In this article we will talk about French windows - panoramic windows from floor to ceiling of the apartment. The popularity of such window opening design is due not only to fashionable trends in construction and design. Why do people buy apartments in Odessa with such panoramic windows?
On high floors, these products open up a fantastic view that cannot be compared to wallpaper and paintings. Especially if the apartment windows face the sea or a park.
Through a large glazing area, much more natural light penetrates, which positively affects the human body, especially in the autumn-winter period.
A large amount of light makes a room with a dark interior color scheme less gloomy and sad.
The absence of a wall visually expands the space, conditionally combining the room and the street.
However, panoramic French windows are not without drawbacks.
One of them is difficult maintenance. The larger the window area, the more it needs to be cleaned. If there is no balcony from which you can easily wash the panoramic window, it may be difficult or practically impossible to wash the window while inside the apartment. In that case, you will have to resort to the services of industrial climbers. Their work costs on average 40 UAH per square meter of window area.
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Another disadvantage of panoramic windows is high heat loss. For example, we made a very rough calculation of heat loss of a wall made of D400 gas concrete, insulated with mineral wool 10 cm, with a regular window installed in it and a French panoramic window. In our example, the room height is 3 meters, the distance between the walls of the room is also 3 meters. Calculations were made for our climatic zone. The average temperature outside during the heating period is -1°C, inside +20°C.
Heat loss:
- 266 Watts - wall with a regular window;
- 548 Watts - French window with a single-chamber glazing unit;
- 435 Watts - French window with a double-chamber glazing unit;
Thus, the heat loss of a French window with a double-chamber glazing unit is 60% higher than that of a gas concrete wall with a regular window. And a panorama with a double-chamber glazing unit is 25% more efficient than with a single-chamber one.
How to translate all this into money terms?
The difference in heat loss between a French window and a regular one is 170 Watts. To maintain the same temperature in the room, more energy will be required for heating. Per month: 170 × 24 hours × 30 days = 122 kW. The heating value of one cubic meter of natural gas is about 8 kW. Therefore, to heat a room with a French window, an additional 15 cubic meters of natural gas must be burned per month. At today's price of 8.55 UAH per cubic meter, this amounts to 130 UAH per month. When buying
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