An athermic windscreen includes technology that improves the thermal insulation of the passenger compartment and limits the build-up of heat when the car is in the sun for a long time. This type of car glass has become more widely available with time. In fact, your car might already have it! How can you tell if you have an athermic windscreen? How do you recognise it? Glassdrive will explain it to you.
An athermic windscreen, by definition, is not a heat conductor, because it is made of multiple layers of glass lined with multiple titanium or silver foils.
This type of glass has many advantages:
On the other hand, there is one particularity you need to be aware of: Due to its composition, this type of glass blocks the passage of infrared rays and GPS signals. Therefore, the manufacturer provides a zone made of standard glass, in the area around the rear-view mirror, outside your field of vision. This means that the athermic zone of the windscreen doesn’t fill the entire windscreen. This is where you should put any electronic toll tag, for example.
How can you tell if you have an athermic windscreen? There are various features by which you can recognise an athermic windscreen with the naked eye:
An athermic windscreen can be repaired. Due to the thin metal foil in the windscreen, the resin injection might increase the disruption caused by the damage and reduce your visibility, and therefore your safety. As with any windscreen, it’s best to go to a professional.
This is where you should trust a specialist like Glassdrive: We’ve been repairing and replacing athermic glass since 1993. We can recognise an athermic windscreen right away and repair it or replace it with the same kind of glass. And the best part is: the work is covered by your insurance’s glass breakage warranty (excluding any excess).