BASEMENT WINDOW GUY
The Leader in Security and Energy Efficiency
Specialists in the installation and replacement
of superior basement windows
For over 25 years Basement Window Guy and his team has served Minneapolis, St. Paul, and the surrounding suburbs. Our windows offer security and energy efficiency features available nowhere else.
Why Replace Your Basement Windows?
If your home was built before World War II, chances are your basement was never intended to be a living space. It was a cellar, containing a large and inefficient furnace and perhaps some laundry facilities. The heat radiating from the furnace might have warmed the cellar a little but otherwise the space would have been unheated. The original cellar windows would have been simple glass panes, with no particular concern for security or energy saving. There was, after all, little energy down there to save. Over the years, it’s likely that your home’s furnace has been upgraded and that the modern heating system includes ductwork to warm the basement. You may have finished a portion or all of the basement to increase your living space and perhaps even added an auxiliary heater to enhance its comfort. Unless, however, you have also replaced those insecure, primitive original windows, your basement upgrade is incomplete. Even postwar housing with basements substantially more inviting than a cellar have, by modern standards, ineffective windows.Security and energy efficiency simply weren’t on the radar when those homes were built. While security is a matter of personal peace of mind, energy efficiency is becoming a public concern as energy costs increase and greenhouse gasses pose an ever-greater threat. In the future, expect municipalities to mandate an energy audit as part of the seller’s statement whenever a home changes ownership.
If your home was built before World War II, chances are your basement was never intended to be a living space. It was a cellar, containing a large and inefficient furnace and perhaps some laundry facilities. The heat radiating from the furnace might have warmed the cellar a little but otherwise the space would have been unheated. The original cellar windows would have been simple glass panes, with no particular concern for security or energy saving. There was, after all, little energy down there to save. Over the years, it’s likely that your home’s furnace has been upgraded and that the modern heating system includes ductwork to warm the basement. You may have finished a portion or all of the basement to increase your living space and perhaps even added an auxiliary heater to enhance its comfort. Unless, however, you have also replaced those insecure, primitive original windows, your basement upgrade is incomplete. Even postwar housing with basements substantially more inviting than a cellar have, by modern standards, ineffective windows.Security and energy efficiency simply weren’t on the radar when those homes were built. While security is a matter of personal peace of mind, energy efficiency is becoming a public concern as energy costs increase and greenhouse gasses pose an ever-greater threat. In the future, expect municipalities to mandate an energy audit as part of the seller’s statement whenever a home changes ownership.
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