Renovating Your Home? Invest In Energy Efficient Salt Lake City Windows
When your great aunt passed away she left your mom her rickety old bungalow in Magna Just west of Salt Lake City. Your mom just wanted to sell it but you and your brothers suggested that perhaps it could be fixed up first. When the three of you went down to see the place, you realized just how much there was to do. Your kid brother had flipped properties before and he said that it was definitely worth the time and effort, otherwise someone else would just snatch it up and flip it for a tidy profit.
There were three prime areas that needed attention as far as your younger brother was concerned; the roof, the flooring and the windows. The roof was fairly easy to fix through some roofers your older brother knew. The floor turned out to be a lot more work that any of you had anticipated but turned out terrific. Now, a couple months in, and the only major item left to address are the windows.
It looks as if the original wooden windows were replaced in the mid seventies with aluminum but they were low-cost replacement windows and whichever company installed them cut a lot of corners. For years, your aunt was probably losing a great deal of heat in the winter and during the summer months her air conditioning was probably working twice as hard as it needed to. You and your brothers all agree that new windows have to be a lot more energy efficient.
## Vinyl versus aluminum framed windows
While the aluminum framed windows were almost certainly an improvement over the wooden windows they replaced, in terms of seal and durability, they shed a massive amount of heat through their frames which also leads to condensation and mould issues. Fortunately modern vinyl windows don't suffer from the same heat conductivity issues and therefore any modern vinyl window will be an improvement over aluminum framed windows in that regard.
## Double strength glass
It is possible that you want to consider double strength glass. While it's more expensive, and of course heavier than single strength glass, it is not simply less susceptible to breakage but is also a better insulator in terms of both heat and noise.
## High tech low-E coatings
Insulated glass units can be specially coated to better reflect infrared (IR) radiation (heat). This can be engineered to either better reduce the heat gain from the sun in the summer or conversely better hold the heat within the house in the winter. Or both..
## Professional installation
Maybe the single most significant element in the efficiency of a replacement window is the installation. A poorly installed unit no matter how well it is engineered will lose heat if it's poorly installed. Always have your replacement windows professionally installed by trained contractors.
If you are shopping for the best Salt Lake City windows, you can, of course, refer to the yellow pages but these days it is worth shopping online as well. Simply Google "Salt Lake City Windows" or perhaps "glass repair Salt Lake City" or even "Utah Glass Shop" and see what businesses that show up. With brand new windows the property value of your late great aunt's bungalow will increase far more than the renovation costs and will make you, your brothers and more importantly your mom a nice profit.
There were three prime areas that needed attention as far as your younger brother was concerned; the roof, the flooring and the windows. The roof was fairly easy to fix through some roofers your older brother knew. The floor turned out to be a lot more work that any of you had anticipated but turned out terrific. Now, a couple months in, and the only major item left to address are the windows.
It looks as if the original wooden windows were replaced in the mid seventies with aluminum but they were low-cost replacement windows and whichever company installed them cut a lot of corners. For years, your aunt was probably losing a great deal of heat in the winter and during the summer months her air conditioning was probably working twice as hard as it needed to. You and your brothers all agree that new windows have to be a lot more energy efficient.
## Vinyl versus aluminum framed windows
While the aluminum framed windows were almost certainly an improvement over the wooden windows they replaced, in terms of seal and durability, they shed a massive amount of heat through their frames which also leads to condensation and mould issues. Fortunately modern vinyl windows don't suffer from the same heat conductivity issues and therefore any modern vinyl window will be an improvement over aluminum framed windows in that regard.
## Double strength glass
It is possible that you want to consider double strength glass. While it's more expensive, and of course heavier than single strength glass, it is not simply less susceptible to breakage but is also a better insulator in terms of both heat and noise.
## High tech low-E coatings
Insulated glass units can be specially coated to better reflect infrared (IR) radiation (heat). This can be engineered to either better reduce the heat gain from the sun in the summer or conversely better hold the heat within the house in the winter. Or both..
## Professional installation
Maybe the single most significant element in the efficiency of a replacement window is the installation. A poorly installed unit no matter how well it is engineered will lose heat if it's poorly installed. Always have your replacement windows professionally installed by trained contractors.
If you are shopping for the best Salt Lake City windows, you can, of course, refer to the yellow pages but these days it is worth shopping online as well. Simply Google "Salt Lake City Windows" or perhaps "glass repair Salt Lake City" or even "Utah Glass Shop" and see what businesses that show up. With brand new windows the property value of your late great aunt's bungalow will increase far more than the renovation costs and will make you, your brothers and more importantly your mom a nice profit.
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