Stained glass insulating
Stained glass in double glazing
I adjusted the three stained-glass windows into insulating glass at the renovation of this house from 1890. Follow the steps required to process the stained glass into double glazing.
1. Start
Stained glass insulates even worse than single window glass. I therefore adapt the stained glass window to insulating glass.
2. Disassembly
All old lead is removed, the glass is cleaned and re-used, all broken glass is replaced by new.
3. Glass Resize
The glass size must be slightly reduced in order to be able to mount the insulating glass in the existing rebate.
4. Rebuild
The complete glass panel is rebuilt and put in new lead.
5. Manufacturing
When the panels are ready, they are mounted in double glazing by a specialized company.
6. Ready
The stained glass is now placed between two glass plates; the total thickness is now 22 millimeters.
7. Installation
The insulating glass is then mounted in the wooden frames.
8. End result
The insulation value (U-value) improved from 6.0 to 2.0. The attenuation of outside noise has also increased considerably.