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Eye tracking has recently been debated on many fronts, with a particular focus on the ways people misuse it, and how some use eye tracking only as a way to "wow" clients. In our experience, however, it's invaluable in bringing to light key findings that are otherwise unattainable through other user testing methods. Eye tracking offers UX people the ability to:
- Leave a participant alone during a test to focus on the task at hand, and therefore
- Capture real physiological data about their conscious and unconscious experiences. This data is unique to eye tracking.
Eye Tracking for Rich Applications
Recently eye tracking has been heavily used in website design and testing. When I became involved about eight years ago, the sites tested were mainly flat HTML. Researchers were able to produce beautiful heat maps that were useful for comparing and optimising simple screen layouts and online advertising placements.
The invention of rich, interactive, and transactional interfaces, however, has meant producing eye tracking results is now more complex. Each interface has multiple states and people can interact in pretty much whatever way they like. People can choose their own way through a task to completion and the eye trackers can't tell which state is what as a person's eyes are tracked. Additional analysis is now required to separate these interactions, and fortunately eye tracking technologies have advanced to make this process relatively simple.
If this new level of sophisticated analysis is not achieved, this will result in eye tracking data being misused and eye tracking will retain (inappropriately) its novelty status.
Usability Testing Fraternities Lock Horns
Think Aloud
Think Aloud (TA) is an age-old usability testing method. People are asked to speak their thoughts, feelings, and opinions during a set of usability testing tasks. This is done with the help of the facilitator, who "skilfully interrupts" the process frequently to find out why people do particular things during the test.
In my opinion, when people are faced with lots of interactions on screen, considerable cognitive effort is required. Adding TA to this experience will inappropriately add more cognitive load to the task that would not normally be present. This can lead to misleading additional eye fixations and dwell times on outputs, which clouds the analysis. Often a poor facilitator will prompt users to the next stage (when was the last time someone knocked on your door and helped you find the right button when you browsed at home?), again spoiling the desired realism while testing.
We know there are three types of memory "storage" systems: sensory memory, short term, and long term. Our sensory memory retains an exact copy of what is seen or heard, and is generally thought to last between 300ms and a few seconds. Our short-term memory tends to remember between five and nine "items" (George Miller, et al) of information. If we start to talk about our actions in a TA protocol, these precious (milli) seconds and snapshots of information are quickly forgotten or overwritten. After that, what are they basing their commentary on?
Eye Tracking
There has been considerable debate about the usefulness of usability testing with eye tracking. Many TA proponents claim their methods, when carefully performed, will find enough issues compared with eye tracking, which they consider to be too difficult, time consuming, and expensive to bother about.
To my mind, this criticism arises from a situation where some people use eye tracking to make wild claims about how all websites should be designed. These can be found in numerous blog posts written that offer tips and guidelines. These include 23 Actionable Lessons From Eye-Tracking Studies, Web Form Design Guidelines: An Eyetracking Study, and Eyetracking Study Reveals 12 Website Tactics. These articles have been widely referenced and retweeted; however, they should be taken with a grain of salt. Without a clear understanding of the methodology used, the information should simply be seen as an investigative tool in your design process, not as the Holy Grail.
Of particular concern is Jakob Nielsen's F-pattern research. This was produced in 2006 and I regularly hear it mentioned in design meetings in Australia. This study was done using the regular TA protocol, which means that participants' eye gaze data is very likely not valid because they were talking to the experimenter during the study. Try doing an everyday task like driving, cooking, or cleaning while all along the way verbalising every little step, and see how your behaviour (actions, methods, or time to complete) is affected.
Retrospective Think Aloud
Retrospective Think Aloud is another usability testing method that has been used for many years. In this case, participants give their opinions of a task after it is completed and the interview is recorded for later reference. Of course, it is hard to remember what you did during a task.
Retrospective TA with eye tracking (RTA) is a method in which participants are quickly calibrated on the eye tracker and then asked to do the testing task without interruption from the facilitator. In fact, the facilitator can even leave the room during a test. Following the test, the facilitator immediately asks the participant to score their experience and then replays the eye gaze video of the participant's experience to them. This replay of their eye gaze triggers the person's memory of what they did, thereby mitigating the memory issue. Expanding on this, the eye gaze can also be removed to ask what the participant thought they looked at before revealing their actual interactions.
Think Eyetracking, an early adopter of the RTA eye tracking protocol (which they renamed PEEP), have published a jointly researched academic paper with Lancaster University, UK. Their academic article can be downloaded on the Think Eyetracking Blog. They also had a very popular blog post about it in 2008 that generated some controversy.
Below are some eye tracking heat maps created by Think Eyetracking that show a comparison of a Google search task done with TA (on the left) and RTA (on the right). Note the dramatic differences! It is obvious that the behaviour is very different, with long dwell times and numbers of fixations apparent in the TA output, probably caused by the participants staring at and browsing the screen while verbalising their actions.
Recently, Tobii Technology from Sweden created a unique feature in their Tobii Studio software where during the eye gaze replay stage of the test, the software records a video and audio record of the participant and facilitator as they review the eye tracking session. This can be paused, replayed, and scrubbed to allowing a full detailed analysis of the session with both visual and audio cues. Find out more about RTA on Scribd or watch this video:
Usability labs are set up to approximate real life. We regularly see experimenters set up their testing facilities like offices or lounge rooms to make the person feel at home. TA asks people to talk to someone while they are busy doing a task—where's the real life in that?
Eye tracking is the only real way to test a rich application without distracting the participant.
See Where People Looked, Not Where They Think They Looked
Here are some examples from our recent work at Objective Digital.
We allow people to complete tasks in a focused way, and also obtain real physiological data about what they are doing. It is difficult to argue with and almost impossible to fake these measures. We are not making assumptions about what they looked at and in what order things captured their attention. Some recent client projects encouraged us to use eye tracking to identify:
- Where do people look first?
- What don't they look at?
- What they looked at before the usability issue occurred?
- How people learn an interface?
1. Where Do People Look First?
Very simply, eye tracking can tell us exactly what caught people's attention first on a screen. Jay Eskenazi put this very clearly in a comment on the IxDA forum in 2009:
Eye tracking measures unconscious behavior—and provides data that people simply cannot verbalize in other common user research methods, especially TA usability testing protocols. Decades of psychology research show that much human behavior occurs at an unconscious level.
The human eye, for example, can make up to 5 fixations per second and this occurs below people's level of conscious awareness. So in a 30 second scan of a typical homepage, the customer may be looking at up to 150 items on the page. Your customers (or research participants) simply cannot verbally tell you where their eyes are going and this is exactly the value that good eye tracking data provides.
Our experience is that visual attention data IS correlated with behavioral performance metrics. If people don't "see" something, then they are less likely to click it.
2. What They Don't Look At
Case study 1: Eye tracking shows what things on the screen people didn't look at. Importantly, the data revealed what space was being wasted in the design and what areas of the page were essentially ignored.
Recently, when we tested an internal CRM application for a finance company, eye tracking proved that customer service staff ignored the very information the company wanted them to focus on. In the task, they weren't even required to click on the screen.
The image here shows clearly that in the first few seconds of usage staff focused primarily on the bottom right rather than the bottom left where they were meant to focus. This would not have been observable if simply interviewing them. Considering this screen is used 300,000 times per day, any improvements to the design that make the correct part of the screen more obvious will drive positive outcomes for the finance company's customer service.
Joanna Lewis, whom I work with, recently wrote a blog post about what people ignore.
3. What They Looked at Before the Usability Issue Occurred
Only with eye tracking can we see all the options that people consider, even unconsciously, before starting and completing a specific task.
Eye tracking shows you where people immediately look on a screen. Yes, they can find a target and do a usability task just fine. But where did they look first, especially for ecommerce where time taken can force customers to leave you or stay? Rob Tannen puts this very clearly:
[Eye tracking] does have value as a secondary diagnostic tool. In the context of usability testing, eye tracking does not determine the presence of a usability problem, but helps determine what led to that problem in conjunction with performance data, facilitator observations and user self-reporting.
Case study 2: As the video clearly shows, this user was looking everywhere except at the Donate area on the right. After looking at the navigation both at the side and at the top, the rest of the page was viewed but at no point did the user focus on the Donate area in the main image. It clearly highlights the fact that this call-to-action does not stand out in the prototype, and users are also expecting to see something within the navigation. Equally, the heat map below gives an indication where all six people we tested would expect to see this link.
Case study 3: When users were asked to change one of the options on this screen, the eye tracking heat map below showed very clearly where they were expecting to go. People did not see the areas they were supposed to (indicated in red). Eye tracking of the first second they looked at the screen allowed us to make the site more efficient as it clearly indicated where the functionality should have been positioned.
The heat map below shows the first second of eye tracking on a prototype applicaiton. Users were heavily fixated on one area of the screen, and it can be assumed that this is where they were expecting to find the function they were asked to look for (the buttons).
This experience can also be seen in our financial institution case study.
How Do People Learn an Interface?
Eye tracking is also useful for change management and training when a new system is introduced to staff within a business.
Where do people look the first time they see an application? How about the second time, and the third time? Eye tracking shows very clearly how people learn to interact with a system.
Case study 4:
A new user visiting the website
The new user is seen to skip back and forth between the right hand side panel and the selections and information on the main part of the page to complete the task.
A frequent user of the website
The frequent user skips back and forth less frequently than the new user and is more focused on completing the task.
An expert user of the website
The expert user is highly focused and directed and completes the task with minimum effort.
This example was again from the banking CRM case study. The client even used an eye tracking video as part of the training package for customer service reps. It was used to show them the best way to look at the interface the instant a customer identifies themselves at a branch.
Role-Played Customer Service
The eye tracking data gathered from the CRM examples above was gathered during a simulated customer service interaction. The bank branch staff member was tracked during a 45-minute role-played customer interview. Afterward, the usability issues were discussed when the staff member's eye gaze and screen interactions were replayed to him. I can't think of any other way to do this type of test that essentially involves three people: participant, role-played customer, and facilitator.
Commonly Reported Eye Tracking Advantages
Eye tracking offers unique advantages above and beyond traditional TA. Other widely known advantages include:
- A more relaxed testing environment where participants give feedback in their own time, and actually find more usability errors.
- Executives like eye tracking because it produces compelling physiological data that can't be argued with.
- Real time eye tracking data also provides for a better observation experience. I frequently find that if I am observing a participant's gaze data in real time while they complete their tasks, I am better engaged and glean more detailed insights about the user interface.
In TA, sometimes it can be very hard to see what a person is talking about during the test. I once mentioned this to a TA proponent and they suggested that if the TA is managed well it wouldn't be a problem. During the test, they would have the test facilitator ask the participant to hover their mouse over the part of the screen they are describing so that the observers can see what is being discussed. I'm sorry, but this just means the participant gets even more distracted from the task at hand.
Written by James Breeze, Objective Digital Pty Ltd., Australia Technical QA by Jon Ward, Acuity-ETS, and Rob Stevens, Think Eye Tracking UK. Images and videos collated by Anna van Egmond.


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One of the world's most beloved books is The Little Prince by Antoine Saint-Exupery. Published in 1943, almost two million copies are sold every year, in about 250 languages.
If asked where you think the book was written, you might say Paris. You'd be wrong. Try Long Island — as in Long Island, N.Y.
When the late Nikos Kefalidis bought the house on Beven Road in Northport, Long Island, in the late 1970s, he knew that 30 years before, Saint-Exupery had written and illustrated part of Le Petit Prince in that house.
It was something known in the community, but not in many other places. His wife, Laurie Kefalidis, has stood in the room where Saint-Exupery wrote, and is happy about the book's connection to her house. She has copies of The Little Prince in some 30 languages.
"I think it's about life and death, and what's important in life," she says. "I think he talks about falsehood, or untruths, or hypocrisy, or duplicity in a very charming way, actually."
A New York Story
Saint-Exupery also wrote the book in Manhattan. The Morgan Library and Museum bought the original manuscript of The Little Prince in 1968, along with many other drawings, including precursors to what ended up in the book.
The museum had an exhibition on the 50th anniversary of publication, 20 years ago, but a new exhibition, open until May, looks at the author's creative process.
The curator of the show, The Little Prince: A New York Story, is Christine Nelson. Saint-Exupery, Nelson says, was a meticulous craftsman, but his working habits were somewhat chaotic.
"Wherever he went, he had stacks of onionskin paper with him, and always a cup of coffee or tea by his side, always a cigarette hanging out of his mouth," she says. "The manuscript we have here even has stains on many of the corners of the pages. One of the drawings even has a cigarette burn, which we've left for people to see."
From Pilot To Prince
Saint-Exupery came to New York in 1940, after the Germans occupied France. A writer and aviator, he left just after the publication of the book, returning to fly reconnaissance missions for the Allies.
Before he left, he took his drawings and writings, many of which were deleted from the final book, and gave them in a brown paper bag to a friend, Silvia Hamilton. Nelson shows an extraordinary letter Saint-Exupery wrote and illustrated for a friend in 1940, when he was still in France. A man looking very much like the author is standing on a cloud.
"Of course in the book, it becomes a planet, and then all of this is floating above an image of Earth, and what do we see on Earth but a little sheep that looks very much like the sheep in the opening of The Little Prince, and of course a flower, and the Little Prince has a beloved flower on his planet," Nelson says.
The pictures evolve from an adult who looks like the author, with thinning hair and a bow tie, to the Little Prince. There are pages of writing, all in French — he never mastered English — all sections of the book that were deleted, including several adventures on Earth.
One page mentions places in New York. Nelson points to references of Long Island and Manhattan; "It's very tiny, but you see it."
These were all deleted from the final text. There's a section where the narrator talks about humans' inflated sense of self.
"We think we dominate the Earth, and yet we really don't take up so much space at all," Nelson paraphrases Saint-Exupery. "He says, 'If we got everyone on Earth together for a big meeting, we could fit everyone onto a small Pacific Island.' But in the manuscript, instead of a Pacific Island, it's Long Island."
Endings Left To The Imagination
When you ask people their favorite part of The Little Prince, so many talk about the boa constrictor eating the elephant, how adults only see it as a hat; or the final drawing of a sheep, just three holes in a box; and the secret told to the Little Prince by the fox.
"What is essential is invisible to the eye," Nelson says. "It reminds us of that beginning of the story: What is essential is what you can't see, what's inside the snake, what's inside your heart."
In the end we will never know if the Little Prince makes it back to his planet or dies. One year after the book came out, Saint-Exupery also disappeared into thin air, during a reconnaissance mission on July 31, 1944.
Years later parts of the plane were found, and a fisherman near Marseilles found a silver bracelet in his net, a bracelet that's in the exhibit. It has Saint-Exupery's name, the address of his publisher, and the letters NYC USA.
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We are offering certain telescopes with a Zygo test at an extra cost. Mainly ED doublets and triplets. All available telescopes with a Zygo test report are listed here. Just select Zygo Test Report from the drop down box at the top of the listing and we will test the optics in house and provide a full 2 page report with your scope. This will show you the optical quality of your telescope optics. We can also offer this service on your refractor telescope. Please get in touch for more details about this.
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Other measurements such as the PV and RMS are important too. With these measurements, the lower the number the better as it shows less curvature on the lens. The flatter an optical lens, the better it will perform. The PV rating (Peak To Valley) is a measurement from the highest point (Peak) to the lowest point (Valley). From this we get the RMS (Root, Mean, Square). This is a similar figure to the PV and measured exactly the same way. The RMS is basically an average height difference from the PV so again, the lower the better. As you can see form the example below, we measured an RMS of just 0.027 wave which is a very good value.
We also measure the Power with our systems which is essentially the error from the reference sphere to the test optic. The reference sphere we use on our system is a very high quality sphere so the closer to zero the Power, the less error between the 2 elements thus ensuring a higher quality optical surface.
You will also see some more values such as Astigmatism and Coma. Again, these are measured by the interferometer when we take measurements of the optical surface after adjustment. These are values which ideally would be at 0 but as our test optics are all curved lenses, there will always be astigmatism and coma present. The lower the number, the less of these aberations you will effectively see but with most refractors, you can buy field flatteners which will compensate for the coma anyway. The astigmatisms value is explaining the error between the symmetrical curvature of the lens. Basically, no lens will be perfectly symmetrical, the lower the astigmatism, the more symmetrical the lens surface is.
Once the Zygo test report has been completed, the optical alignment is thoroughly tested and tuned to ensure they are spot on before they leave us.
All available telescopes are on the website at the link below and ones we've tested already that are available straight away are also listed.
Here is an example of the test what we provide. This was a test on one of our Horizon 60 ED OTA's.
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We are a professional secondary window glazing company in Haringey that can offer bespoke designs in schools, shops, residential homes, hospitals and more.
We are proud to have been recently voted the Number 1 Secondary Glazing Installers in the United Kingdom when up against all of the top-rated FENSA approved companies.
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With years of experience in the window frame industry in Haringey, we pride ourselves on our expertise.
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Secondary glazing can cost between £300-£500 per pane.
This type of glazing is far less expensive than new windows, and the installation is a lot easier and much faster.
There are several factors that influence the costs of installing secondary glazing in Haringey. These are some examples:
All we require for a quote is an image of the current window and some dimensions.
We can advise and quote you without coming to your home.
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Secondary glazing allows you to experience the warmth, security, and tranquilly of double glazing without having to replace your current windows in Haringey.
It can lower sound transmission by up to 70% while also increasing heat insulation and is great for draught reduction.
If you have secondary glazing carried out at your home or commercial property, you will see long-lasting results because of its sturdy and compact aluminium construction.
Our low-profile, high-performance DIY secondary glazing options will compliment your home flawlessly.
They are specially built for optimal thermal and acoustic insulation, as well as added security and condensation control.
A secondary glazed panel adds another security barrier to potential invaders.
Durable secondary glazing produces a subtle and unobtrusive barrier that can aid in the protection of your property against forced access.
Single glazing on windows in period houses in Haringey might be vulnerable since they provide low-security protection.
Our secondary glazing products are made from aluminium and provide thermal and noise insulation while giving increased security.
This type of glazing is designed to be exceedingly difficult to open from the outside of the structure; the glass panels lock into place to provide a secure barrier.
The aluminium exterior frame is mechanically linked with strong metal studs, which reinforce and rigidify the frame.
Secondary glazing is a tried and true means of decreasing outside noise from traffic, airports, industrial estates, and normal street noise.
The noise reduction benefits of secondary glazing sound insulation are enormous in Haringey, and this is one of the best and easiest ways to improve sound insulation, cutting external noise by adding a layer of noise insulation between the external noise and your ears.
Sound insulation might not sound important, but a little acoustic glass for sound reduction can make a huge difference to your comfort!
Increasing thermal insulation in your home will not only make rooms seem significantly warmer but will also result in lower energy usage.
This will result in cheaper energy expenses.
Older timber windows typically warp with time, creating small breaches in the frame that enable chilly draughts to enter your home.
Cold draughts will draw warmth out of your home, causing the ambient temperature to drop/collapse.
Aluminium secondary glazing is particularly developed to improve thermal protection by up to 60%. It is intended to keep the heat in while preventing chilly draughts from entering your house.
Installing secondary glass in your home or business in Haringey might help you achieve energy efficiency savings of up to 60%, as well as the associated lower heating bills.
The added layer of new secondary glazing improves heat retention, preventing cold air from getting in and warm air from getting out.
Do you have a condensation problem in your home? In most circumstances, installing secondary glazing will remove all condensation in your house.
Condensation occurs when the moisture content of warm air settles on a colder surface; the colder the air, the less moisture it can hold. Windows are often cooler than the air in a room and hence a visible source of condensation.
On the surface, double glazing cannot help condensation problems since this has no influence on airborne moisture in the home.
Secondary glazing, on the other hand, helps maintain heat in the home in Haringey, causing less moisture to condense, and by insulating windows (the most conspicuous site for condensation to occur), it can absolutely prevent serious condensation from forming on your windows.
Renovating and repairing existing windows reduces waste and the environmental damage caused by the production of replacement uPVC windows.
Overall, this is a lot more environmentally friendly and popular amongst many clients.
A secondary glazing panel is easy to install and is one of the simplest forms of sound insulation on the market.
It is best to get a professional in Haringey to carry out the installation.
Once we have installed secondary glazing at your shop or home, there is nothing else that you need to do except relax.
Lower heating expenditures mean that secondary glazing pays for itself over time, all without the hassle and expense of replacing windows and redecorating.
Reduced heat loss can make a huge difference to your energy bills, as heat loss in old buildings is a major problem.
Estate agents generally agree that adding secondary glazing to your property will increase its value.
If you have added secondary glazing to minimise the noise in the home, this value will be noticeable whether working or sleeping in your home and would be a terrific selling factor.
If you do not have sound-reducing windows in Haringey, potential buyers may hear the noise and may be put off buying your property.
Heat insulation will help save money on heating and cooling expenses, which is especially essential if the present windows are simply single-glazed.
Our secondary glazing is subtle and allows you to keep your home's unique character.
Once fitted, our unobtrusive solutions are scarcely detectable from the inside or outside.
Even if you live in listed buildings or conservation areas, your primary window can be upgraded with a secondary glazed acrylic sheet without affecting the existing panels at all!
Listed building single glazing can be a nightmare for heat management and sound insulation, but a secondary panel can reduce noise even in the oldest listed buildings!
There are several different types of secondary glazing available.
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However, they also have their own individual advantages that may be relevant in specific situations.
If you have any questions about any of these options or wish to make alternative arrangements, get in touch with our team today, and we can help.
This alternative, made of sturdy lightweight aluminium, is a small and inconspicuous, cost-efficient technique for insulating and soundproofing your windows.
Installing our secondary glazing might save you up to 10% on your heating expenditures.
Aluminium secondary glazing can be installed on any existing window frame, including vertical sliders and horizontal sliding secondary glazing.
This is usually in the form of magnetic secondary glazing, attaching to the metal frame via magnets.
UPVC window frame options are the most common in more modern buildings.
If your existing primary windows are made from UPVC, matching UPVC secondary glazing units can be added.
This is not as strong as magnetic secondary glazing, but plastic secondary glazing is one of the cheapest and lightest options.
Wooden casement windows are common in older buildings. These often feature single glazing encased in a wooden sub frame.
It is easy to attach secondary glazing units to these simply by fixing magnetic tape to the vertical bars of the frame and then using the magnetic strips of a secondary unit to hold your new panel in place.
You do not have to use magnetic secondary glazing, but the magnetic strips tend to be a little easier to install than permanent plastic secondary glazing.
Secondary glazing is the ultimate solution for insulating your property if traditional double glazing is not practical, such as in a listed structure or with stained-glass windows.
The term 'secondary glazing' can refer to an additional window put on the exterior of an existing window or one installed within an existing window, with the majority of systems being installed inside an existing window.
In most cases, the term 'secondary glazing' refers to an additional window installed on the interior of an existing window.
If sound insulation is your ultimate aim, secondary glazing is an essential requirement.
Because you may construct a significantly greater gap or cavity between the panes of glass, it provides far superior acoustic insulation than double glazing.
Because most double glass units only have a little gap, secondary glazing provides significantly greater sound dampening than double glazing. Including extra layers can lower sound levels by up to 80%.
It is a simple technique to add three distinct glass thicknesses, the ultimate approach to increase sound insulation.
Although double or triple glazing provides superior thermal performance to that of secondary windows, not all buildings can be double-glazed.
Some of the manufacturers we use at Secondary Window Glazing include:
In most cases, we recommend a thickness of 4 mm for secondary glazing with flexible installation.
The insulating tape and glazing clips will fit perfectly on the secondary glazing of this thickness.
These clips will not fit correctly if you use a thinner or thicker sheet, and the secondary glazing will not insulate adequately.
We recommend a thickness of 4 mm for fixed installation of secondary glazing up to 2 metres long.
On a 2 to 3-metre window, a thickness of 5 mm for fixed installation is advised.
In most cases, we would recommend going for thicker secondary glazing, such as 4mm or even sometimes 5mm, for larger window frame setups.
This is because the existing pane will take up some space, and your new window panel will need to fit in the space.
There is no single best type of secondary glazing.
In some cases, acrylic secondary glazing will be the best choice, while in others, glass secondary glazing will be more appropriate.
To discuss which variety of secondary glazing is best suited to your needs, reach out and get in touch with our team today!
Secondary glazing is installed on your internal window frame and consists of panes of glass in an aluminium frame that is fastened to your window reveals or the inner face of your window frame.
The first situation is referred to as 'reveal fixed,' while the second is referred to as 'face fixed.'
Sliding, hinged, or lift-out units are available. At the top of this page, there is a picture of a conventional three-pane slider.
A secondary glazed window entails keeping the original window in situ while installing a second pane.
Secondary double glazing is a term that generally refers to the process of adding a second window to an existing window.
If the original windows are single-glazed, adding a second pane might be considered double-glazing.
This raises questions. For example, is it triple-glazed if the windows are already double-glazed?
Secondary double-glazed units are available, although they are costly and, in most people's opinion, unnecessary.
Secondary glazing, when properly specified and installed, will outperform all other forms of glazing, including modern and triple-glazed windows.
Installing high-quality secondary glazing is always the best solution. in most cases, we would recommend acoustic glass and an air cavity of no less than 150mm – 200mm between the two panes of glass to achieve up to 80% acoustic performance.
Acrylic secondary glazing is generally easy to work with, requiring less specialist equipment than glass, and tends to have a stronger end result when compared with glass.
In most cases, acrylic secondary glazing is a better choice than a glass variant for a number of reasons.
This is because the acrylic sheet has a number of advantages that most people find useful. Acrylic also weighs less while offering the same level of transparency.
However, it is not all as clear as that. Polycarbonate, like Plexiglass, is more readily scratched than normal glass.
This is why we recommend using a gentle detergent with an anti-static effect, such as Burnus antistatic cleanser.
This cleaning product is also suitable for cleaning PVC, acrylic sheets, and other plastics.
Some people prefer glass, however, and neither of these options is definitively correct. If you are not sure which to choose, get in touch with us to find out more!
Secondary glazing will save you money on heating.
With a large enough gap between the window and the secondary glazing, you could see as much as a 4°C improvement in the room temperature.
That translates to 4°C that you do not have to heat with your central heating system!
That is going to save you money every time and reduce the amount of time you need to spend with your heating turned on!
To measure secondary glazing you will need to measure the height and breadth of the frame to which you are connecting the glazing with a measuring tape.
Next, add the width of the magnetic tape used for attachment.
It is also worth noting that not all windows are exactly formed; therefore, measurements must be obtained in various locations for a genuinely accurate end result.
Secondary glazing prevents condensation from forming on the inside of your windows by reducing the difference in temperature between the inside and outside of the window.
We are a fully FENSA-approved and certified window supplier and installer, licensed to install secondary glazing across the UK.
The FENSA programme is a government-approved scheme that oversees building code compliance for replacement windows and doors.
We periodically review every FENSA Approved Installer, from huge national brands to small local businesses, to ensure that their standards are maintained.
We provide acrylic for secondary glazing because it is lighter than glass but significantly stronger (17 times) and it delivers near-perfect optical clarity – the same clarity as real glass!
We recommend at least 2mm acrylic, while 3mm and 4mm acrylic provide additional rigidity and should be used for bigger windows.
Enter the sizes for your secondary glazing panes above, then pick the quantity of magnetic tape rolls needed.
The magnetic tape comes in a pack with 5m of white steel tape for attaching to the window frame and 5m of magnet tape for attaching to the acrylic panel.
This provides simple, rapid, and cost-effective heat and noise insulation, as well as instant access to the window for cleaning and ventilation.
One of our most popular secondary glazing items is our tilt-back balanced vertical sliding secondary glazing, which is designed to complement existing sash windows.
They minimise noise, reduce heat loss, are simple to install, and are relatively inexpensive.
Our tilt-back balanced vertical slider is composed of lightweight and durable aluminium.
The panels are balanced, which reduces the amount of effort necessary to move them up and down.
The balances also ensure that the panels remain in place at whatever height you leave them at.
The panels may be rotated inwards for simple cleaning by using finger locks.
These panels slide when you need them to, thanks to high-end horizontal sliders and lock to ensure that they do not slide when you would prefer them to remain firmly fixed in place!
Secondary glazing is a great option for most people; far cheaper and easier than fully replacing windows.
It is also easy to maintain, requiring only a wipe with warm soapy water to remove smudges and other marks from the surface.
Secondary glazing is also very helpful when new windows are not appropriate for your home.
It is perfect for classic homes, listed buildings, properties in conservation areas, and homes that just do not require replacement.
The sturdy and long-lasting frames made of thin aluminium can be used for many years.
The most often produced systems are sliding units, which can be either horizontal or vertical in orientation. There are also tilt-back vertical sliders, hinged units, lift-out units, and fixed units.
No matter what sort of secondary glazing unit you wish to have installed in your home, we can help you out!
Simply get in touch with us via our website, and we will answer any questions you may have about the various different kinds of secondary glazing and the process for installing each one on your windows.
Make sure you contact us today for a number of great Secondary Window Glazing services in London.
Here are some towns we cover near Haringey.
Wood Green, South Tottenham, Stamford Hill, Holloway, Lea BridgeWe absolutely love the service provided. Their approach is really friendly but professional. We went out to five different companies and found Secondary Window Glazing to be value for money and their service was by far the best. Thank you for your really awesome work, we will definitely be returning!
David AldersonWe have used Secondary Window Glazing for many years as they are certainly the best in the UK. The attention to detail and professional setup is what makes this company our go-to company for all our work. I highly recommend the team for the immense work - we highly recommend them!
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Photograph : The National Archives, United Kingdom |
Monday 31 January 2011
Sepia Saturday 60 : 5 February 2011
31 comments:
- Paul C said...
This photograph speaks volumes about the age, and the man. Most interesting!
- 31 January 2011 at 16:25
- linda said...
I have to thank Queenmothermamaw for inviting me here.
I don't know how faithful i will be weekly, but will give it a go.
They look so important in their car!
Great photo. - 2 February 2011 at 00:12
- Alan Burnett said...
Welcome Linda.
- 2 February 2011 at 14:28
- linda said...
Sorry i'm twice, i wanted to change it a bit.
- 2 February 2011 at 15:08
- signed...bkm said...
Oh I think I will have to start posting here...I love these photos....nice to find you..bkm
- 3 February 2011 at 04:39
- Alan Burnett said...
Welcome bkm, looking forward to reading your sepia.
- 3 February 2011 at 07:13
- dakotaboo said...
Hmmm ... I posted and added a commen. My posting is still there but the comment has gone. Maybe I never added it - yesterday was a long day. Anyway, my sepia saturday submission is up.
- 4 February 2011 at 09:13
- Kat Mortensen said...
Working on something interesting for this week. I'll be back to give the link later today.
Kat - 4 February 2011 at 15:57
- Unknown said...
I will have my link up right soon, we have a party to attend this eve so won't have time to do it later. Magnificent auto photo, but mine is something that struck me to wondering (wandering thru my stuff) this week.
- 4 February 2011 at 18:47
- Alan Burnett said...
Ten minutes past midnight and mine is up.
- 5 February 2011 at 00:16
- Christine H. said...
My auto photo is a little more modest.
- 5 February 2011 at 02:28
Well, I have a post that has nothing to do with vehicles, but can I make a second posting? I do have a recent post with a fantastic old car in it.
- 5 February 2011 at 05:21
- Alan Burnett said...
Whowerethey : The rules (which I have just made up) state that the maximum number of posts one person can contribute in any one week is 1,274 : so feel free to make a second posting.
- 5 February 2011 at 08:31
- Cad said...
OK, so I pinched a Google photo, but I thought it about time Man's Best Friend got a look in! LOL.(Sorry!)
- 5 February 2011 at 10:19
- Jinksy said...
Dada's sketches are still producing the goods for your treasure trove of memorabilia...
- 5 February 2011 at 11:00
What a fantastic car! I've a vintage car post on the blog, but I'm having a 1920's picnic this week if anyone would like to join me! Jo :-)
- 5 February 2011 at 11:15
- tony said...
Just A Quicky This Week!
- 5 February 2011 at 13:15
- Bruno Laliberté said...
featuring one of Montreal's landmark.
N.B.: from now on, i shall visit those who chose to interact with me, leaving a comment on my post of the week, as my time is as precious as everybody else. no offence meant to the others, but... - 5 February 2011 at 13:46
- Bob Scotney said...
American motorists for me this week with just a touch of Amy.
- 5 February 2011 at 14:18
- 21 Wits said...
Mine is in! With a bit of a twist so to include your interesting theme (briefly) on Mr. Rolls! How clever a man he was, and I wonder what more he could have accomplished had he lived longer!
- 5 February 2011 at 14:25
- Lisa B said...
wonderful photo, this is my first week at posting (after seeing Sepia Saturday on Christine H's winderful postcard blog)so I hope I have done it right :)
- 5 February 2011 at 14:36
- MuseSwings said...
Do you suppose those old cars had a drain in the floor for rainy days? This is a great photo! Hopefully a warm cup of soup and a good brandy awaited them inside.
- 5 February 2011 at 17:44
- Doctor FTSE said...
One can learn a great deal about fashions in gentlemens' hats in 1900. And the general level of jollity around at the time . . . a memorable photo.
- 5 February 2011 at 17:56
- Roy said...
Looks like they could use a brolly or two!
I've just posted what will probably be my only Sepia Saturday post, since these are the only old photos I have. - 5 February 2011 at 18:02
Ah, thank you Alan! This is what Tattered and Lost calls a vernacular photo - a snapshot catching folks in their normal activities. Plus a photo in a cemetery. Cue weird organ music, lol. :-)
- 5 February 2011 at 18:51
- Tattered and Lost said...
Oh my that is one fine looking car! I would love to see it bouncing along a country road.
My photo this week is of an unknown child, taken in San Francisco in around the late 1870s. - 5 February 2011 at 20:56
- Alf and Lily Creations said...
Its my first post on my family blog and the sepia photo is one of my favourites.
- 5 February 2011 at 21:02
- DougVernX said...
Im late but I submitted before Sunday.
- 6 February 2011 at 01:44
- Kristin said...
A car and piles of photos. Finally got this weeks Sepia Saturday post in.
- 6 February 2011 at 05:09
- Alan Burnett said...
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to make this a real bumper Sepia Saturday. I will get round to those I haven't visited yet later today - om ,y return from a day out in Sheffield
- 6 February 2011 at 09:40
- Howard said...
Ok my first post for sepia saturday is not on-topic, and its a day late, but I will try harder next week...
- 6 February 2011 at 16:30


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If you are over 40 and have difficulty seeing close up, you probably have a common age-related condition called presbyopia which is when the eye's natural lens loses the ability to focus on close objects. Presbyopia is a natural process that occurs as the eye ages and affects the majority of people from age 40 and upward. Individuals with presbyopia are often familiar with the need to hold reading materials such as newspapers an arm's length away from their eyes in order to see clearly, yet reading glasses with bifocal or multifocal (such as progressive) lenses can help.
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The most popular version of multifocal contact lenses, simultaneous vision lenses present the distance and near vision zones of the lens at the same time. Typically after a short adjustment period your eyes learn to utilize the segment of the lens that they need to focus on the desired object and essentially ignore the other.
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Similar to bifocal eyeglass lenses, these contacts are divided into distinct areas or zones and your pupil will move to the desired zone depending on your vision needs. Typically the top of the lens, which is what you look through when looking straight ahead is for distance vision and the bottom area (what you look through when you look down) is for near vision. However, this can be reversed according to unique vision needs.
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Monovision is another contact lens alternative for presbyopia particularly if you are having difficulty adapting to multifocal lenses. Monovision splits your distance and near vision between your eyes, using your dominant eye for distance vision and your non-dominant eye for near vision.
Typically you will use single vision lenses in each eye however sometimes the dominant eye will use a single vision lens while a multifocal lens will be used in the other eye for intermediate and near vision. This is called modified monovision. Your eye doctor will perform a test to determine which type of lens is best suited for each eye and optimal vision.
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Monday Miscellany - Wednesday Style!
Because Monday was a holiday and yesterday I had a bad case of the existential fuzzies.
1) Suri appears!
So, back in July, I (despite my best efforts to the contrary) was pondering the whereabouts of Baby Suri...
The obvious answer is (I said) that there is no baby. They may still be awaiting delivery of the black-market baby that will be passed off as the natural product of Mission Impossible Sperm...
However, it is equally likely that the TomKitten is the human vessel of a rare bloodline that can be traced back to Jesus Christ. Scientologists, then, are latter-day Templars charged with protecting this extraordinary legacy and that they are currently battling a vast Roman Catholic conspiracy to destroy all evidence of this legacy. This theory does not presuppose that Tom Cruise or Katie Holmes share such divine lineage (heavens forbid); rather, that Tom Cruise beat Bill Gates in a secret auction for genetic material stolen from the last of the Merovingians, and consulted with Michael Crichton and various genetic scientists on the best methods of creating a human child out of this material. The result of these efforts is Suri, the Holy Grail test-tube miracle baby, who is now being held in a top secret bunker near Rennes-le-Chateau in France, the better to protect her against Opus Dei-funded bounty hunters.
Well, the truth can now be told. It turns out that Graydon Carter has had Suri all this time, hidden away in a secret nursery in the New York offices of Vanity Fair.
Which means, of course, that the reason for her sequester likely has less to do with genetic experiments and religious conspiracies and more with such high-stakes projects as Humanizing Insane Celebrity Cultists for the Masses (or, HICC'M: aka Operation TomDad.)
I have to admit that I'm a little disappointed.
(She's cute, though. And clearly the product of two very hairy people, which leads me to believe that whatever Mr. Cruise might say about his heterosexuality, he's certainly been making heavy use of the body wax. I won't speculate about Mrs. Cruise.)
(Full disclosure: I am suspicious of babies with great quantities of hair. Where do these babies get this hair? Why does my baby have so little hair? I may be a little bitter about this. But I'm a wee bit tired of being asked whether I shave WonderBaby's head.)
(OK, I've only been asked that twice. But still. Please.)
WonderBaby Beauty Tip #73: Mohawks give the illusion of more hair.
(Mullets do not. Do not be sucked in by this evil myth.)
2) Actually, there is no #2. Nor is there a real #3, #4, or #5, but you probably guessed that seconds ago. Which means that today's post shouldn't really be referred to as a Miscellany. What this post is, in point of fact, is a post about Tom Cruise and Baby Suri, but I was trying to avoid admitting to myself that I have devoted the greater part of a post (when I am so backed up on my to-do list, for shame) to Tom Cruise.
3) I haven't devoted this post to Tom Cruise and his offspring because Tom Cruise interests me. Hell, no. I did it for the Google hits.
(collective gasp!)
OK, not really.
(collective sigh of relief!)
4) Actually, I did it because I am procrastinating on posting my piece on babies and eros. My two pieces on babies and eros (because although I claimed that I believed this topic to be unbloggable, I have actually found it difficult - nay, impossible - to stop writing about it) which are still messy in form and a touch on the raw side and I haven't quite come to terms with posting them as-is. Which means - yay! - more editing.
5) I also did it because I am completely preoccupied by three things: that I begin teaching again next week, that I will be heading to New York immediately after my first lecture next week, and that tomorrow I will be SPEAKING ON THE PHONE WITH GLORIA STEINEM.
And now I will leave you hanging for the details.
Because I'm bad that way, and because you all need to be punished for being so attentive to a post on Tom Cruise.


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It started in mid-morning. I tried to stay at work, but just couldn't.
I had Mary reschedule the patients (which I HATE doing). I could barely think, or stay out of the bathroom (if you're part of the night staff that cleans my office, I'm really sorry I did that in my trash can). I had to get home.
Fortunately I live near my office. The kids were in school. So I thought I'd be able to rest and be sick alone for the day.
Cooper: I am so happy! The Master! I must bring him something to welcome him! Here are Craig's underwear with skidmarks for you, Master! I found them in the laundry pile!
Blackdog: Stay away from him, you bozos. He smells bad.
Cooper: No! It's him! We must bounce in front of him to have him pet us! He loves it!
Snowball: He's lying down! He's wants to play! He wants me to jump on the bed and bounce on his stomach!
Cooper: Play! Play! Play!
Snowball: Look! He's filling the plastic bowl up with semi-digested food!
Cooper: Wow! Just for us! I love the Master!
Blackdog: I wouldn't touch that. It smells like Diet Coke and Corn Flakes.
Blackdog: No shit. Leave him alone.
Snowball: No! We need to cheer him up!
Cooper: I know! We must bring him gifts to make him happy! Come help me knock over the laundry basket full of wonderful-smelling sweaty clothes!
Snowball: Great idea!
Cooper: See! Look at them all over the floor! He will be so happy! Now let's bring all of them and put them next to the bed for him to see!
Snowball: Hey! A tennis ball! I'll bring that, too!
Cooper: Yes! I'll move the clothes and you bring more tennis balls!
Blackdog: Dipshits.
Snowball: Yes. He is running... and tripped over the big pile of smelly clothes!
Cooper: Look! He's lying on the floor now! He must want to play!
Blackdog: I don't think so.
Snowball: I'm going to jump on his back! Ohboyohboyohboy!
Cooper: He's running to the bathroom again! I'll jump in front of him to play!
Blackdog: Alert! There is a man at the mailbox! We must let the Master know!
Cooper: Yes! Make noise! Everyone! We must warn him!
Snowball: Yes! Now! Lots of loud noise! I'll jump up on the bed next to him to bark, to make sure he hears me!
I'm SO glad to feel better, so I can be back at the office today. It's comparatively relaxing.


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If you're trying to decide whether or not to sell your house, this is the time to think seriously about making a move. Fannie Mae's recent Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) reveals the number of respondents who say it's a good time to sell is higher now than it was over the past few summers (see graph below). Today, the majority of consumers, 75 percent, say it's a good time to sell a house.
Why is sellers sentiment up year-over-year?
The higher good time to sell sentiment has to do with today's market conditions, specifically low housing supply and high buyer demand. In the simplest terms, we don't have enough houses available for sale to meet buyer demand.
According to the latest data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), we're still firmly in a sellers' market because housing supply is well below a balanced norm (shown in the graph below). Clearly, the scales are tipped in a seller's favor today. But while housing supply is undeniably low, the right side of the graph shows how the inventory situation is improving little by little each month as more sellers list their homes for sale.
As a seller, that means each month, buyers have more options to pick from. By extension, that means your house may get less buyer attention with time. Danielle Hale, Chief Economist for realtor.com, explains it like this:
"More homeowners continue to list homes for sale compared to a year ago… Notably, while new listings continue to lag behind a more 'normal' 2019 pace, the gap is shrinking. Even though homes continue to sell quickly thanks to high demand and limited supply, new listings are subtly shifting the balance of market conditions in favor of buyers."
So, what's that mean for you?
If you've been waiting for the perfect time to sell, there may not be a better chance than right now. Inventory is gradually increasing each month, so selling sooner rather than later will help you maximize your home's potential.
Bottom Line
If you're planning to sell your house, 2021 is still the year to do it. The unique mix of low supply and high demand won't last forever. Let's connect to discuss what you need to do now to sell your house and take advantage of this sellers' market.
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If you use the Internet, your home most likely has a router. You have plugged that router in and have a basic Wi-Fi network up and running. What you might not realize is that your preset network is less than ideal. You might not have any password set, or your Wi-Fi network is not optimized for your use. To make any changes to your Wi-Fi network, you need to login to your router using 192.168.217.57. Even if your router was set up by a professional, perhaps by the ISP, and you are happy with how things are, you might still need to use 192.168.217.57 when something goes wrong. It is always handy knowing how to access your routers admin page in case you need to change something, and getting to that admin page is not as hard as you might think.
You will need an internet-capable computer device, though it is most likely the case if you have a router. A smartphone, computer, or laptop are all suitable. You then need to connect your computer device to your router. You can do this via Wi-Fi or with a wired ethernet connection.
With your computer device connected to your router, open your web browser of choice. Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, or Safari are some examples of popular browsers. With your browser open, enter your IP address, 192.168.217.57, into the search bar.
Searching for 192.168.217.57 will take you to the login section of your router admin page. You will need to input the username and password associated with your router. The correct details will take you to the menu of your router admin page.
If you don't know the login details to your router and never changed them, you can often find the default login details on the base of your router. Alternatively, the router manufacturer's website should have them listed. If you have changed the details, and have forgotten them, you can reset the router back to factory settings. The login details will get set back to default, though you will lose any changes you have made to your router previously.
With the above steps, you can now access the router admin page. The next step to take is to change the actual settings to meet your preferences.
The router admin page, with all its numbers and computer terms, can be intimidating. A great place to start is by changing the login details mentioned above.
While in the general settings menu, you can also change the username for the router.
Another popular setting people change on their router is the actual local IP address of your router. Your router has two IP addresses, with more on that below. If you opt to change your IP address away from 192.168.217.57, you should take note of your new address as you will need it to access your router admin page.
There are more settings related to the router that you can play with, though you may also wish to modify your Wi-Fi network details. The SSID or the Service Set Identifier is the name of your Wi-Fi network. To change this:
If you wish to change your Wi-Fi network password, the option will be in the same menu as the SSID. Select the Wi-Fi network password field and type in your desired password.
You have now set the login details for your router and your Wi-Fi network. With your internet secured, you should explore further. You can optimize your network or set parental controls, as just some examples.
The 192.168.217.57 IP address is a local, private, or gateway IP address. 192.168.217.57 is your router's address that computer devices connected to the network will use to send data requests over the internet. Your router also has a public IP address. The public IP address gets used by the ISP and any website you visit, to get the information of the website you visit, to your router, with your router the sending that data, back to your computer screen, via the private IP address.
192.168.217.57 is a common private IP address, though it might not be yours. If 192.168.217.57 is not your IP address, you can search for your router model online, which should reveal the default IP address of your router. The IP address may also be listed in the manual of your router. If those methods don't work, you can use your computer to find your IP address.
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The only way your private IP address will change is if you change it. If your routers IP address does not match 192.168.217.57 or one of the other default IP addresses, then someone may have changed it before. If that is the case and you wish to reset it back to default, then you can perform a factory reset on your router, though that will reset everything else on the router.
As touched on above, 192.168.217.57 is a private IP address that your router uses to distinguish itself on the network, and a delivery point for data requests from computer devices using the Wi-Fi network. 192.168.217.57 is not unique to your router as most router manufacturers use a selection of private IP addresses across their ranges of routers. With that said, a private IP address is not even unique to a certain brand. It is done this way, as the only person who needs to know the private IP address is the owner of the router.
But how does your router know which computer device is sending it data requests? Well, your router is not the only device on your network, with each computer connected to your Wi-Fi network, also having a private IP address such as 192.168.217.57. The string of numbers that is your IP address helps each device communicate with the other. And it is not just internet-capable devices that have an IP address. Printers and storage devices also have an IP address, so your router and computer devices using the network can connect with them and use them. Usually, the IP addresses of other devices on the Wi-Fi network are deviations of the router IP address, with the last number being different.
As of writing, when people talk about IP addresses, they are referring to IPv4. IPv4 stands for internet protocol version 4 and is four sets of numbers separated by a period, though it is not just any numbers. The IANA or Internet Assigned Numbers Authority has reserved certain numbers for private IP addresses, and the rest can be used for public IP addresses. Those reserved numbers are:
Those three ranges of numbers allow for about 18 million different private IP addresses. As stated, the router manufacturers usually only stick to two or three.
192.168.217.57 is a private IP address and directly related to your Wi-Fi network. It is the chain of numbers you use to access the router admin page. However, as briefly mentioned, your router also has another public IP address.
Your ISP will assign your public IP address, and you don't have much control over it. Your public IP address can be any chain of four numbers, not consisting of the ones reserved for your private IP address. Your public IP address allows your router to connect and communicate with the internet. Any time you visit a website, it will see your public IP address, and use it to send you your requested information.
Another difference between your private and public IP addresses is that your public IP address will most likely change. As stated, each router in the world needs a different public IP address, so ISPs have to use dynamic IP addresses. The ISP distributes its available IP addresses on a per-use basis. Once a user disconnects from the internet, their public IP address gets passed to someone else. Otherwise, ISPs would not have enough addresses for all of their customers.
It is possible to have a public IP address that does not change, and these are called static IP addresses. These types of addresses are for websites or cloud servers, which need to stay online permanently.
As the name suggests, a public IP address is public. It is for that reason that there is some concern towards a user's security. The public IP address can reveal the rough location of a user. However, in the right hands, a public IP address can provide more info than that. A hacker can use a public IP address to build a profile of a user.
A VPN service can give you some comfort if you are concerned about your security while online. A VPN service hides your public IP address from websites. Instead, a VPN provides a random address that can show you in a different country. Some routers come with a VPN service built-in.