Control Your Home’s Temperature

Keep reading to learn more about how replacement windows and other methods can help control your home’s temperature. After all, the comfort of your home is closely tied to its temperature.
October 12, 2020

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Sure, your home’s furnishings, décor, color scheme, and even scent is important, but maintaining the preferred temperature is key. Have you ever been in a home that’s too cold? No fun. What about a house that’s too hot? No thank you! Use these tips, from installing replacement windows on your Redmond, WA home to adding shutters, to help with maintaining your preferred temperature without running up your utility bills:

  • Window Treatments - The sun is the earth’s natural heating source. The heat from the sun can be felt even through most windows and can therefore add unwanted heat to your home. You can control the heat from the sun by adding the right kind of window treatment to your windows. Blinds and drapes are effective at controlling the sunlight, but they can be all or nothing, meaning they’re all the way open or all the way closed. Shutters, however, are much more flexible. You can adjust shutters louvers to let in as little or as much natural light as you want. Shutters are ideal for controlling the sun’s warmth, but keep in mind that the heat from the sun affects rooms with south-facing windows the most, while rooms with north-facing windows receive the least amount of light and therefore heat.
  • Replacement Windows - You also need the right kind of replacement windows. Many windows are not able to prevent both hot and cold air from passing through them. Adding additional insulation to your windows will greatly reduce this heat and cold transfer, making it easier to control the temperature in your home without spending a ton of money on heating and cooling costs. There are lots of new replacement windows that are very modern and advanced and can offer additional insulation against the outside temperature built right into the frame and even the glass. Look for modern insulated replacement windows to help control the temperature inside your home.

  • Weatherstripping - Sometimes even the most advanced windows and shutters can be brought down by drafts. You should add weatherstripping to your windows to help block these drafts, whether they are hot or cold. You can add standard weatherstripping from the hardware store or get windows that come with weatherstripping pre-installed. You can also help control the heat from the sun by adding a special window film to your window glass. UV blocking window film can be paired with any kind of window treatment and helps keep your home warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer because it is designed to reflect temperature. Though window film can’t negate temperature, it can reduce the amount of the outside temperature you feel inside your home.
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These are just a few of the ways you can keep your home cool in the summer and warm in the winter. After all, everyone wants their home to be as comfortable and welcoming as possible. This comfort and charm have a lot to do with the temperature. No matter what you’re looking for in Redmond, WA replacement windows, Puget Sound Window & Door is here for you.

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