How Can Double Glazing Improve My Home?

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Homeowners and landlords are consistently looking for ways to enhance residential environments, and adding double glazing to your property could be one of the easiest ways to improve your home.

With a range of benefits associated with UPVC windows and doors and a variety of grants available, installing new windows and doors could also be one of the most cost-effective ways to enhance your living environment and add value to your home.

Better insulation

Without proper insulation, it won’t take long for your home to become draughty and damp, particularly in the UK!

Insulation helps properties to retain heat in the colder months and ensures that energy isn’t wasted.

By preventing heat from escaping from the property, for example, effective insulation enables you to turn your heating down or off completely, without the temperature in the property dropping.


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UPVC doors and windows are one of the best ways to improve insulation in any property.

With two panes of glass, as opposed to one, and perfectly fitted surrounds and frames, there’s nowhere for drafts to occur.

Unlike traditional wooden window and doorframes, UPVC won’t expand when wet or shrink in the heat.

As a result, you won’t have any gaps around either the glazing or the frames, which means your property will be far better insulated.

Reduced energy costs

As UPVC windows and doors provide effective insulation, you’ll notice that your energy costs will drop if you have your home double glazed.

Many homeowners have saved a surprising amount, simply be adding replacing old windows with newer, UPVC versions.

With better insulation, you won’t need to have your heating set so high or on for as long, which means you’ll be using less fuel.

Similarly, in the warmer summer months, you won’t need to use air conditioning or electric fans for such long periods, again leading to a reduction in your energy consumption.


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With energy firms seemingly increasing their prices regularly, being able to reduce your fuel consumption can lead to significant financial savings.

With UPVC windows and doors, you can enhance your property and reduce your energy costs in the process.

Increased Security

Standard double glazing is much harder to break than a single glazed window, so you can rely on UPVC doors and windows to give you extra security.

Should anyone try to gain unauthorised access to your property, they’ll find it much harder to do so if you have double glazing installed.

Furthermore, as UPVC windows and doors feature in-built locks and deadbolts, as opposed to locks being fitted afterwards, they can provide more security than older-style wooden window frames and doors.

As well as benefiting from increased security, double glazing should also reduce the risk of broken windows and shattered glass.

Years ago, it wasn’t uncommon for stray footballs and mis-hit tennis balls to shatter window panes and crack the glass, but this rarely happens with double glazing.

Having two panes of glass, with gas in between them, increase the strength of your windows significantly.

As a result, accidental knocks are far less likely to result in broken windows.

With shattered glass posing a considerable safety risk in the home, opting for double glazing can help to minimise the risk of accidents and injuries in your home, as well as to enhance your security.

Lower Insurance costs

Residential properties with double glazing are often cheaper to insure than their single glazed counterparts.

Due to increased security and functionality, UPVC windows and doors are popular with insurers.

By protecting your property more effectively than single glazed doors and windows, double glazing makes it less attractive to would-be trespassers.

Due to this, insurers can weigh up the risks and offer cheaper policies to homeowners with double glazed properties.

Furthermore, double glazing is less likely to need replacing once it’s been installed, and this is a bonus for home insurers too.

Whether it’s due to accidental breakages, wear and tear or merely defective materials, single glazed windows and doors tend to require more regular replacement than UPVC double glazed windows and doors.

Homeowners with double glazing are, therefore, less likely to make claims about their windows and doors, and can obtain cheaper home insurance policies as a result.

Reduced noise disturbance

Wherever you live, you should be able to enjoy a peaceful, calm and tranquil atmosphere within your own four walls. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case.

If a busy road situates your property, for example, the constant traffic noise may interrupt your peace, and even prevent you from getting a good night’s sleep.

Similarly, if you’re located next to a school or nursery, the regular noise at breaktimes and lunchtimes may begin to take its toll.


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Double glazed windows are far more effective at blocking out sound than single glazing so that you won’t be disturbed by unwanted acoustic distractions.

By having UPVC windows and doors installed, you can successfully reduce the impact of external noise and enjoy the peaceful environment within your property.

Adds value to your property

While UPVC windows and doors can significantly improve your quality of life and living conditions, they can have a positive impact on your finances too.

Having double glazing installed tends to increase property prices quite significantly, so you could benefit financially by having UPVC windows and doors installed.

To find out how much your property value could be improved by having double glazing installed, ask a local estate agent for their expert opinion.

Although you may not be considering selling your home soon, having new windows and doors fitted now ensures you’ll benefit from the increased security and insulation, as well as reduced noise and fuel costs, in the meantime.

With the opportunity to invest in your property, obtain free home improvement grants, improve your living space, enhance the external décor of your property and add to its value, double glazing provides endless opportunities for homeowners and landlords to improve their properties.

 

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Mr & Mrs Young

June 12, 2019

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