Why haven't we got double glazed windows and hatches yet on boats

[wizard]

Colder night temperatures are with us yet again and with it the misery of the drips and runs of moisture from hatches and windows.

The metal surrounds have no insulation break between interior and exterior this surely would be a start to fix that problem and then double glazing options to put the icing on the cake!

Its the 21st century, there must be an answer out there for me even if it is a DIY one.

 

[jimi]

You mean you have'nt? everyone else has!

 

[Fantasie 19]

Not sure double glazed hatches etc would be much use if the surrounding material is made of plastic and probably at most only 3/4 inch thick???

 

[Racecruiser]

Surely some of those patio sliding doors on powerboats are double-glazed. Afterall they look like they come from Anglian ....

 

[sailorman]

Colder night temperatures are with us yet again and with it the misery of the drips and runs of moisture from hatches and windows.

The metal surrounds have no insulation break between interior and exterior this surely would be a start to fix that problem and then double glazing options to put the icing on the cake!

Its the 21st century, there must be an answer out there for me even if it is a DIY one.

temp fix bubble wrap

 

[Ex-SolentBoy]

Our Rustler 44 has double glazed saloon windows as standard. They are excellent. Much less condensation, and with a slight tint less "greenhouse" feeling on those rare sunny dys this summer.

 

[RichardS]

temp fix bubble wrap

See what he did there - temp (orary) and temp (erature). Respect

 

[sailorman]

See what he did there - temp (orary) and temp (erature). Respect

Im a poet n didnt know it

 

[Cymrogwyllt]

But is the whole point of sailing not getting cold, wet and semi miserable until it's 'tell the story' time?

 

[baggypipes]

glazed windows

hi,
we have the usual stainless windows on our westerly. I made up & fitted secondry glazing using perspex over the interior frames, works very well, now NO condensation/dripping windows. We live onboard & this has worked for the past two years.

 

[G12]

Mine are double glazed...... made in 1973!

Not the hatch though.

 

[Orla]

hi,
we have the usual stainless windows on our westerly. I made up & fitted secondry glazing using perspex over the interior frames, works very well, now NO condensation/dripping windows. We live onboard & this has worked for the past two years.

Yeh I done the same, our main saloon Hatch and V-berth hatch have a nice wooden trim round them, took the screws out of the wooden trim cut some tinted Perspex to the right size, stuck an inch wide strip of self adhesive draft excluding tape round the perimeter and screwed it into place with longer screws into the existing holes.
Come summer time I remove the Perspex and fit the original screws back into the wooded trim.
No more drips or condensation, and cost about £20
I have a picture, but won’t be able to post it till I get back in a week or so from work.

 

[wizard]

Yeh I done the same, our main saloon Hatch and V-berth hatch have a nice wooden trim round them, took the screws out of the wooden trim cut some tinted Perspex to the right size, stuck an inch wide strip of self adhesive draft excluding tape round the perimeter and screwed it into place with longer screws into the existing holes.
Come summer time I remove the Perspex and fit the original screws back into the wooded trim.
No more drips or condensation, and cost about £20
I have a picture, but won’t be able to post it till I get back in a week or so from work.

That sounds like a very good idea.