There are many ways to try and cancel the sound coming form outside into your property. but the best and most effective is to install secondary glazing, our tried and tested system involves us upgrading the glass to a 6.4 mm acoustic laminated glass, this is made up of 2 pieces of 3 mm glass sandwiched together with a .4 mm membrane or technically known as a  poly vinly butrayl interlayer.  The ideal cavity is around 200mm this would give you the best chance in cancelling around 70 to 90% of the sound that you can hear coming into your property. This works by reverberating the sound around the cavity and then it hitting the acoustic glass taking out the power of the sound waves.  We can fit this glass into any of our secondary glazed units and we also use an acoustic sealant around the edges of your frames. 

Benefits

Don't delay get a good nights sleep sooner rather than later.

Secondary glazing is excellent for thermal insulation. It was originally designed to keep the cold and the dirt out of your home. After fitting, the thermal insulation of your windows could save you around 10% on your heating bills if not more. It is cost effective on installation and saving you money long term from day one! It is one of the only alternatives if you live in a conservation area or listed building and cannot change your existing windows.

As with sound proofing we can upgrade the glass to a low E glass (low emissivity).  This is a modern glass that helps to reflect the heat back in the room in the winter and to stop the suns ray radiating through in the summer.   So this helps to keep the room cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter and again saving you money on heating your home if the low E glass is used your secondary glazing should have a u value similar to standard double glazing around 1.9 W/m2k. 

Benefits

All our products have been wind tested to meet the British Standards

Listed buildings generally have poor thermally and acoustically efficient windows we understand what it takes to install a premium product designed to cut noise or make your property more thermally efficient whilst still preserving the look of your listed building. Our secondary glazing will also help you to save money on your energy bills as well.

Give us a call for a chat about your project or to book us to take a look and give our best advise all completely free of charge. We work closely with local councils if needed to provide as much information about your listed building on your behalf as they need which can include drawings, attending site visits and general liaison with the planning officers.

A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building that has been placed on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

A listed building may not be demolished, extended or altered without special permission from the local planning authority (which typically consults the relevant central government agency, particularly for significant alterations to the more notable listed buildings). Exemption from secular listed building control is provided for some buildings in current use for worship but only in cases where the relevant religious organisation operates its own equivalent permissions procedure. Owners of listed buildings are, in some circumstances, compelled to repair and maintain them and can face criminal prosecution if they fail to do so or if they perform unauthorised alterations.

Whatever your project we will have an answer to your needs give us a call and book your no obligation survey today.