Name the actual glazing.
Keep the complete glass option with the opening and unit identification.
Windows · Kingston, Washington
Window replacement in Kingston, WA.
Window replacement in Kingston should distinguish a deliberately mirrored-glass option from a general performance-coating description.
For a district project, ask the supplier to describe the actual outside glass appearance and give DCD the product information needed to assess it.
Window replacement
Identify mirrored glazing before the window order is released.
Request the exact glazing construction and outside appearance information for the proposed unit. Ask the supplier to distinguish its terms for a reflective or mirrored finish from ordinary reflections in glass. Resolve the reviewer’s questions before ordering instead of treating an energy-rating label or a room-side photograph as appearance approval.
Document the outside view.
Ask for representative product information showing the exterior appearance, rather than relying only on an interior display.
Resolve the review question.
Have the supplier and reviewer identify what information or change is needed before the order becomes fixed.
Before work begins
Use the property’s actual design criteria.
Confirm the mapped district and the residential provisions applying to the replacement. The County’s permit guide separately identifies new or replacement windows as permit-required work.
Do not treat the presence of any reflection as a classification of the glass. Have the supplier identify the product and the reviewer determine its acceptability.
Windows questions for Kingston homeowners.
Does low-e automatically mean mirrored glass?
Obtain the actual product description and the reviewer’s assessment rather than equating the labels.
Does a room-side sample show the complete outside appearance?
Request exterior-view information for the proposed glazing.
Does an energy rating establish design approval?
Keep product performance information and the applicable appearance review recognizable as different decisions.
Bring the proposed exterior-glass information.
Share the window option, opening photographs and any district-review question.
