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We moved into a relatively new house in Jan, we didn't think anything needed doing. We've found out terribly thermally inefficient. Since moving in we've installed roof heat extractor, ceiling insulation, garage door insulation and we're thinking about getting the windows tinted before summer.
Does the tint cut the heat coming through?
Our old place we put 5 extractors on with closable vents in each room because the roof was a skillion and couldn't clear it with 1 or 2. Made a big difference in Summer.
Depending on the type of tinting, yeah it can cut quote a lot of heat coming in. You have to balance how much heat to cut vs how dark the tinting will be though.
Will it stop cold going the other way?
Apparently so with certain types of film.
I’m intrigued about insulating garage door, I didn’t know that was possible. Did it make the temperature more stable in winter & summer in the garage? Did it have an impact to temperature inside your house?
We've done it to a double wide panel door facing west, the garage was sweltering in summer and lost a lot of heat in winter. The laundry was in there, so it got used a fair bit.
The insulation was styrofoam panels that wedged into each of the panels of the door. Seemed to help a bit in summer, but I also should've added brushes to the sides to close the gap on either side.