Any Atlanta Replacement Window Is Better Than The One That I Have--part I

In our initial visits with potential customers a phrase we all too often hear is

, If I buy any new Atlanta replacement window, Ill be better off than I am now, right? This is a thought process than so many replacement window dealers that advertise almost too good to be true prices feed upon. Unfortunately, these new, cheap home replacement windows, can actually be worse than the old windows that they replace. Interestingly, its not just the lower cost suppliers that perpetuate this myth, as we will see.

With a proliferation of vinyl replacement window manufacturers available to choose from (10,000 companies involved in the manufacturing of vinyl replacement windows in North America, and 1,000 vinyl window manufacturers in the United States alone), an Atlanta home improvement dealer has choices to make. The reality is that there are very few window dealers in the Atlanta marketplace that actually manufacture their own vinyl replacement window product. Thus, your replacement window installers choice of product is a great indicator of their true concern for your home.

When it comes to deciding whether you are better off with just any Atlanta replacement window there are several items to look at. Frame insulation, air leakage rates, gas fill rates and available low e coatings are common areas where price, on either end of the spectrum, doesnt necessarily mean that youll be better off with just any new Atlanta replacement window.

Because approximately 95% of the vinyl replacement windows sold in the Atlanta area dont have insulated mainframes, it is easy to assume that an insulated mainframe is overkill and not worth any additional expense. As a matter of fact, that is typically what you will be told by an Atlanta window installer that sells vinyl windows without insulation. They tout hollow core pvc or multi chambered pvc as having more dead air space, a better insulator. Did you know that prior to 1950 our homes exterior walls were insulated with dead air space, in other words, nothing at all. Also, to achieve any real energy efficiency without frame insulation requires many dead air spaces. This leads to the bulky, boxy look of so many Atlanta replacement windows, as well as contributing to a major loss of glass viewing area as compared to typically wood or metal frames.

If installing new energy efficient replacement windows are what you are trying to do, think about a couple of things. Would you buy a new freezer that wasnt insulated, no matter what the cost? Secondly, according to several published stories, wood frame windows offer a higher R value than a multi-chambered, or hollow core, pvc window. If you are replacing wood windows, as most Atlanta replacement windows do, you are better off keeping what you already have.

When it comes to Atlanta replacement windows, frame insulation is not price dependent. While the vast majority of low cost products have bulky, non-insulated mainframes, so of the most well-known window names also choose the dead air space route. These windows can cost you as much as $1200 to $1500 an opening. Are you really better off without insulation?

by: Tim Rush

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