For a rough guide of what thickness of plastic sheet to use on your size of window bearing in mind that certain products have a restricted range of sheet e g.
Diy plastic sheet double glazing.
Measure your window glass only.
The magnetglaze secondary glazing kit available right here at the plastic people is one of the simplest and quickest ways to secondary glaze your existing windows without any planning permission or expense.
Secondary glazing for some windows replacing them with double glazing is not a possibility.
2mm sheet small windows up to 1m sq.
It s getting cold now so i ve started to look at the diy double glazing again.
Some double glazed panels have a gas like nitrogen inside.
Bring in your measurements for your windows.
3mm sheet medium 1m to 1 5m sq.
Magnetglaze and magnetglaze extreme we suggest these guidelines.
It s 1 36m wide so 1 meter does a few smaller windows.
Acrylic sheets can protect an existing window and offer sound and thermal insulation.
Purchase your magnets a and b and your acrylic cleaner.
Materials and measurements required.
Diy double glazing is as easy as one two three.
Choose your thickness the thicker you go the more sound proofing you get no change to thermal qualities and we ll cut them for you.
Diy double glazing will probably work quite well for a while but may eventually end up with condensation inside and perhaps dirt as well.
It might be advantageous to make the inside panel demountable for cleaning etc.
In this case acrylic secondary glazing may offer the solution.
Magnetglaze is an easy to remove magnetic secondary glazing system that provides cost effective heat and noise insulation helps reduce condensation and still allows instant access to your.
Trackglaze but others offer a choice e g.
Diy double glazing step 1.
Now you are ready to go.
This is to ensure that the 2 strips are aligned with respect to their magnetic fields.
Mounting acrylic to window.
Only needed 3 or 4 meters for both the kids rooms.
The bubble wrap has gone was ripped down over summer and the wife found some quite thick clear plastic sheet at spotlight for like 8 a meter.