Before Picture - Foggy Window
If you are at home, looking out at the world through a fogged or leaky window, you could be gazing through a $1,500 tax credit for 2009.
The new stimulus package signed by the president, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, offers tax credits for making your home more energy efficient. That generally means buying more high efficiency heating and cooling systems and appliances, or installing new energy efficient windows and doors, any of which is usually a high cost and long running project. But this credit also applies to replacing the glass panes in your existing fogged or leaky windows.
The new package makes it more financially beneficial than ever for homeowners to fix residential windows. The percent of total cost credited has gone up from 10% offered in 2007 to 30% for 2009, with the $200 dollar cap for windows removed. This means window glass replacement is now included in the $1,500 total cap per homeowner for improvements.
After Replacement - Clear Glass
Replacing the just the glass in your vinyl windows is much easier on the budget, and the homeowner, than replacing the windows themselves. And can sometimes offer the same amount of savings on monthly energy bills. Rather than ripping the siding off the exterior and creating a hole in your home, you could have the glass panels replaced, in a relatively painless procedure. Once windows are measured, glass is ordered and received in about 3-5 days, then installed by a trained glass technician in just a few hours. You can go from estimate to efficiency within a week.
Deals Glass Services can provide residential glass replacement for foggy windows anywhere in the greater Charlotte metropolitan area. Check our website for more detailed information about our Piedmont, North Carolina service area.
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“Deal’s Auto Glass did the work in a timely and professional manner, and provided a 5 year warranty. They were the lower of two bids I got for the seller, and they did a good job installing.”
You can read his entire post about broken window seals at Lake Norman Homes Blog