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Has anyone seen those shutters/blinds that are inside a pane of glass?

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Crusty said:
I can pop mine out of the doors after taking some screws off. I can put in screens or solid glass if I like as well.
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So there is no gas in between the glass panes like standard windows? Does a lot of cold air get in during the winter?
 
This is the best type of blind to have on a high traffic door imho. Much better than blinds flapping around everywhere when opening/closing a door to the back porch.
 
Have not seen, but I heard they exist. Sounds awesome.

They should be designed to keep the sun 's heat from getting all the way inside your house and heating it up (solar gain). On paper it works better than just curtains inside your house.
 
Midwayman said:
No. They specially fill them with a special 78% nitrogen mix before closing.
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Not sure that's possible. Unlike sealed, double-pane glass, these can't truly be sealed since you have external slides operating internal components.

sdifox said:
I don't know how people break them in the first place.
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They break themselves because even the relatively so-called "high-end" manufacturers (yeah, Pella, I'm talking to you) use the same type of cheap components to operate the blinds. It's basically string and plastic pulleys, both of which break down from exposure (temp variations and humidity changes) and use (or lack of use).
 
We have this for our front door, and it is a great feature. I have no idea how much they cost though, they came with the house.

I'm sure it is not cheap. We looked up what some of the other blinds cost and I about crappped my pants. The blind covering our patio door was like $3k.
 
My parents have them. They're neat but I wonder of two things.

1: What if it gets stuck internally?

2: With mechanical parts being involved there are more penetrations between the two panes and the outside world, increasing the odds of an air leak. If the vacuum/gas of the glass is broken due to some failure in the way the outside slider thing interacts with the inside part, it loses all of it's R value.
 
TastesLikeChicken said:
Not sure that's possible. Unlike sealed, double-pane glass, these can't truly be sealed since you have external slides operating internal components.


They break themselves because even the relatively so-called "high-end" manufacturers (yeah, Pella, I'm talking to you) use the same type of cheap components to operate the blinds. It's basically string and plastic pulleys, both of which break down from exposure (temp variations and humidity changes) and use (or lack of use).
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the ones in my house are probably from 1986...
 
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