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Choosing Glass for Replacement Windows

The type of glass you choose is perhaps the most important decision you make when purchasing windows. After all, 80-90% of a window is its glass unit. Your choice of glass can dramatically affect and enhance the architectural appeal of the building. It also affects the building’s energy efficiency.

Energy Efficiency
Due to rising energy costs, single-pane windows are just about obsolete these days. Most windows are now built with double-pane, insulated glass.

Insulated glass is essentially a “sandwich” of two pieces of glass separated by a spacer bar and sealed on all four sides to create a dead airspace between the two panes.