Doors & Windows

Is Your House the Money Pit? -- Start your home assessment with the easiest and most obvious energy-busters: windows and doors. An old, single pane window is like having a four-foot square hole in the side of your house in terms of potential energy loss. It leaks air and offers little defense against the energy-robbing ravages of Mother Nature. Replacing old, drafty, ineffective windows and doors is a fundamental first step for saving money down the road.

Double Glazing Your Home is Your Single Best Option for Your Money -- Double glazing your home can be one of the biggest favors you do for your family and your utility bills. While the initial investment for double glazing is quite sizable, it won't take long for you to easily recover those losses by way of lower heating and cooling bills.

Securing Your Home: Are Your Doors and Windows Really Safe? -- Poorly designed doors and windows can seriously compromise your home security. Here is what you can do about it.

Light from Above Important for Health -- According to organizations including the Center of Design For An Aging Society and the National Foundation for the Blind, older people need more light (about 3 to 5 times more than younger people) for both vision and maintaining their health. Other issues related to the aging eye, the foundation says, include difficulty with light/dark adaptation, reduced sensitivity to color perception and contrast and reduced depth perception.

A Welcoming Entrance to the Holidays -- The entrance to your home sets the stage for family, guests, and neighbors to join in the festivities you have planned for the Holiday Season. To newcomers - it is the very first impression. To others - it is a reminder of the care and attention to detail that you have lavished on the Holidays. Your entrance announces to the outside world your celebration of the Season.

A Place for Family, a Place for Self -- Some of the new ways homes transition from room to room includes floor elevation changes, ceiling height differences or simply the way furniture may be arranged. But the oldest, and still most common way to move from one room to another is through a door. Fortunately, homeowners are no longer stuck with choosing the same, simple door throughout their home. There are hundreds of door choices today and it is common for a homeowner to use different types of doors throughout a single home.