If you’re still living in a home with single pane windows or else your existing double glazing is extremely old, you’re losing money in more ways than one. Assuming you have single pane windows in every room in the home, around 60% of the heat produced by the house is escaping through these windows. It’s also a good idea to look upon new double glazing windows as an investment. Not only will they make your home more desirable and likely to sell, they may add a few thousand pounds to the asking price. You don’t necessarily need triple glazed windows because they don’t offer much of an improvement over double glazing and they cost far more.
Even if you have no interest in selling your home, installing double glazing windows will reduce the amount of heat that escapes your home by at least 25%. Double glazing is so effective because the two sheets of glass have a layer of air in between them which aids insulation. This gap between the glass can also be filled with Argon or Krypton, both of which are more effective than air. Argon is the better value for money option.
And it’s this energy efficiency that you can use as a major selling point for your home. Families with double glazing in all rooms can expect to save around £200 a year on the energy bill. Then there is the small point of doing your bit to reduce carbon emissions. Choose windows with a low-emissivity coating as this is the best insulator. This coating allows heat to come in from the outside but prevents heat from escaping the room. You should also take care to choose the correct material for the window frame. Although one frame may be more energy efficient than another, you have to choose a material that suits the home. A house that looks stylish with wooden frames should not have aluminium frames that make the home look ghastly. It may seem like a minor point but most prospective buyers will be immediately turned off a home if it looks ugly from the outside.
Also, new double glazing will improve the security of the home, another huge selling point. Which would you rather buy: A house with old windows that look like they could be penetrated by a teenage hoodlum or a place with sturdy windows which look extremely tough to bypass? No homeowner in their right mind will choose a house that can be broken into easily. Several weeks or months could pass by before they get settled and have the opportunity to get in new windows themselves. If you take care of this problem, your chances of selling the home dramatically increase.
There is no doubt that new double glazing windows add a significant amount of value to your home as well as making it look more attractive. Homes with new windows will always sell faster than those with old single pane windows that allow energy to escape. And if you don’t sell the home, at least you benefit from all the advantages that new double glazing offers.
