For several years there has been lots of focus on upgrading your home with new windows for energy efficiency, with double or triple pane windows. If you’ve already updated all your windows, congratulations and save these tips for a future home. The federal tax credits helped fuel this trend to motivate construction spending during a [...]
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Windows: Repair, Replace, Other Choices?
Do you have a favorite room in the house? Curious if you also like spending time there at a certain time of day, and if your choice is based on sunlight streaming into the room to brighten your day? Windows are really one of today’s modern treasures as they let us visually enjoy natural sunlight [...]
Pick Your Perfect Storm Door
Storm doors are an important feature to add to your home. In fact you’ll probably buy a combination storm and screen door which offers lots of advantages. Storm doors protect exterior doors from the weather, whether it’s sunlight, rain or debris during a storm. Storm doors also help save energy as they work like double pane windows, with the air between the doors reducing the loss of conditioned (heated or cooled) air.
Windows: How to Buy the Right Ones
You’re likely seeing lots of advertising for replacement windows to save energy which means lower bills for heating/air conditioning. Newer windows are more energy efficient – we saw manufacturers jump through hoops in 2009 when they raised the bar for windows and doors to be eligible for the federal energy tax credits. Replacement windows are [...]
Improving Window Efficiency
When rushing home from work, do you stop to look at your home the way a perspective buyer might? Maybe you have more time after dinner to relax, and hopefully you’re aware of your surroundings, what you like and maybe a few things you’d like to change. Windows are a key component of your home [...]
Replacing a Broken Window Pane
Replacing a broken window is easy, unless it’s an insulated (2 or more panes of glass) window created with a special manufacturing process. In a double pane window, the 2 panes of glass are spaced apart to form an insulating barrier which is filled with a gas. The complete unit, glass layers and air space, [...]
Selecting New Basement Windows
Basement windows often get overlooked when thinking about replacement windows, as we don’t see them every day. They do however, affect your home heating and/or cooling costs just like other windows. So what decisions do you need to make when picking new basement windows?
There are only a few significant decisions to make:
Vinyl, aluminum or wood, [...]
UPDATE: Tax Credits for Energy Efficient Windows
Last week I wrote about savings for homeowners in the Stimulus Package. Unfortunately the government web sites didn’t reflect the changes, so I could only describe what was on the Energy Star web site at the time. Here is a quick summary of the changes:
Old Energy Tax Credits – 10% of product costs, for max [...]
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