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Written by Charles Faust   
Tuesday, 04 March 2008

If you want to stay warm in the winter, and cool in the summer, triple pane windows are one of the best choices ever! The reason your existing single pane windows cannot offer you better home insulation is because with age, they develop leaks and hence, lose their ability to prevent the air inside your home from escaping. If you can plug these leaks, and stop all heat from transferring out of your home, you’ll be in for a warm and comfortable winter. And triple pane windows are perfect for doing this!

Keep The Cold Out With Triple Pane Windows

If you want to stay warm in the winter, and cool in the summer, triple pane windows are one of the best choices ever! The reason your existing single pane windows cannot offer you better home insulation is because with age, they develop leaks and hence, lose their ability to prevent the air inside your home from escaping. If you can plug these leaks, and stop all heat from transferring out of your home, you’ll be in for a warm and comfortable winter. And triple pane windows are perfect for doing this!

Triple pane windows or triple glazed windows are heavier and more expensive than single or double pane windows. Nevertheless, triple pane windows are a better and more lasting investment than any other type of replacement windows. An excellent investment, these windows offer great benefits, but perhaps, the best benefits are low heating bills and as much as 40% savings on energy costs.

Window Openings

Many homeowners don’t realize that the single biggest cause of high heating and cooling bills is air leaking through windows. Old, leaky, rusted windows hamper overall thermal insulation of your home. If you want to plug all gaps and completely prevent air leakage, then fixed windows are the best. These windows not close nor open, and since there aren’t any gaps or openings, the air stays inside during winter, keeping you warm and your home protected from rough weather. The lack of proper ventilation is the single biggest drawback of fixed windows.

However, with technological advancements, you don’t have to stay with fixed windows to keep the cold out. Replace your existing windows with triple pane windows that have three layers of glass and keep the heat or the cold out, allow maximum sunlight inside your home, while also protecting you and your family from the harmful UV rays of the sun that can cause skin cancer due to over exposure.

Lowest U-Factors

Triple pane windows offer you six surfaces of windowpane! This means more Low-E coating (as there are more surfaces) and allow for maximum thermal energy to be retained indoors, where it is produced and should stay. Moreover, triple pane windows also prevent your house from being heated up from outside. Additionally, triple glass window offers more powerful insulation as compared to double glass windows, as there are two internal filler spaces instead of just one. These filler spaces are suffused with gases including krypton and argon and work to make sure heat doesn’t get transferred. They also offer excellent noise insulation and cut down the outside noise, leaving your home more peaceful.

Remember, any window is only as effective as its frame permits it to be. When purchasing a triple pane window, check to ensure that the one you are buying is made by a quality company. Also check the glass for the amount of U values it offers. The windows should be compatible with all NFRC (National Fenestration Rating Council) label standards.





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