In recent years, a window design has become popular, which is floor-to-ceiling windows.

At the beginning of its launch, floor-to-ceiling windows had an elegant and elegant appearance. They used a whole piece of glass as the window, so you could enjoy the scenery outside the window. They were the favorite of many people.

But this design was quickly replaced by a more advanced design, which was an upgraded version of the oversized floor-to-ceiling windows.

The appearance of the oversized floor-to-ceiling windows is more stunning than ordinary floor-to-ceiling windows, and its panoramic design allows for an unprecedentedly broad field of vision, allowing family members to enjoy the natural landscape outside the window.

Even in film and television works, oversized floor-to-ceiling windows are often used as rear projections to highlight the characters\’ wealth and aura. They can also be used for wedding photos to add brilliance to female characters.

However, as this design becomes more and more popular, more and more people are beginning to regret it. What is the reason?

The reason why oversized floor-to-ceiling windows are gradually being phased out.

What are the disadvantages of oversized floor-to-ceiling windows that make many people deeply regret their choices?

First of all, when installing oversized floor-to-ceiling windows, if If you choose a whole piece of glass that cannot be cut to any size, you need to first confirm whether the place where it is to be installed has enough space to accommodate such a huge piece of glass, so as to avoid finding that it cannot go down when you move it upstairs. space to put in.

But if you choose to cut, you must select the cutting size in advance, but there will be a problem: that is, if the glass is fine but the wall needs to be re- Decorated What should I do?

After redecoration, the glass may not be completely sealed, causing problems such as thermal insulation and poor temperature control. What\’s more, it may directly cause problems in your own home. Things fall out, causing harm to others.

The second problem is the glass itself.

It is absolutely necessary to use extra thick glass that is not easy to break, otherwise large self-built villas or high-end ones. There is such a whole block above the apartment building. You can imagine how heavy it is if the glass is as big as the entire wall, so it requires professional transportation and installation during construction. Otherwise, if it falls, you will lose a lot of money. Forget it. May endanger the lives of innocent bystanders

Then there is the issue of insulation

Even if it is to see more clearly, there are cheaper things in the world.The fact that double-layer vacuum glass has better thermal insulation performance, but still not as good as ordinary double-layer plastic steel windows, cannot be changed.

Not only does the indoor temperature drop easily in autumn and winter, but it also rises easily in summer and summer.

Some people may say that they can solve this problem by turning on the air conditioner, but every year in addition to the cost of air conditioning, they will also find that there are many unnecessary electricity bills in their homes because they use glass instead of ordinary windows. .

The last and most important point is the safety hazard.

As we all know, floor-to-ceiling windows have an advantage that many people are very dissatisfied with, and that is elegance. Especially when you live in a high-rise building, you will have a large and wide glass balcony as big as the entire wall facing your home. The excellent viewing effect is one of the reasons why many people pursue residential living on the top floor or in high-rise buildings.

But this has also become the biggest shortcoming. The stacking of high-rise buildings one on another makes the load-bearing capacity of high-rise residential buildings decrease as they go up.

If you are incapable or too lazy to change the glass window to make it lighter, then as time goes by, the sun and climate may cause the glass to self-explode, and then it will be extremely dangerous for you to watch the scenery on the balcony. In an instant, he was surrounded by thousands of paper fragments and fell upward.

Another problem is that many people don’t even know whether their own decoration engineering team has the ability to install such heavy glass.

In this case, you have to find some reliable and trustworthy construction teams in advance, but even so, there is still no guarantee that everything will go wrong.

The issue of not using self-soaking materials due to fear of self-explosion is a matter of opinion, but no matter what, the most important thing is to be satisfied with your choice, right?

Learn what Cantonese people do?

As oversized floor-to-ceiling windows are increasingly criticized and abandoned, people are beginning to look for better alternative designs.

In Guangdong, people discovered folding windows, which are very suitable for balcony partitions.

Folding windows are different from oversized floor-to-ceiling windows in that they are made of a whole giant panoramic window Made of glass, but It uses a whole row of integrated windows composed of multiple small cells, but the small cells can be freely disassembled and closed. At the same time, each small cell is made of materials that are not easily broken and have certain heat insulation functions. Composed of small glass grids

Folding windows have many advantages that oversized floor-to-ceiling windows cannot match:

1. Folding windows are composed of multiple small cells. Therefore, if you want to put in the damaged items, they will not be too heavy to move up, which facilitates the transportation and installation process;

2. Since it is composed of small glass grids, if you want to renovate your home, As for the environment, you only need to change one It can be solved with two cells, so you don’t have to worry about affecting the overall effect;

3. Folding windows take up less space than oversized floor-to-ceiling windows, so you don’t have to find a suitable panoramic glass balcony in advance like oversized floor-to-ceiling windows. The layout of the house prevents the problem of not being able to move in;

4. Folding windows do not occupy the heat insulation area like super large floor-to-ceiling windows, and ordinary or even double-layer vacuum glass can also have heat insulation performance;

5. Folding windows will not look likeThe oversized floor-to-ceiling windows form a blind spot for viewing. By removing a few small units, you can enjoy the stunning balcony view, and you can even walk on the balcony like a flat door;

What are the alternatives after folding windows?

In addition to folding windows, there are also heavy-duty sliding doors, which are more suitable for connecting the bedroom to the balcony as a house partition design for the bedroom to enjoy the private sunshine scene.

Heavy-duty sliding doors are made of similar materials to folding windows, but have a larger area than folding windows, so they have similar but higher safety performance than folding windows.

In addition, heavy-duty sliding doors can be divided into two modes: single opening and double opening. You can have an exclusive space on the balcony with your family, or provide an exclusive rest area for guests.

If you feel that it takes more effort to open and close the sliding door, you can also consider the design of windproof roller shutters.

This solution can not only use the double-opening mode like a sliding door, but also Use electric switch mode.

However, windproof roller blinds are best used when there is not much wind on the balcony, otherwise the roller blinds may not be rolled up or down in windy conditions. Something needs to be considered in the design ahead of time.