Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sadly, the low-e glass (with virtually no UV penetration) has consistently killed all my houseplants. I only figured that out when I also couldn't make UV prints indoors, even in direct sunlight. It's good for energy costs, though. Dante On Nov 10, 2008, at 5:08 PM, Ken Lassiter wrote: > Nathan wrote: > > Good thing the golf club has liability insurance: > > http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/4253606_netUM#414262401_9fHd6-O-LB > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan, I live on a golf course in Boynton Beach, Florida. Behind my > house is the first fairway for the gold course. After we moved here, > we began experiencing broken windows like you just had. Fortunately, > we have 4-mil mylar film attached to the insides of all our windows > to block UV and protect the windows. A golf ball will break a window > but the ball and no glass chips will come into the house. This was > especially important when a golf ball broke a bedroom window. We > would have never gotten all the glass chips our of the carpet. But > the film worked. > > I have since installed clear Lexan polycarbonate sheets over all the > windows facing the golf course. Now when we get a hit, we hear the > bump but no marks are left. > > A side benefit of the mylar film is to block 98% of UV radiation to > virtually eliminate fading of my print collection and well as make > the furniture last longer. This is really important here in South > Florida where the tropical sun can be vicious and we have sun almost > every day of the year! > > Is mylar window film available in Spain? > > Best regards.... Ken Lassiter > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information