Stormguard 11SR0666SQM 6Sq m Secondary Glazing Window Insulation Film

I'll admit, I didn't have high hopes for this (or rather I doubted my ability to put it up effectively!) I'm stuck in lockdown in the middle of winter with a very rotten wooden framed single glazed bedroom window and no prospect of getting it replaced till I can work again. Theres gaps all round the bottom of where the window opens and during windy nights the curtains sway back and forth in the wind! I remembered my Mum and Dad using a product like this back in the 80s and thought I'd give it a go. I did stick some bubble wrap over the gaps with double sided tape to stop the worst of the draught and then set about applying this stuff. Followed the instructions and got the film stuck round the edge but I had some fairly big wrinkles (at this point I didnt care what it looked like as long as it stopped the wind!) Stuck the hairdryer on it and it worked like magic! Everything shrank into place and it pings like a drum if you flick it! Looks great, no wrinkles at all! However the difference it has made in the temperature is incredible for what is basically a thin sheet of plastic. I have gas warm air heating and although its lovely and warm when its on, once the boiler switches off it used to drop in temperature super quickly. Now the house stays warm for ages and the boiler is hardly working, I must be saving a fortune in gas! Well worth the tiny £7.62 outlay, I put it up a week ago as I half thought it would probably fall down in a day or two so I'd hang off on the review for a few days but its still up and still tight as a drum and we've had snow, frost and a few windy nights and I'm still toasty in the morning. Well worth the money, I can't recommend this enough, in fact I've sent the link to my best friend as his downstairs bathroom is freezing! Many thanks

This is a cheap way of keeping draughts at bay.For me I felt I needed 2 pairs of hands as it's a fidley job, also it rips easy. Once installed it's very efficient in achieving the results I needed it's stuck really well It's very sticky hence the need for another pair of hands, you can't pull it off to retry if you make a mistake as it will rip its very thin but it's ok to see through once it's tight.

I am so happy to have found this product, because I first used a product similar to this one when I had a small hotel in Hamburg, Germany 18 years ago. I was having problems with draughts and heating costs and I read about this system and subsequently bought it. After fitting I was able to save at least 20% of my heating costs despite lower winter temperatures and increased occupancy.I have recently moved back to the UK and am living in a quaint Cotswold cottage that has the usual single glazing and condensation. In anticipation of winter chills and water running down the inside of the windows I researched the web and found this very product. I ordered immediately and got the goods two days later. Because the Autumn had brought very low night temperatures we were already beginning to shiver a bit in the kitchen early in the morning. After "doing" the outside door in the utility room we had an immediate improvement. Significantly warmer in the kitchen now. Since then I have applied this film to almost all of the downstairs windows, and we're reaping the comfort benefits. It's a bit fiddly for me to apply because the panes are quite small, but the benefits are more than worth it and also immediately noticeable. I was running out of film and tape, so I ordered some more. Again, only two days and the package was there! Brilliant.If you feel you are in need of double-glazing but are horrified at the cost of replacement windows you can do no better than to try this out. It does the job to a "t"! In my opinion much better than replacement windows as the gaps between the panes are usually so small that the benefit gained is considerably less that with this product where you have at least twice the gap. With me this is as much as 20mm! And all this for less than a tenner! Try it, you will be as amazed as I am.Update: 2nd December 2021. I am agin totally gobsmacked with the effects of this product. Down draughts and cold zones eliminated immediately in a property we moved in to in Cornwall, having given up the Cotswold cottage.Anybody awarding less than five stars for this product really needs to RTFI! The products works. No two ways about it. I have suffered all the things others have been moaning about and on analysis realise that they were all down to me not reading and applying the instructions properly.So, reduce your heating costs and do something for the environment at minimal expense by "double glazing" your home with this foil!

I used Stormguard before (back in 2013) to do some "temporary" glazing to an original, characterful but ill-fitting/drafty Victorian bay window and it is still going strong today (11 years on). However I bought Stormguard again recently for use at another property and the double-sided tape supplied is just not fit for purpose: A) It is not wide enough to properly anchor the film B) When using the hair dryer over the area with the double-sided tape the heat seems to cause the tape itself to shrink and detach from area to which it was affixed below. Most unsatisfactory. BETTER QUALITY OF AND WIDER DOUBLE-SIDED TAPE, PLEASE!!!!!