We paid about 5 years ago about $800 per double hung window. but the big slider window was at that time about $2500 which is triple pane with gas filled so I am told. Lee
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 05:26:02PM -1000, Betsy Whitney wrote: > I really know very little about this, but my parents who live in > Reno, Nevada, a place I try not to visit because of the cold, just > ordered new windows and they are putting in triple pane windows. > They only have 4 windows and a sliding door. The window guy said they > should save approximately $25 per month on their heating bill. I was > horified to hear that the one sliding door and the 4 windows were > going to cost just over 7K. Another reason I'm glad I live in Hawaii > with no heater and no air conditioner. > Betsy > At 03:51 PM 7/28/2008, you wrote: > > >Thanks Bob, I'll do that tomorrow. > > > >What I found out so far is that it really depends, and you better be real > >careful who you deal with. I talked to three firms that supposedly did > >energy audits and two of them were ready to sell me more insulation without > >even looking at the property and the third guy told me I probably ought to > >buy a new furnace. > > > >So, I got a hold of the general contractor who did our massive remodeling > >when we first bought the place and who is honest and does excellent work. > >He told me that in a home less than thirty years old it probably didn't make > >a lot of sense to put thermal windows in, but in one as old as ours, where > >the windows are not at all tight, they probably made sense. He had two > >prices, one he thinks is $550 a pop, and one at about $440. According to > >this fellow the $440 one is the way to go since the higher dollar window > >isn't really all that different, just better known. > > > >On a sort of related note, can any of you give me good suggestions or > >techniques I can use to convince my wife we really have to have a 5KW > >generator in case we have an ice storm this Winter? So far I've come up > >with, "The cat will die if we can't stay here, because he can't go to a > >hotel, even if we could find a room somewhere after an event like that". > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: > ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On Behalf Of chiliblindman > >Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 20:02 > >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Thermol windows > > > >Bill, if you search for window R value or R insulation factor you should > >come up with something workable. > >...................bob > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > -- Nuclear powered vacuuum cleaners will probably be a reality within 10 years. -- Alex Lewyt (President of the Lewyt Corporation, manufacturers of vacuum cleaners), quoted in The New York Times, June 10, 1955. Come and chat with me at #quietzone on irc.newnet.net
