Your real estate agent will help market your home with professional photography and staging, but it’ll be your job to create the best curb appeal by maintaining, repairing, updating and replacing those elements that detract from the overall image. Next is a list of steps to follow, categorized from easy to difficult and from inexpensive to major expenditure.
There are plenty of smaller, cheaper fixes that along with your conscious habits can significantly cut your energy bill. With this in mind, we thought we would go through some of these smaller upgrades so you can decide which ones will work best in your home and start implementing them in areas where you are spending more than you should.
How do you make your whole house more energy efficient? Despite what some window companies might tell you, it’s not just about getting new windows. That is to say, new windows are a part of the energy efficiency solution, but by far not the most important or energy-saving renovation. It’s more important to recognize two things when considering home efficiency: multiple things in your home come together to make it more efficient, and often how well these features interact with each other and work together translates into just how much energy your home is capable of maintaining inside.
Where do you start your window replacement process? With so many resources available online, through the word of mouth, and possibly even in your mailbox in form of fliers, it may be outright daunting trying to cut through the weeds and get the right information you need. Part of the problem here are the window companies themselves. They often omit information or outright lie to make their products and methods seem more appealing to close the deal.
Home design shouldn’t be intimidating, or something that you have to leave only to the professionals. Of course, it is helpful, but if you are just doing home renovation projects and not building your home from scratch, good design often goes hand in hand with function and practicality.
You can prepare yourself by doing some initial research into what a window installation entails, how different windows work and benefit your home, and what’s the best way to protect your window investment. To ensure your window replacement is successful, it is important that quality windows are used, that they are installed properly, and that your windows have a good warranty that will protect them for their lifetime. All these things contribute to the final price of your window replacement, and can make the difference of thousands of dollars. Let’s break it down further, and see why some windows cost more than others
Choosing the right option for your bathroom window shouldn’t be difficult if you know what’s best for the energy efficiency of your home. Although bathrooms aren’t always a room where serious energy efficiency is required from your windows, there are still several reasons why you should consider getting a well-performing unit. Besides good energy efficiency, it is also important that your new bathroom windows can ventilate the bathroom and offer some privacy while allowing natural light in.
In many ways the living room is like the centrepiece of your home. It is the face of your house on the outside, and a hub of family activity inside. That’s why windows for living room have to look good, be efficient to keep your home comfortable, let in lots of light, and be operable to allow for ventilation. Factoring that these are probably the biggest window openings in your home and they don’t necessarily fit standard sized windows, you may have a conundrum when it comes to deciding which window style to get. We wanted to discuss some common options for living room windows in Canada and hopefully make the selection process easier for you.
Not all window styles are the same. They have different functionalities, purposes, and energy ratings. Windows also vary in cost by style. Knowing which one is better suited for each room can help you maximize comfort and efficiency in the whole home. It can also help you budget the window replacement in the entire house, putting an accent on rooms that require the most efficiency and not overspending on windows in rooms that don’t. We wanted to apply that logic and discuss how it relates to shopping for replacement windows in Edmonton.
A lot of Canadian homeowners have reservations about undertaking home renovation projects in the winter months. And that’s understandable. It’s cold and dark most of the time. With holidays right in the middle of winter, most people would rather think about anything else than a window replacement. But replacing your windows in the winter can …