discussion Whats your latest purchase?

[clshades]

Is the tint mostly to keep your house from heating up in the summer? I doubt fading is a big concern inside of the house.

I'm familiar with the privacy film, but not the UV stuff.

From my understanding it works both ways. Keeps the heat out in the summer and the warmth in, in the winter. It made a massive difference for us. 10 degree drop in the summer months.

 

[Izerous]

One other thing I bought over the last couple years that has drastically helped with the ambient temperature in the house is one of those small 10ft x 10ft canopies. Was only like $100 because of when I bought it. I didn't tint to sliding doors leading to the deck because of the one dogs still jumps and paws at the sliding door, not convinced the tint would last. So I put up the canopy to shade that door in the summer, just put a few screws into the deck to hold the frame. I take the canvas down in the winter. Was like 3-4'c cooler in that room the very next day and is southern exposure.

I looked at building a proper peragula type structure half mounted to the housr but in Edmonton there is a bunch of permit restrictions to being able to do it properly and going through all of that when I need to paint the siding, and tweak the deck some to make it worthwhile the canopy works as a great intern solution until I'm ready to do those other jobs