Home › Forums › General Discussion › Double Glazing Film

Tagged: ,

Viewing 11 posts - 1 through 11 (of 11 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • June 4, 2013 at 12:17 pm #1308
    Chris Freear
    Participant

    A question for you all – has anyone come across the claim (attributed to Housing NZ when I heard it) that the double glazing film should not be used as it is a potential health hazard for small children.

    any thoughts or comments gratefully received

    Cheers

    Chris

    June 5, 2013 at 12:30 am #1309
    Norman Smith
    Participant

    Haven’t heard that comment Chris but given the film is pretty similar to ‘glad wrap’ I suppose it could be said to be a potential health hazard. These days just about every producxt you buy comes shrink-wrapped and with a health warning to dispose of it carefully so it can’t get into the hands of young children. Cheers, Norman

    June 6, 2013 at 10:40 am #1310
    Sally Blackwell
    Member

    I haven’t heard that Chris.

    Is the assumption here that HNZC won’t use it because it is dangerous?? Or are you concerned about recommending it because it could be hazardous?

    June 6, 2013 at 7:29 pm #1312
    Paul Hansen
    Participant

    Sold in various contries with high litigation scenarios. I assume a nervous government employee going overboard. As stated above, it is a cling film type plastic so potentially hazardous but not while being used correctly in its intended purpose. The same guy, no doubt, has a warning/hazard sticker on his car he re-reads every time he hops in!! Those things are really dangerous unless used for thier correct intended purpose.

    June 6, 2013 at 10:50 pm #1313
    Norman Smith
    Participant

    True Paul, there was a Garfield cartoon this week which demonstrasted the dangers that come with flossing your teeth; another health warning needed there too.

    June 11, 2013 at 1:11 pm #1316
    Adriana Fontan
    Member

    Maybe what they meant to say is that children could be a hazard to the film if they decide that it is a fun game to put holes in it.

    June 12, 2013 at 6:34 am #1317
    philgregg
    Participant

    Why would you want to use it when it only has a recommend life of one heating season!

    June 12, 2013 at 9:00 am #1318
    Fred Braxton
    Participant

    I have some that has happily done four heating seasons and is still performing well. But I don’t have small children!

    June 12, 2013 at 10:01 am #1319
    Vicki Cowan
    Keymaster

    I had small children – and in the 5 years I’ve had the same film on the windows in their bedroom they have become no longer small.  The film is still largely fine – you actually have to try reasonably hard to pull it off the window, but I have had to replace a bit as poking holes in it with fingers seems to be a reasonably easy thing to do.  The main hazard in my view.  Dogs can create a bit of havoc too.

    June 12, 2013 at 11:06 pm #1320
    Norman Smith
    Participant

    I have some in its eighth year and going strong on four large windows which form a wall at the back of my house (each window is 800mm x 1200mm). Noting it peforms better than some double glazing, and how many DG companies would guarantee their product for that long?

    June 13, 2013 at 10:48 am #1321
    Chris Freear
    Participant

    thank you for your thoughts, yes the implication was that it should not be used because it is dangerous if used inappropriately

  • Author
    Posts
Viewing 11 posts - 1 through 11 (of 11 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.