21 Claremont Street, Maori Hill, Dunedin
The Claremont property is situated in a small gully surrounded by large trees. It is prone to cold and frost and the south side has a lot of large windows that get no sun during winter. These windows were the perfect candidates for the EVS system which provided an economical way to improve the thermal performance and reduce heat loss.
EVS is also a useful way to provide additional protection to the window frames against the southerly storms that bring strong winds and heavy rain. This project uses EVSx3 made using the latest PVCu profile.
245 Macandrew Road, South Dunedin
The MacAndrew road property features bay windows and ornate lead lights around the facing sides of the home. The cost of retro fitting lead lights makes it a cost prohibitive exercise, where as the EVS system provided a top preforming solution at have the price.
The property used the EVS x2 with timber profiles which provide a good level of thermal performance at R0.35. The EVS was installed directly after the inside edges were painted which meant that the EVS Glazing fogged up within a few hours.
Due to EVS's unique patented venting system the fogging reduced over a number of days until it was completely gone. Since then the windows have remained fog free.
This is a good example of how the EVS system works to remove trapped moisture that would otherwise accumulate and cause on-going condensation and fogging.
42 Cargill Street, Dunedin City
The Cargill Street property is divided into separate flats for vising students and tourists. The property is tucked behind other buildings on the shady side of the hill which resulted in less sun and a colder environment for the tenants.
A couple of tenants had resorted to using bubble wrap on their windows in an attempt to provide some relief from the cold damp windows.
The EVSx3 system provided an ideal solution to the landlord that reduced to cost of retro glazing and minimised disturbance to the tenants. EVSx3 also provided a reduction in city and traffic noise and delivered high performance thermal protection similar to argon low-e glazing. EVS has helped the landlord upgrade their insulation and make a better living environment for their tenants.
21 London Street, Dunedin
The London street property is also owned by a landlord who upgrade the whole dwelling with additional bathrooms, insulation and air conditioning heat control systems.
The design of the home features lead lights in over 90% of the windows which would have made the project very expensive and disruptive for the tenants. Each window would have needed to be removed and sent away for up to six weeks to be encapsulated into a new double glazing panel.
However EVS was a more affordable and less disruptive option that could be installed with out coming inside and cost about 50% less than getting encapsulation.
Previous owners had installed internal secondary glazing in some of the rooms which resulted in a serious condensation problem that prevented anyone seeing out the windows and extensive damage to the internal timberwork.
EVS has provided fog free windows and continues to provide additional protection from the the weather.
Phone: +64 (0) 3 455 0957
Email: info@evsglazing.nz
RetroWood Joinery and Glazing
85 Hillside Road
Sounth Dunedin
www.retrowood.nz
info@retrowood.nz
Phone +64 (0)3 4550957
Email: mike@evsglazing.nz
Phone: +64 (0) 27 4346 912
