How To Know When You Need To Replace Your Window

Do you have a window in your home that is in desperate need of repair? If so, you should be able to make repairs to your window for just a fraction of what it would cost to replace your window.

But it isn’t always going to make sense to do a home window repair when there is something wrong with a window in your house. You might also want to consider doing a window replacement in certain instances when a window repair just won’t cut it.

Today, we’re going to talk to you about some of the signs that will show that you need to replace your window versus repairing it. Check out several of these signs below and make sure that you make every effort to replace a window rather than repairing it when you spot any of them.

Your Window Is Very Old

Has the broken window in your home been around for a long time? If it has, that alone might be reason enough for you to replace your window with a new one.

Most windows will last for between 15 and 30 years before needing to be replaced. So if you have a window in your home that is older than that, it’s going to be an indication that you should aim to replace it sooner rather than later.

You might also want to give some thought to replacing all the other windows throughout your home, assuming they’re all right around the same age. If you have one window that’s starting to give out on you, there’s a pretty good chance that others are going to be right behind it. It would be a great idea to get out ahead of this problem by replacing all your old windows at once.

Your Window Is Difficult to Open and Close

When you go to open or close a window in your home, it should be relatively easy for you to do it. You shouldn’t have to spend 30 seconds wrestling with your window just to get it to open wide or close tight.

If you find that you have to fight with your window all the time to open and close it, it might be time for you to replace your window. You will be able to put a new window in place that will slide open and close without any issues.

Outside of the fact that a window that is hard to open and close will be inconvenient to use, it could also turn into a safety issue over time. You and your fellow family members might end up hurting yourselves while you’re attempting to get windows to open and close.

Your Window Is Starting to Crack, Chip, Decay, Rot, Etc.

As a window in your home begins to break down on you, you’ll need to worry about more than just how it operates. You’ll also have to be concerned about the way that it looks since many old windows will begin to look worse for wear as time goes on.

Every now and then, you should sneak a peek at all the windows throughout your home to see what kind of condition they’re in. Ideally, you want all your home’s windows to look like they’re in excellent shape.

If you see that a window is cracking, chipping, decaying, rotting, etc., it should be a cause for concern. You might be able to breathe a little bit of life back into your home’s windows by taking on a window repair. But you might also want to skip the repairs and replace your window to make it look nice again.

Your Window Has a Broken Seal

There is a seal that exists inside the panes of glass within each of the windows in your home. This seal is designed to help insulate your home and keep it comfortable at all times.

The seal should stick around for the life of your window, but it might fail on you at some point. When this happens, it’s often going to result in condensation building up inside your window and making it impossible to see out of them.

This condensation might come and go at first. But eventually, you’re going to find that condensation will almost always be inside your window because of your broken seal. You’ll have no choice but to replace your window if you want to be able to get rid of this condensation once and for all.

Your Window Is Causing High Energy Bills

Rising energy bills are a huge problem for those all throughout the country right now. Homeowners are very concerned about how high their energy bills might get this winter due to inflation and a whole host of other issues.

If this is a topic that keeps you up at night, it’s going to be important for you to make sure that your windows are all working like they should. If they don’t have fully functioning seals in them or if they’re starting to wear down, they might not set you up with the insulation that you need.

When this occurs, you’ll find that your energy bills will soar higher than they should. It’s unlikely that a single window is going to make a huge difference in how much you’ll pay to heat and cool your home. But it could make at least a little bit of a difference depending on where it’s located.

Your Window Is Making Your Home Uncomfortable

Even if a broken window in your home doesn’t take too much of a toll on your energy bills, it’s going to leave your home uncomfortable from time to time. Windows that don’t have working seals in them will allow drafts to enter homes and make them more uncomfortable than they should be.

When you’re sitting next to any window in your home, you should see if you can feel any air passing through it. If you can, that’s usually a surefire sign that you will need to either repair or possibly even replace your window to stop this from happening.

At first, you might not notice drafts coming through a window too much. But when it gets to be either very hot or very cold out, you’ll be able to feel air coming through the window and making your house uncomfortable.

When things escalate to this point, you won’t want to ignore this problem any longer. You’ll need to consider trying to replace your windows so that you’re able to make your house comfortable again without having to spend a small fortune on electricity and putting a huge strain on your HVAC system.

Your Window Doesn’t Look Right in Your Home Anymore

Did you recently do some remodeling in your home? You may have already decided to do window replacement during your remodel.

But if you didn’t, you might be regretting it now. The old window that you’re using in your remodeled space might not look as good as it should. Worse, it might clash with some of the different things that you’ve added to your remodeled space.

Whenever possible, you should always at least think about replacing windows that are in place in portions of your home that you’re going to remodel. It would be well worth doing it since it’ll stop old windows from affecting the outcome of a remodel.

You should also keep an eye on the windows in your home over time to see if they ever stop working with the interior design of your home. The last thing that you want is to allow old windows in your home to drag down its appearance.

You’ll be fighting a losing battle when you let windows like this linger in your home for too long and allow them to have a bigger impact on the look of the inside of your home than you would like.

Replace Your Window If You See Any of These Signs

There will be certain cases in which it’ll be painfully obvious that you need to install new windows in your home. If you have windows that are literally falling apart, that will be reason enough to replace them.

But if you have a window that’s on its last legs but not quite falling apart yet, you might not know whether to repair or replace your window. You should look for all the signs listed here that will let you know when it’s time to say goodbye to a window and welcome a new one in its place.

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