Tuesday, 22 January 2008

• New Energy Efficient Windows - Stop Watching cash Blow Out Your Windows

  If you've lived in your home for awhile, you might not have looked around for quite some time. In general, when you live someplace for long time, you get used where you are. This is especially true of husbands, if not their wives. Therefore, you might be thinking, "If this works, why replace it?" And of course, even if your home needs improvements, you don't want to put in the time to do that once you've done a long day's work. Usually, you just want to relax a little bit, maybe watch some television. I'm not saying that you're always like this, but it's understandable if you are.
  
  Recently, my husband and I were having a discussion about how we needed to replace our windows, or at least I was. At first, my husband's comment was, "We really don't need new windows. These still work fine." Now actually, I know that they don't. They are ancient, the wood is cracking, and the paint is also chipping and peeling. Hubby didn't notice, but I did. He also apparently didn't notice the drafts that came through in the dead of winter.
  
  I took a look at the pros and cons and set about trying to sell my dear husband on the idea of installing new windows. For example, double glazed windows are great noise insulators. No longer would we have to listen to our neighbor's dear son practice to be the next professional (and deaf) drummer. And no longer would we have to worry about leaky windows during rainstorms, either. When the heat's on inside, no worries about heating the great outdoors, too.
  
  "This will keep our energy bills down," I argued. "Yes," my husband replied, "but the kids will still hold the door open during our latest blizzard and invite every snowflake and chilly breeze out there inside."
  
  "Well, they're safer than the windows we've got now," I countered. "You can break these windows just by sneezing hard on them." Jack the Ripper could come back from the dead, break in, and we can become his latest victims. But oh, no, unflappable husband replied, "We've lived here for a long, long time and we've always been safe."
  
  Now, I was more determined than ever. Time to pull out my most convincing argument. "Replacing the old windows with newer energy-efficient ones will make our home worth a lot more money, up to $25,000." That did it. My husband snapped to attention. $25,000? "Yeah, and it'll make a great selling point if we should ever decide to sell, too." Now his next question was, "How much is going to cost?"
  
  I pulled out the energy-efficient replacement window quote I got an online and showed him how affordable they were. He was convinced. "Okay, let's check this out."
  
  If you replace your old windows with new energy-efficient windows, you can not only save yourself money, but increase your home's value as well. Think about yourself. If you're looking for a home, you want one with old, cracked windows, or new ones? I bet I know what your answer is.
  
  Now that the windows are replaced, I'm going to start working on him about the furniture.

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