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Category: Windows

Your Winter Home Maintenance Checklist

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On cold winter days, freshen up indoor spaces and refresh your spirits too! February is about getting cozy and taking care of home maintenance tasks while also planning for Spring home improvements. Here are 5 inside and 5 outside items on your Winter Home Preventive Maintenance Checklist. Owning a home is one of the biggest investments […]

5 Ways to Cut Down on Your Winter Energy Bills

A two-story gray colonial-style house with black shutters, a white front door, and light snow covering the ground and roof—showing how winter energy bill concerns rise as cozy homes brace against the chill. Plants sit by the entry; leafless trees frame the background.

Have you heard that winter energy bills are skyrocketing? National Grid increased their rates by over 100% as you’ll see in the photo below. Meanwhile, Farmers’ Almanac is predicting a brutally cold winter with three winter snowstorms. Unfortunately, this translates to energy bills that are nearly unaffordable for many homeowners throughout New England. Luckily, there […]

Top 10 Home Maintenance Blogs to Winterize Your Home

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At Coastal Windows & Exteriors we love to educate homeowners on how to stay warm and SAVE MONEY! Check out our top 10 blogs this season for lots of helpful home advice from information on how to insulate your windows to tips on preventing ice dams… Top ten tips to insulate your home and save […]

Curtain Call For Cold – How to Use Curtains to Insulate Your Windows

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Drafty windows can increase your heating bills up to 40%. You can save some money on your energy bills by installing the right window coverings. Think about this? In the winter you wear layers, right? Well, your windows want the same layers of covering. You just need to understand how the layers work to help […]

Windows 101: Make Sure Your Windows Are Properly Insulated

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Did you know that the amount of heat potentially escaping through your windows is equivalent to having an open window year round? That’s crazy! Inadequate insulation and air leakage are the leading causes of energy waste in homes. If your windows look like this, then maybe it’s time to ask yourself these questions… Signs Your […]

The #1 Way To Stay Warm & Save Money – Weatherstripping

A diagram showing weatherstripping—an adhesive-backed foam sealing strip—being applied to a door jamb, with labels for the door, jamb, and door stop. This helps you stay warm and save money by preventing drafts.

Ding Ding Ding…..Weatherstripping!  How do you replace it you ask?  Follow along to learn how to replace it and start stop those added air leaks. It’s time to check your doors and windows for worn-out weatherstripping. If it’s damaged, cold air is sneaking in. To stop those air leaks, install new weatherstripping right away. Once […]

5 Warning Signs Your Windows Are Costing You Money

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At Coastal we’re all about making sure you’re warm & cozy in your home this winter. This time we’re focusing on windows as they are a key component to the thermal envelope checklist to make sure you save money on your energy bills while also staying warm. As a recap, we talked about Inspecting Your […]

Winterize Your Home: 5 Places Your Home Is Leaking Warm Air and Money.

A small red house with white trim sits surrounded by snow-covered trees and bushes on a winter day. Snow piles up around the house, and the sky is overcast—an ideal reminder to winterize your home. Power lines run above the scene.

National Grid raised their energy costs by over double! If you haven’t heard, be sure to check out our blog about it here.  With this increase, it’s time now more than ever to winterize your home. But what are the most effective ways to winterize your home, especially when energy leaks are robbing you blind? […]

Wednesday Weekly Wow: Design Home – Net-Zero Energy Home

A modern, three-story gray Net-Zero Energy Home with white trim sits on a grassy lawn dotted with trees. Multiple windows brighten the space, and a small porch welcomes you up the steps. A sign is visible on the lawn for Wednesday Weekly Wow.

If you haven’t heard about this AMAZING project you are missing out for sure! Boston Magazine’s Design Home 2014 located in Salisbury, MA is an uber-efficient net zero energy home which means the total amount of energy used by the building on an annual basis is roughly equal to the amount of renewable energy created […]