Now, perhaps more than ever, home owners are scrutinizing their home heating and cooling bills and looking for ways to reduce the costs that they pay for utilities. Your home can lose heat through cracks in the walls and foundation and up through the chimney. Another place to check for heat and cool air escaping is around your doors and windows. This is especially the case in older homes. Over time, a house can settle, and the door frames and window casings may not fit as they originally were intended to. If you get down on the floor, you may be able to see daylight under the bottom of your exterior doors.
Older exterior doors are not made with the same insulation that you’ll find on many newer doors that are now available through Mesler Roofing, Siding and Windows. If your older exterior door has a glass pane in it, that glass may be old, cracked, and uninsulated. Also, an older door is more than just a utility issue. It may also be a security issue.
In the winter, you may be able to run your hand around the window casings and literally feel a draft coming in. In addition, older Windows in Kansas City KS were not made with the same energy efficiency of today’s modern windows by makers like Pella, Simonton, and Jeld Wen windows and doors. Newer windows are made with thermal efficiency, some with double pane glass. Having newer windows installed will seal any tiny openings between the window casing and the wall, reducing the loss of heat and air and letting outside air in. The glass itself will further reduce your heat and cooling loss.
Another thing to think about besides your utility bills is the effort it takes to clean your windows. If your windows are hard to open, or if they make it awkward to clean the exterior, that can be a safety issue, especially in the case of second-floor windows. You can check into newer styles that allow easy access to clean the outside of the window while standing comfortably inside the room. Newer windows also make it much easier to remove your window screens for cleaning.
