{"id":227,"date":"2012-05-11T16:07:53","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T16:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diyconservatoryquotes.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/celsius-glass-properties-and-u-values\/"},"modified":"2017-08-01T09:58:53","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T09:58:53","slug":"celsius-glass-properties-and-u-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diyconservatoryquotes.co.uk\/blog\/celsius-glass-properties-and-u-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Celsius Glass Properties and U values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.diyconservatoryquotes.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/celsiustopbanner.png\" alt=\"celsius top banner\" width=\"450\" height=\"135\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.diyconservatoryquotes.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/3celsiuscompared.png\" alt=\"3 celsius compared\" width=\"450\" height=\"291\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This data shows the properties of the Celsius glass but what does it mean ?<\/p>\n<p>The first important factor is the u value of the glass<\/p>\n<p>What is the u-value or what is a u value ??<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A u value is a measurement of how well a building component is a window or a roof , keeps heat inside your conservatory.<\/p>\n<p>Celsius clear and Celsius one have a U value of One compared to normal glass that is around two.<\/p>\n<p>As there are no heat loss requirements on a conservatory or porch you do not have to have a performance glass to comply to building regulations (unless in Scotland).<\/p>\n<p>To try and give an idea of how good <strong>Celsius glass<\/strong> is if normal 28mm double glazed units are around 2.0 u value Pilkington K glass is around 1.7 u value and <strong>Pilkington K glass<\/strong> with argon is 1.5 u value. Celsius Clear and One have a u value of One whilst Celsius elite has a u value of 0.9<\/p>\n<p>It is all about balancing the side walls u value with the roof. There is no point in having a performance glass in the sides of the conservatory for instance Pilkington K glass with a u value of 1.7 and then putting a plain <strong>glass roof<\/strong> on top with a u value of 2.0. The only comparison for this is having a sauce pan without a lid where all the heat disappears through the roof.<\/p>\n<p>I have also found that some companies are offering argon gas in the plain glass units as an offer ? Argon works best inside a performance glass where is works with the low emission coating to lower the U value of the glass for improved performance. I doubt in normal glass this difference is noticeable and so would not bother this is not a performance glass just a salesmans trick to lead you away from his commission.<\/p>\n<p>Another question that keeps popping up is are glass roofs better than <strong>polycarbonate roofs<\/strong>. In all honesty it depends on your budget and what you are using the conservatory for.<\/p>\n<p>If you are making your conservatory an occasional room and are not going to watch the tv in there when its raining Polycarbonate has better u Values than Plain glass. Around 1.5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This data shows the properties of the Celsius glass but what does it mean ? The first important factor is the u value of the glass What is the u-value or what is a u value ??<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diyconservatoryquotes.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diyconservatoryquotes.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diyconservatoryquotes.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diyconservatoryquotes.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diyconservatoryquotes.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.diyconservatoryquotes.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1435,"href":"https:\/\/www.diyconservatoryquotes.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions\/1435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diyconservatoryquotes.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diyconservatoryquotes.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diyconservatoryquotes.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}