Putting a stop to heat loss

Tesa’s familiar Tesamoll range offers a wide choice of self-adhesive rubber and foam sealing strips for windows and doors that contribute towards reducing the need for heating. The German company has now expanded this extensive range for the coming winter season by the addition of insulation foil for both radiators and windows. These allow consumers to make further savings in their energy consumption, and are also said to enhance the level of comfort in the home. The new radiator heat reflector foil is particularly suitable for installation in old buildings. The problem with buildings where the exterior walls are poorly insulated is that the heating energy is only partly directed into the living space, while the rest disappears into the wall. Help is available from Tesamoll’s newly launched radiator heat reflector foil, which directs the heating energy to where it belongs. The aluminium-coated foam is fixed to the back of the radiator, so that the heat generated is reflected and directed back into the room. The foil, which is available in panels 100 cm x 70 cm in size, is said by the manufacturer to be easy to handle; it also complies with the current DIN regulations. Yet another new product designed by the house of Tesa to help private households reduce their energy costs is the Thermo Cover window insulation foil. It consists of a transparent plastic foil that is fixed to the inside of the window frame with double-sided adhesive tape. This results in the creation of an insulating layer of air between the glass and the foil. Next the foil is heated with a normal household hairdryer, when it shrinks to form a transparent layer with no wrinkling or buckling. Ebök, an independent Tübingen-based engineering firm that specialises in energy management, calculates that savings of between six and eight per cent can be achieved with the foil. A further beneficiary of this foil is the level of comfort in the home. Single-glazed windows in particular tend to accumulate condensation in winter, which has quite some negative impact on living conditions. The window insulation foil, which is available in two sizes (2.5 m² or 6 m²), creates an additional layer of air that results in considerably reducing the amount of condensation that will accumulate.
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