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Step 4Voila! DIY acrylic double glazing
1. peel off the paper and you will have a nice piece of acrylic stuck to your window frame. The air trapped inside will help insulate the room
2. Views through are not affected if you use good quality acrylic
3. If the piece of acrylic is not large enough to cover all of the frame, you will still have some condensation on the exposed bits of aluminium or wood frame.
4. If your magnetic strips have gaps in between them, it will reduce the insulating qualities of this design.
5. close up shows magnetic strips
2. Views through are not affected if you use good quality acrylic
3. If the piece of acrylic is not large enough to cover all of the frame, you will still have some condensation on the exposed bits of aluminium or wood frame.
4. If your magnetic strips have gaps in between them, it will reduce the insulating qualities of this design.
5. close up shows magnetic strips
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Jul 1, 2010. 8:58 PMwhodatrat
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I was wondering how thick the air gap is. Does this technique produce any sound attenuation? Thank You Appreciated the instructable.
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Jul 1, 2010. 11:02 PMshanitan (author)
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the airgap for our window is about 2-3mm - sound insulation is only so-so
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Jun 11, 2009. 10:56 AMbaustin
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This is an excellent instructable! So simple yet extremely valuable. Would like to see some prices on the acrylic you used and the magnetic strip. Thanks.
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Jun 11, 2009. 9:59 PMshanitan (author)
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Hi, The magnetic strips were from Mitre 10 mega (a popular DIY store in NZ) an cost about $15 a roll (cant remember off hand how long) and each window needed about a roll. The acrylic cost different for each window, but for the 2 seen in this picture, we paid about $100.
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