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Article: Argon Gas and Home
Replacement Windows
Did
you know that NOT all new replacement windows come with argon gas?
If
you ask if the windows at a super store come with gas between the glass,
you'll hear only what the salesperson wants to tell you-- and that will
depend on whether the type window they're selling you has it or not!
Some
sales people do not properly know about the properties and qualities of
argon gas in windows and incorrectly tell the homeowner it's "not needed"
or "not included".
Depending on who you're talking to-- inexperienced or lazy shop sales
reps, or customer service from a windows company manufacturer that doesn't
offer it-- you'll get all kinds of answers-- usually, again, that it's not
needed for energy efficiency or that it "can't be put in windows going to
the mountains...".
And
YES, you WANT the argon gas, believe me.
The
best windows include a non-toxic, "heavy" gas called argon or
krypton gas put between
the panes of a double or triple pane window. This is included for windows
even shipped and installed in houses in altitudes. It is the last step to
making a window truly energy efficient.
It is
false that argon gas is problematic for houses in the mountains. It does
not expand or contract like air does. The best windows are correctly
manufactured and shipped to any location to allow for the AIR remaining
(not the argon gas) to be properly vented or not without compromising the
build of the window.
This
is done using a very tiny little plastic tube, called a breathing tube or
a capillary tube,
that is put in at the manufacturing plant and sticks out between the
panes. This is then taken away upon installation. Such a minute, small
amount of argon gas escapes with the air that the energy efficiency is
left intact.
Argon
gas adds maybe $30 or $40 US dollars (as of 2006) to the cost of a window.
This is very insignificant to your final window prices in the big picture.
What it does add is tons and dollars worth of insulation- big savings to
your heating and air conditioning costs, and your overall home comfort.
All
the better windows have it-- and the BEST windows offer it even for
windows going to the mountains--because they know how to package it, ship
it, seal it in so it doesn't leak back out.
If
you have a home in the mountains, be sure to ask about the breathing
tubes, and also question your installer to be sure they know what they're
doing since they are the ones who will be sealing the tube opening back up
upon install.
Michael Dennis
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About the author
IPS Group,
Inc. Board Member and Director of their Home Improvement Division,
Michael Dennis is an avid real estate fix and flip investor, a former
long-time replacement window salesman, and the
author of several books and websites on home replacement windows including
How to Save Thousands on Replacement Windows: The Homeowner's Insider
Secrets Manual, and the tell-all report on the big-brand home
improvement centers, The 7 Myths The Big-Brand Home Improvement Centers
Want You to Believe About Replacement Windows. Visit
their website at
www.vinylwindowmanufacturer.com to get your copy TODAY.
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