How to protect the apartment from the sun

How to protect the apartment from the sun

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Options of protection against beams of the sun the market offers enough to choose suitable for specific case. From thorough protection of windows of the house rolling shutters with devices of automatic turn behind solar disk to easy rolled curtains of various permeability. Or normal fabric curtains, even with them everything is not so simple. For example, curtains "blackout" will turn the room into twilight when the sun brightly shines.

Blinds and rollets

There are more than ten types of blinds and rollets on materials (wooden, metal, fabric, etc.), designs (panel, rolled, cotton velvet), to availability of distant control (rollets). Are ideal for shadowing of windows in owner-occupied dwellings and the first floors of high-rise buildings.

The main advantage consists in dispersion of sunshine, ability to reduce air temperature indoors. The amount of light to rooms can be regulated tilt angle of lamels depending on intensity of sunlight. Manually or remotely – depends on the chosen design of blinds. The closed position of lamel completely stops access of light to the room. Lamels with perforation do not interfere with passing of air streams.

The second advantage consists in ability rollet and blinds not to collect dust and easy cleaning as required. The third advantage rollets, established outside on window, is protection function. Rollets can secure rooms and complicate access to windows from the street.

Rolled curtains

Are produced from lightproof, reflective and light-scattering materials. Become impregnated with pyleottalkivayushchy structures. On design distinguish rolled curtains of the opened and closed types. Open consider the curtains provided with the shaft with fabric lowered and lifted by the chain mechanism. Are supplied with beam for cloth tension. Rolled curtains of the closed type (cassette) are supplied with box and guides.

Rolled curtains and thermoprotective sputtering are ideal for shadowing of the wooden windows executed "semi-antique".

Distinguish several types of fabrics in rolled curtains. - transparent fabrics for sunlight dispersion, supplement curtains and curtains; - dim-out, translucent, they reflect heat, partially disseminate sunshine; - black-out, multilayered lightproof fabrics, they completely block strong stream of sunshine, are ideal for the nursery when the child, for bedrooms, home theaters sleeps; - "day-night", in rollets is used special fabric where alternate opaque to sunlight and transparent strips, regulation is carried out by the shift of strips relatively each other.

Thermoprotective sputtering and toning of windows

Excellent method of protection against the sun without restriction of the overview from house windows. At installation of the large window blocks providing beautiful view of the wood, the mountain or the lake, the thermoprotective sputtering of glasses will be optimal variant. The comfort is provided with reliable protection against the sun in the summer and from bright patches of light from snow in the winter. At the same time the overview remains completely. The thermoprotective sputtering will approach if the apartment in skyscraper with windows on South side. More democratic option is represented by thermoprotective film. It is designed to protect from infrared beams and interferes with heating of rooms in the summer, keeping illumination at the previous level. It is good option for fans of light solar rooms. It is very simple to implement this idea, it is enough to paste film on pure glass. The option of mirror thermofilm will solve two problems at the same time. Will protect from excess heat in the summer and from foreign views from the house opposite or fans to look in others windows.

The thermoprotective film will save from splinters if glass has broken. The film will not allow to scatter to splinters on the room.

If necessary the method of thermoprotective sputtering on glasses can be used for protection against overheating of machines. Well the machine with the tinted glasses covered with thermoprotective film looks. Besides beauty you receive sun protection in salon, the need for full-time employment of the conditioner decreases.

Curtains

It is really easiest way to take cover from influence of direct sunshine, however its efficiency is insignificant. It is easy to hang up curtains on windows. It is possible to choose curtains for every taste. Except shadowing, curtains traditionally create additional cosiness in the room. For the bedroom it is possible to use more dense fabrics for curtains. Or curtains from fabric blackout (Black-out). It has opacity and delays penetration into the room of heat. However fabric blackout has several shortcomings. It almost completely blocks access of light to the room, and fabric strongly attracts parts of dust. Having hung up such curtains, you will be in cool, but with artificial lighting.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team

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