Has anyone used Sun Screen Before in there house I no Trees to block my south side of my house So I get Blazing Hot in the summer

http://www.qualitywindowscreen.com/s...-90-p-352.html

in all my SOlar Books i have read they say to get solar sun screens to eliminate heat from the sun in the summer I found those cause my wife dosnt like the look of awnings or the type of sunscreen that mount on the out side of your window these are suppost to Replace your screens in the summer (which is convient cause they dont look ugly and I can remove them for winter) so its a win win situation just need the go ahead before I order

My parents had some screens made from that stuff. Yes it did help if my memory is correct. Also, with it being a heaver weave, it is more kid proof. You know, baseballs, etc.

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I finally Order some I have old windows ... and iM to poor to afford Effecient windows so Im Doing what I can to save energy so I order these
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...975&lpage=none There 90% effecient .. Will see about that

then I found some Window Film

http://www.onestopshopcatalog.com/les241.html

for winter and summer Helps keep in the Winter Heat and keeps out the Summer Heat
im debating on this .... as I want the heat to come in in the winter...

I like the window film idea. I have a South facing family room that really heats up in the Summer. I like having the light coming through the windows so I don't like to close the blinds. Do these films still allow a decent amount of light in?

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Ya They do But because of the tint its like looking through a Giant pair of sunglasses but its still bright inside

I let ya now how this works out My Summer KWH usage goes up 350kwh a month Because of the AC... So were going to try not to even turn it on this year So im doing some Upgrades to the house to Decrease on the Temp such as windows there a 15F temp difference south side to the other side of my house. and we dont have any Attic Vent but 2 Gable ends vents so i got some 12V 2500CFM Fans im goin to add in (which i did the math will give me about 3cfm per sqft) to help keep the attic cooler then I have 2 Radiators I want make a closed loop system to add to my air handler and Run Cooled water THough them to help add some cool air to the house maybe run some Lines under my yard but thats a future Project after i do some more Research

Hi,
We use these external shades:
http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects...pSunShades.htm
They work well for us -- I think they are quite effective, and would guess the ones you are getting will work as well.

You might find some more good DIY cooling ideas here:
http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects...ve_cooling.htm
Not all applicable to your area, but some may be.

Gary

I have used solar film for 25 years. It works well but, at least for the film I have used, burns to clear after about 10-15 years. At that point it is just clear plastic film. You have to scrape it off, which is much more labor intensive then putting it on, and apply new film.

I have used both silver and bronze color film. I use bronze on front of house and silver on sides and rear of house. The bronze works but I think the silver is better at reducing internal heating.

It takes a little learning to install. Most important is alway cut the film size so you have at least a half inch overlap around the window. The bigger the window the more overlap to allow. I have done full sliding glass doors with no problem. I find it better to squirt the window and squirt the film as you are pealing the backing off. By wetting the film as you peal the backing off you avoid having the problem of film folding over on itself and sticking together. When dry it sticks together worst the masking tape. If you get a crease in the film the piece is trash. When wet you can easily pull it back apart.

One more thing. If you have any puddy out crops along edge of glass frame, cut them out so nice straight clean edge before applying film. Window must be clean, clean, clean.

Having both film and window nice and wet allows you to pull wrinkles out. Then start squeeging out from center. As you progress a lot of water will come out the edges so have a towel ready. Once all squeeged out with no bubbles or wrinkles, you take a box cutter and go around perimeter. Finally squeege edge flat to glass.