Replace old windows with energy efficient ones.
While the intial cost of this may be high, replacing old windows will save you lots of money. As I”m looking at houses, that is actually something I am looking at just for further reference on house updates that it may need within the next couple of years. Most leaks as mentioned before in earlier posts, come from your windows even more probably if they are older.
According to Home Improvement News, older windows and windows in general eventually get cracks and small crevices around the installation. These small crevices may seem minuscule, but in reality are a lot bigger when combined with all your home’s windows. A 1/16th inch crack around one window around a 3 by 5 foot window actually adds up to as much as 12 inches of space that air can escape. Multiply that times the amount of windows you have and that’s a lot of area for air to escape in both the summer and the winter.
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