Exterior Application Options

[Cuttingedge]

Any thoughts on an exterior 7 mil installation on 34" x 44" windows that are a little hard to get to from the inside? The weather should be around low 50's during installation.

[Cuttingedge]

No one?

[TINT]

safety or graffiti?

at that weather here in the SF its no problem....if possible wait til next day if you are applying dow

[Cuttingedge]

safety. They are needing the current windows to be "tempered".

[TINT]

safety. They are needing the current windows to be "tempered".

i would caulk thme

[Tinitman]

If someone hit the glass on the outside, where will the broken glass go?

If you install it on the outside, the person on the inside will be covered in glass

[Cuttingedge]

Wouldn't the film keep the brick or whatever from going thru the second pane of glass on DP windows?

[TINT]

wait a minute, tinitman is right, what the fock was i thinking giving advice
he's right though, unless your installing graffiti it goes on outside but, impact will depending on how hard
it would just do no good.

Wouldn't the film keep the brick or whatever from going thru the second pane of glass on DP windows?

what makes you think a impact like that would not make the second layer not break?

[Cuttingedge]

It seems like a rock or brick wouldnt penetrate the film...am I wrong to think this?

[TINT]

It seems like a rock or brick wouldnt penetrate the film...am I wrong to think this?

it woudnt penetrate film but glass will break, thus causing the second layer to recieve some impact and breaking as well.
glass is glass mang

[Cuttingedge]

Yeah I see what your saying. I am sure the interior glass would break, but do you think the glass would go flying across the room or just crack?....

[TINT]

Yeah I see what your saying. I am sure the interior glass would break, but do you think the glass would go flying across the room or just crack?....

dude you said tempered glass, although its strong but when it does doesnt it break into a million pieces

[scottydosnntkno]

Yeah I see what your saying. I am sure the interior glass would break, but do you think the glass would go flying across the room or just crack?....

dude you said tempered glass, although its strong but when it does doesnt it break into a million pieces

its not tempered glass right now. the client wants it to "behave" like tempered glass.

[Almo]

Dude.

you are trying to take the annealed glass and give it a minimal rating of ansi-z97 ( tempered glass rating).

If this is single pane, then you have no problem but keep in mind that the UV coating on the film will break down over a couple of years and look like crap.

IF it is double glazed, then the only way you can get up to that ansi standard is to install from the inside because it is the interior space that they are more concerned with than the exterior.

Make sense?

Almo

This has been edited by Almo: Nov 4 2009, 12:18 PM

[TINT]

Yeah I see what your saying. I am sure the interior glass would break, but do you think the glass would go flying across the room or just crack?....

dude you said tempered glass, although its strong but when it does doesnt it break into a million pieces

its not tempered glass right now. the client wants it to "behave" like tempered glass.

ah ok.