Window film to block sun heat

Posted by John61 on July 31, 2009, 4:26 am

My new house has a few big windows facing southwest, taking much sun heat in
the afternoon. Have to keep the heat pump working till after midnight to
cool down.

I went to HomeDepot and hoped could find some kind of window film that can
block sun heat - something like we put on minivan window glass. But there
are only some small packs of decorative films available there. Need some
advice on this.

Thanks.

Posted by on July 31, 2009, 6:45 am

wrote:

>My new house has a few big windows facing southwest, taking much sun heat in
>the afternoon. Have to keep the heat pump working till after midnight to
>cool down.
>I went to HomeDepot and hoped could find some kind of window film that can
>block sun heat - something like we put on minivan window glass. But there
>are only some small packs of decorative films available there. Need some
>advice on this.
>Thanks.

Auto parts store?

Posted by JimmyDahGeek on July 31, 2009, 7:03 am

> My new house has a few big windows facing southwest, taking much sun heat=

> the afternoon. Have to keep the heat pump working till after midnight to
> cool down.
> I went to HomeDepot and hoped could find some kind of window film that ca=

> block sun heat - something like we put on minivan window glass. But there
> are only some small packs of decorative films available there. Need some
> advice on this.
> Thanks.

Any place that does auto window tinting should be able to sell you
some. You may want to consider having them do it. If done wrong it
bubbles and looks really ugly. We had all of the windows in our house
done by one of the local firms 10 years ago and they all still look
good. Be careful what you wash the windows with because some cleaners
are not good for tinted windows and will weaken the adhesive.

Posted by Van Chocstraw on July 31, 2009, 8:52 am

JimmyDahGeek wrote:

>> My new house has a few big windows facing southwest, taking much sun heat in
>> the afternoon. Have to keep the heat pump working till after midnight to
>> cool down.
>> I went to HomeDepot and hoped could find some kind of window film that can
>> block sun heat - something like we put on minivan window glass. But there
>> are only some small packs of decorative films available there. Need some
>> advice on this.
>> Thanks.

>
> Any place that does auto window tinting should be able to sell you
> some. You may want to consider having them do it. If done wrong it
> bubbles and looks really ugly. We had all of the windows in our house
> done by one of the local firms 10 years ago and they all still look
> good. Be careful what you wash the windows with because some cleaners
> are not good for tinted windows and will weaken the adhesive.

That bubbling is caused by the morons not removing the backing on the
window tint plastic.

Posted by RicodJour on July 31, 2009, 9:28 am

wrote:

> > Any place that does auto window tinting should be able to sell you
> > some. =A0You may want to consider having them do it. =A0If done wrong i=

> > bubbles and looks really ugly.

> That bubbling is caused by the morons not removing the backing on the
> window tint plastic.

Many films, and pretty much all of the professional film, does not
have a backing. The bubbles are trapped air. The instructions will
specify how to minimize bubbles and what to do when you can't slide
them out to the edge.

R

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