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Installing Energy Efficient Windows
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" Christopher Burk is here from. Simonton. Windows hi. And we want to learn about these windows because they're not -- they're not aluminum their extruded vinyl that's correct against these houses were using Simonton pro finish. Vinyl new construction witness OK that means have a nailing -- artists have to apply and the feel very thing is that right in the U. Well we'll see a few minutes how they're installed but let's talk about some of the features of the first or what -- glass is these windows we used low. You miss it -- right these trees and -- low emissivity is essentially one of the features of the house that'll give us an energy star rating. And what it does is it has mineral particles that are applied to the inside of the outer pane as I understand it so that you can. Bounce heat back in during the heating season and bounce heat out during the cooling season that's right otherwise known as magic exactly. That keeps the hot out and cool in or vice -- on the weather outside right and you've got some nice sections here that we can look at right I've got a couple corner cuts here. This one is of the wind. The we're talking about here the new construction windows of this one and edition of the collapsed odd shift Japan's glass with an air space in between right in this case you put argon. Because it's denser than air so it doesn't conduct heat as well if you. Warmer cooler depending on the outside right and you can see that the frame is made up of tiny air pockets. Still chambers of air similar to like it down blanket each chamber of it is little bit warmer little warmer -- inside the house the size and -- can be cold outside. And you don't have to worry about continent conductivity like -- there's contact between a metal window and masonry you can obviously have the cooling off happened right. So are they easy to it maintains they're very easy to maintain the clean is simply in the frame cystic damp cloth -- Wipe it clean -- simple. Clean the window itself didn't run the first quarter review of the -- referring to the same thing. This open it until and if that's the trick and you can just easily clean it like this. And you can do the same -- the starting with a top and lowered a little bit flip it and so that. Homeowner can take care of clean -- haven't begun that. Now as I understand you can also get this this window with a high impact glass product that's right. We call our storm -- plus window again it's made out of vinyl low conductivity and the difference is the glass package from another corner cut here. You can see that this has a much more substantial piece of glass in the front. It's actually two pieces of glass with a plastic inner layer in between -- and here you've got a wonderful example of it that's right you can see how it's made here's a classic inner layer when a sandwich between the glass and heated up why obviously it becomes clear she could still see through it just like a windshield and car right -- anyway that hits it it'll crack the glass the glass will not come to pieces you can't go through the glass -- hurricane. Place you've got two by four's other debris flying around the glass will break. No hot water will come to your last -- inside is protected exact."
