EcoRenovator - View Single Post - Double up on the double pane glass = savings

ecomodded · 02-15-13, 11:21 AM

I know this is unconventional, perhaps unpleasing to the eye? but I have thought about doubling up my big picture windows, by adding a 2nd double pane window to the window frame, from the inside. To make it money wise I would buy & install used windows.
I can buy 5ft x 4ft double pane windows for $80 from the recycled building supply store or from the news paper/online buy n sell from $20 & up.
The payback time would be a few years as compared to a few decades or more with bran new triple pane Picture windows.

It would certainly benefit most any houses energy consumption, Insulation for the windows,in a sense.
You could say good-by to your window sills, which is a plus in my opinion.

02-15-13, 11:21 AM	#1
ecomodded Supreme EcoRenovator Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Vancouver Island,Canada. Posts: 1,037 Thanks: 116 Thanked 100 Times in 87 Posts	Double up on the double pane glass = savings I know this is unconventional, perhaps unpleasing to the eye? but I have thought about doubling up my big picture windows, by adding a 2nd double pane window to the window frame, from the inside. To make it money wise I would buy & install used windows. I can buy 5ft x 4ft double pane windows for $80 from the recycled building supply store or from the news paper/online buy n sell from $20 & up. The payback time would be a few years as compared to a few decades or more with bran new triple pane Picture windows. It would certainly benefit most any houses energy consumption, Insulation for the windows,in a sense. You could say good-by to your window sills, which is a plus in my opinion.