double glazed windows – security and safety

Double Glazed Windows in Brief

Double glazed windows are composed of two glass panes set a few millimeters apart from each other. The space or spacer between these panes traps air, making it easier to regulate the temperature inside a room. Before sealing, a drying agent is applied to prevent condensation and ensure air tightness. Originally, spacers were made of metal to increase durability. However, as metal is an element known for its conductive quality, it is less effective in normalizing indoor temperature. Nowadays, though, spacers are made up of materials that are less conductive (warm-edge spacers) such as stainless steel, polymer foam and silicone foam to lower thermal conductivity.

Extra Layer of Airtight Security

Apart from acting as an effective thermal bridge, double glazing your windows at home can also provide you with an envelope of security.

Thieves and home intruders usually use glass windows as their point of entry. Normal glass window panes can be easily broken and produce a faint sound when smashed, making it harder to hear when someone is breaking in. This is not the case with double glazed windows.

Because the panes of double glazed windows are made up of strong glass, they ensure durability and longevity. This means that it would be more difficult for burglars to break the panes, promoting better resistance to forced entry. It also creates a loud sound when broken so you can easily detect trespassers and robbers. In addition, double glazed windows can give you the liberty to choose the intensity of security because it can be installed with the most up-to-date, cutting edge locking technology and system.

It’s All About Indoor Safety

Double glazed windows do not only protect you from those midnighters, it can also guard you and your family from harm or accidents inside the home. You may have children running around, a baby learning to crawl, or your friends getting all crazy hyper and rambunctious – everyone is prone to household accidents.

Glass windows have always been one of the many factors that largely contribute to accidents at home. It is fragile and if unintentionally broken or smashed, it can cut and pierce through the skin, requiring you to have an unwanted trip to the hospital. This can actually be prevented with double glazed windows, as their panes are more rigid, durable and intact. These characteristics lower the possibility of the windows breaking, thus lessening or completely avoiding any kind of injury from happening to you and your family.

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