If you’ve done your home renovation research, you’re probably all up with double glazed windows, but what are the most significant benefits? Double glazed windows and doors can provide improved energy efficiency for your home, as well as significant thermal comfort and noise reduction.
Here are ten things to love about double glazed windows and doors in your home:
1 – Improved Insulation
The primary reason for considering double-glazed windows in the home is to maintain a comfortable temperature indoors. In scorching weather, the extra layer of glass shields your home from direct heat and keeping your house cooler. Conversely, in the cooler weather, it keeps warmth in and protects you from the icy temperatures. Cooler summers and Warmer Winters – What’s not to love?
2 – Reduced Noise
If you’ve ever lived in a home with old single glazed windows, you may have noticed how every little sound penetrates through the windows. Near a railway line, main road, flight path (or next to noisy neighbours!), noise can really disturb your sleep and relaxation time. Double glazing significantly reduces the problem of noise pollution invading your space. Having double-glazed windows and doors you can enjoy a quieter, more peaceful home – also enjoy your own music and have conversations without disturbing your neighbours!
3 – Lower Energy Bills
Again, double glazed windows and doors are great insulators which can help your heating and cooling appliances work smarter! Since the double-glazed glass maintains the indoor temperature more consistently, your air conditioner and heater won’t work as hard with the thermostats regulating the temperature and switching on less frequently. This, in turn, will pay off by way of a reduction in your energy bills.
5 – Better Property Value
Since double glazed windows provide so many benefits, real estate professionals assure us that double glazing is a big selling point for prospective buyers. If you ever find yourself looking to sell your house, know that you’ll make more when you have a house with double glazed windows and doors.
6 – Mitigated Interior Damage
Upholstery, carpet and floorboards are prone to expensive UV damage from sunlight. Sun bleaching ruins furniture causing patchy discoloration, fading and a literal death sentence for fabric or leather! Double glazing shields your interior décor by reducing UV penetration, thus ensuring your furniture will not be ruined by temperature changes and radiation and avoiding expensive replacements.
7 – Eco-Friendliness
Over the last century, the world has experienced a tremendous amount of growth and development powered by fossil fuels. With double glazed windows, if you’re saving electricity and gas, you’re reducing your carbon footprint and making your home just a bit eco-friendlier.
8 – Decreased Condensation
Have you ever looked out your window, only to have your view obstructed by water droplets? Condensation may seem like more of an annoyance than anything, but if the moisture gives rise to mould growth it can result in health issues. Condensation is a natural phenomenon that occurs when the temperature on one surface is cooler than the other. Double glazing prevents this by creating a buffer – the interior pane maintains the house temperature while the exterior pane takes on the outside temperature – the argon gas inner layer reducing the differential between the two surfaces.
9 – Easy Maintenance
You may assume that double glazed windows come with double the work – not so! Regular cleaning, just as with single glazing, will stop the build-up of dust and debris. Modern double glazing comes with easy-clean technology making windows and doors even easier to clean without chemicals or detergents – just good old-fashioned H2O and elbow grease!
10 – Upgrade in Aesthetics
Double glazing looks clean and sturdy, improving your home’s curb appeal. With the choices of clear, tinted or privacy glass as well as framing materials and colours, you’ll feel happy to be home and be the envy of your neighbours!
With a list of benefits like this, you can’t ignore double glazed windows and doors! Call us today for a free measure and quote!
