ᐅ Frosted Glass or Etched Glass?

Advantage of the film: you can change it. Also, samples are possible.

Disadvantage: Someone has to install it. So far, I only have experience with standard window sizes, so I can’t say if 3m (10 feet) windows are more difficult. It’s definitely not rocket science.

Regarding professionals: We are currently still living in a temporary apartment. Recently, sun protection films were installed on all the windows here. The films themselves were applied neatly, but despite cleaning beforehand, there are many fingerprints and similar marks visible. These are probably permanently trapped under the film. I expected more from professionals.

As for the price and price differences, I can’t provide any information. You should be able to find out about that yourself.

Pinky0301 schrieb:

So far, I only have experience with standard window sizes, so I can’t say whether 3 meters (10 feet) would be more difficult. It’s definitely not rocket science.

Applying films can’t be considered rocket science in general; otherwise, there wouldn’t be many trainees in the industry who are satisfied by their customers despite limited experience.
However, handling such a large single sheet of film is quite unwieldy and not something you practice every day. An 80 x 300 cm (31.5 x 118 inches) film piece—if it even exists as one piece, since I’m afraid the rolls are only about fifty-something centimeters (about 20 inches) wide—is not easy to smooth out without bubbles and is no task for beginners. But my recommendation is clearly not to apply full-surface film coverage.

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@11ant Is a single, uninterrupted 3m (10 ft) long fixed glass panel really that heavy or expensive to obtain?

I don’t see any visual differences between frosted glass and milk glass. Am I missing something? What exactly is the difference besides the manufacturing process?

The glass at a length of 3m (10 feet) and only 1m (3 feet) wide is still not a problem in terms of wind load, but for manufacturing the frame profiles, bending machines that handle lengths up to 6m (20 feet) are more expensive than those up to 2.4m (8 feet), and some profiles longer than that are not kept in stock. A tilt or top-hung tilt window sash of this size would also be difficult to handle and more expensive mechanically. Apart from that, a single-piece slot of this size also has an appearance that is hard to like – I would incorporate the floor-to-floor division in the segmentation.

Frosted glass (milk glass) is called that because of its milky color; it is not transparent and is only weakly translucent. Satin finish, on the other hand, is a colorless roughening of the surface, as if it had been sanded with a belt sander or covered with tiny dew droplets.

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I prefer the satin finish. I’ll check the price next. Good idea to have the floor transition for the partition. I could imagine dividing it into three sections, with the middle one having an operable window sash.

Actually, the window was supposed to be fixed glazing, meaning it wouldn’t open. I like that look in a stairwell.

Use a vapor barrier. You don’t have to do it yourself. There is likely a printing company or similar near you that can do it for under 500€ (about $540).