When I was a kid, my parents decided to sell the small brick home we lived in. Unfortunately, they didn’t receive any high offers for the house. Because I don’t ever want to experience the difficulties selling a house that my parents did, I’ve researched home improvements homeowners can make to add value to their properties before placing them on the market. A great remodeling project to undertake before selling a home is installing new windows. New windows can add value by improving both the appearance and energy efficiency of a home. On this blog, I hope you will discover the benefits of installing new windows in your home before attempting to sell it. Enjoy!
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Windows are designed to let the sunlight stream into your home. Most are also intended to let the fresh air inside when you open them. However, if you live in a cold climate, you need your windows to do something more for you — you need them to keep the chill outside! Not all windows are designed to do this. Here's what to look for when replacing windows in your home in a cold climate.
Triple-Pane Glass
A pane of glass is just a sheet of glass. Most windows these days have two panes of glass. One is placed about a half inch inside the other. These windows are adequate in most climates. However, if you live in a truly cold climate, you should really look for triple pane windows. These have three panes of glass. It's not really the extra layer of glass that keeps your home warmer, but the extra layer of air sandwiched between those layers of glass. The air acts as an insulator, helping to stop the chill from transferring inside your home.
Low-E Glass
Another feature to look for is low-e glass. This is glass that has been sprayed with a special coating. Usually the coating is made from silver or a silver alloy. The point of this coating is to reflect heat waves. In a cold environment, you want windows with low-e coating in the inside so that the inside of the windows reflects heat back into your home. Yes, you can find windows with both triple-pane and low-e glass. There are low-e window films you can apply to the glass after-the-fact, but this is not as effective as just buying low-e glass windows in the first place.
Composite Frames
Vinyl windows have become really popular these days, but they're not the best choice when you live in a cold climate. Vinyl tends to get fragile when it's cold, which means your window frames might start to crack and break after a few short years. Composite frames are a better choice for cold climates. Made from a mixture of wood pulp and plastic, composite holds its shape as the temperature changes and is less likely to crack.(Cracks let in the cold, so you want to avoid them at all costs.)
If your neighborhood spends most of the year looking like the arctic, then you need to be smart with your home window replacement. Look for windows with the features above, and you should be on the right track.
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