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New Windows vs Getting Your Window Frame Repaired
Windows are a crucial piece of your Busby home, which is why you should comprehensively explore your choices before picking out new windows.
The cost of windows differs significantly depending on their size, style, material and glazing. While you won’t be able to get accurate costs until you’ve received quotations for windows, this article will aid you work out the right windows for your desires, including:
- Why your windows are significant
- What type of new window?
- New windows can help you save
- What drives the cost of new windows?
- How much do new windows cost?
- Who can mount your new windows?
- Employing a window installer
You want your windows to be artistically delightful, but windows do further than just permit normal sunlight into the home.
While a shut window deters breezes, heat and cold can clearly pass through single-pane windows. Heat naturally passes through colder areas. In the home, that translates to higher air conditioning costs in summer and higher heating costs in winter. Double glazed and/or low-e (low emissivity) windows can lower heat transfer notably. While they cost more, they pay for themselves over time and continue saving you money on your energy bills for as long as you own your home.
You also want some windows that let you to ventilate your home. Ideally, your windows should generate cross ventilation, allowing cool breezes to come into the home and hot air to escape.
New window or fixing a window frame?
There are manyvarious types or styles of windows, with varying features. Here are some of the most common:
Double-hung – with two separate panels that move up and down automatically. Double-hung are low-profile windows that are great if you need to fit flyscreens.
Fixed Pane – these windows are a immovable sheet of glass in a frame and cannot be opened.
Casement – one of the most familiar window styles, choose casement windows if you want utmost ventilation, as they open very wide.
Louvres – these windows consists of a series of glass panels that can be modified to control airflow.
Awning – a window that opens externally and articulates and adjusts on a chain winder. Awning windows are good for unreachable spots in your home.
Bi-fold – these concertina making them excellent for utmost airflow and light.
Sliding – sliding windows slide horizontally along a runner.
They are very adaptable windows and are fairly economical. Sliding windows go well with most styles of home, take up little space and are low maintenance. They are lockable for additional protection.
Did you know your windows could help save?
Double glazing and low-emission glass costs more, but it could help you save up to 25 percent on your electric bills. If your window frames are in good shape, employing a glazier to mount more energy-efficient glass can be more cost-effective than replacing your windows. Take the time to contrast the “R-values” and “U-values” of the windows.
These will tell you how energy-efficient the windows are. Paying a little more for windows with a higher R-value will pay bonus in the form of reduced electric bills.
What influences the cost of new windows?
When you start scouting for windows, you’ll find the greatest determiners of their cost will be
- The material the window frames are consisted of
- The window style
- The type of glazing used
- The size of your installation
Aluminum and composite window frames are generally low-costly than wooden-framed windows. The economical style you can buy is a fixed window. If you want to open your window, you will pay more for a sliding glass window, a casement window or a double-hung window. Single pane windows are about 25 to 35 percent less expensive than double glazed windows.
How much do new windows cost?
In terms of labour costs, expect a glazier to charge between $70 and $90 per hour plus the cost of glass and other materials. They will perhaps charge a minimum fee for coming to your home and doing a small job. On average, preservation for a single pane of window glass (standard float) will cost in the region of $100-$150.
On the lower end of the price scale, you can buy aluminum-framed double glazed windows in typical sizes from window suppliers and some hardware stores. They would probably cost (supply only):
- $150 for a 600 x 600mm (fixed window)
- $180 for a hinged 600 x 600mm
- $380 for a hinged 600 x 1200mm
On the higher end of the scale, some manufacturers offer windows with powder-coated aluminum frames on the outside and wooden frames on the inside. Double glazed with one low-e pane these windows might cost (supply only):
- $720 for a fixed window, 800 x 1290mm
- $820 per square metre for a tilt and turn window
- $1250 per square metre for 2-fold windows and doors
How much does glass cost?
If you are only changing the glazing, expect to pay from:
- $38 per square metre for float glass
- $145 per square metre for low iron glass
- $220 per square metre for low emission glass
- $200 per square metre for double-glazed glass
- $320 per square metre for laminated glass
Who has the ability to install your new windows?
It depends where you live. For example, in NSW your installer should be a glazier and hold a legitimate license. If they are timber windows your installer could be a joiner or carpenter.
Your windows (and glazing) also need to comply to the relevant Australian Safety Standards (AS1288 and AS2208), which covers windows and doors. Check with your local licensing specialist or council if you are uncertain what applies where you live.
Hiring a Busby window frame repair company or installer
Do you check the qualifications and credibility of your installer before you hire them? Depending on where you live, it could be a legal prerequisite for you to hire someone licensed to install your windows. It also gives you the peace of mind that they have the right education and experience to get it done correctly.
When it comes time to employing a Busby window frame repair company or installer, make sure they are suited for your job. Some questions to ask them include:
- Are you authorised?
- Are you insured to work in my home?
- Can you provide a written estimate?
- Do you have key people I can follow up?
Getting quotes for window frame repairs or new windows
Getting estimates from window installers is the best way of identifying the cost of your job. This will give you a background of what market rates currently are.
You can also get visual motivation in our Window Styles photo compilation.
* All the costs and prices stated were gathered at the time this article was written. They are suggestive, may differ locally, and are subject to market drivers and should only be used as a benchmark.
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