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 EZ Home Exteriors installs a wide selection of custom replacement windows designed and manufactured specifically for each window or door opening in your home. The options for vinyl replacement windows or wooden windows can be endless, but EZ Home Exteriors will help you select the best windows to fit your specific need or budget.
1. Window materials - choose from vinyl, wood windows or aluminum windows
2. Window colors - we offer a variety of interior and exterior window colors
3. Glass options - high performance low-e glass, argon gas, krypton gas, triple pane glass
Vinyl vs. Wood or Aluminum
Vinyl is a better insulator than wood or aluminum. It doesn’t conduct heat or cold like aluminum – a major source of lost heating/cooling energy. And, it doesn’t swell and shrink like wood when temperatures change. It never needs painting and won’t show scratches, unlike aluminum or wood windows. Vinyl replacement windows are the most popular with our customers in the Pittsburgh area.
R-Value
The higher the R-value number is, the greater the insulation value. The type of glass, thickness, number of panes, distance between the panes, how the panes are connected, and the frame all affect the R-value performance of the window. Pittsburgh can be very cold in the winter, so it's important to select a window with a high R-Value.
U-Factor
This is a standard measure of heat transfer through an entire window unit. The lower the U-factor the better the window’s insulating ability. Look for windows with low U-factors and high R-values.
Low-E Glass
There are two major types of Low-E (the ‘E’ stands for emissivity) glass: hard-coat and vacuum-deposition. Both types block radiant heat, keeping summer’s heat outside and winter’s heat inside. And both block the sun’s rays to some degree. We recommend multi-layer, vacuum deposition Low-E glass because they have better visual clarity.
Argon or Krypton Gas
Air between the panes of insulating gas can be replaced with high-density Argon or Krypton gas. This process provides windows with a both increased energy efficiency and increasing sound deadening properties. Both Argon and Krypton are safe gases that occur naturally in our atmosphere. But, because of their density, heat and cold do not pass through these gases as easily as through air. The most energy efficient windows we offer include Argon or Krypton gas with Low E glass.
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