Make sure that your home is prepared for visitors that may arrive in the evening hours. It gets dark very early this time of year, so making sure that all the exterior lights around your home are working is a very good idea to help keep visitors safe. If you have a walkway into your home that has any steps or rocks, have lights installed around the pathway to make sure your visitors don?t trip while coming into your home.

Prepare your living area by cleaning up clutter and dusting, making sure to dust in the high corners of rooms to remove any cobwebs that have appeared. You should also schedule a professional carpet cleaning this time of year to make sure your carpet is looking clean and fresh for when your visitors arrive.

Have your windows professionally cleaned as well. This is something you should have done once a year- windows both inside and out should have a good clean.

Make sure that your guest bedrooms are fully stocked with whatever your guests may need. A wall mirror, fresh towels and fresh bed linens are all things that should be present in your guest bedroom.

Once your home is prepared for the holidays, you can start thinking about the more important things like all the gift buying you still need to do and then the all-important holiday meal planning!

Extreme Low-E? These windows are our most popular glass option, combining value and energy efficiency with UV protection. These windows feature double pane insulated glass with 2 Low-E silver oxide coatings to increase comfort inside your home year round. These windows block 80% of the sun?s ultraviolet rays. Click here for more information on this energy efficient glass option.

Ultra Triple Pane? These windows feature insulating glass with 2 Low-E silver oxide coatings on 2 panes of glass plus a third pane of Low-E glass to maximize comfort throughout the year. These windows block 90% of the sun?s ultraviolet rays. Click here for more information on this energy efficient glass option.

Ultimate Triple Pane? This triple pane glass system provides excellent thermal performance and holds extremely high ratings for energy efficiency in all areas of the country. It features insulating glass with 2 Low-E silver oxide coatings on 2 panes of glass plus a third pane of Low-E glass to maximize comfort year round. It blocks up to 97% of the sun?s ultraviolet rays. Click here for more information on this energy efficient glass option.

As you can see, replacing windows in your home with more energy efficient window options including energy efficient glass can save you money on your heating and cooling bills and better protect your belongings from the sun?s harmful rays. Along with these glass options, we offer glass coatings to further improve the insulation and energy efficiency of our windows.

Have you been looking for a way to increase the value of your home? There are several home improvement projects that you can do to make your home more valuable and if you are planning to sell it eventually, it would be wise to consider ways to improve your home's value. From energy saving windows to programmable thermostats and new bathroom light fixtures, your home will be more beautiful and more comfortable after you tackle these home improvement projects that pay off.

First, a simple project that isn't going to cost you a whole lot but will pay off when your home is valued: Add new lighting fixtures to your bathroom. Install lights along the sides of the mirrors to give more brightness to images in the mirror; installing LED lights can be beneficial as well, as they are energy saving and can save you money on your electricity bill; LED lights are also impressively long-lasting.

Install a programmable thermostat in your home to regulate the temperature when you are home and when you are away. These thermostats are very popular and for good reason: they keep your home at the most comfortable temperature while you are there and then heated and cooled air will be kept to a minimum while you are away from home.

Not sure about selling your home? This can be a difficult decision to make, but these home improvement projects are great even if you don?t plan to sell in the near future because they will make your home more enjoyable to live in now and still increase the resale value of your home when you decide It's finally time to sell.

There is all kinds of talk in the media about making your home more energy efficient. People talk about the many different ways this can be done, but often there is one aspect of creating a more energy efficient home that is overlooked- the glass in your windows! Did you know that replacement windows in Cleveland with energy efficient glass are significantly more energy efficient than older windows? Just 10 years makes a drastic difference in energy efficiency. Here?s how replacement windows with energy efficient glass can help save you money on your energy bills while increasing your home's comfort level and energy efficiency.

• Energy efficient glass can offer increased insulation, keeping warmed air inside your home in the winter and cooled air inside during the summer. This will make your furnace or A/C system work less hard, saving you money on your energy bills and saving the life of your HVAC systems.
• Some types of energy efficient glass (including our most popular option- the Double Pane Extreme Low-E Glass) block the sun?s ultraviolet rays. This protects furniture, paint, wallpaper and belongings from fade and damage while still allowing natural light in.
• Some of our windows have Argon gas inserted between the panes of glass to reduce heat transfer, making your home even more energy efficient.
• Our Ultra Triple Pane Glass offers the Warm Edge Technology Spacer. This highly advanced tin-plated steel spacer system separates the glass panes and creates a strong thermal barrier to reduce the loss of heat. This is an optional addition to your windows that can maximize your home's comfort during the cold winter months.

Advancements in glass coatings, window spacer systems and other technologies have allowed us to carry a wide array of energy efficient glass options that suit your specific needs and preferences. We have many different glass systems that each boasts their own amazing benefits and one of our friendly representatives would be happy to help you choose the right energy efficient glass options for your Ohio home.