Handy at Home: Alternative window treatments help block sun's heat

 
BY PAUL BIANCHINA
Published: January 7, 2012

Q: We live in a 2-year-old condo with west-facing windows.

The afternoon sun is very bright and hot at times. Someone told me that you can have a film professionally applied to the inside of the windows that will still allow all the light to come in, but will cut the ultraviolet rays and it will stay a little cooler in summer and keep it a little warmer in winter, as well as cutting down on sun fade for carpet,...


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