Home > Links > Links
   Links
spacer Home
spacer
spacer Products
spacer
spacer Links
spacer
spacer Links
spacer
spacer Dealer's Portal
spacer
spacer PowerPane™
spacer
spacer Customer Service
spacer
spacer About Us
spacer

Home Craftsman will save you alot of time and trouble when it comes to learning about windows, doors, and industry trends that might effect what you buy. We encourage you to call us or come visit the Factory Showroom we built to help you. As a courtesy meanwhile, here are a few links to industry websites we think you might find interesting. Just click and go! (Please let us know of any others you have found that you think we should post)

http://www.eere.energy.gov/energy_savers/

2004 Cost v. Value Report:  how much of the cost of a remodeling project can be recovered at resale? Our annual report samples current conditions in 60 markets. Source: REMODELING Magazine 11/04.

Energy-Efficient Windows

Windows can be one of your home's most attractive features. They also provide several functions for your home: daylighting, solar heating, and ventilation. They serve as part of the building envelope, which provides a barrier between your house and the outdoors. Unfortunately, the energy lost through windows can account for as much as 10% to 25% of your heating bill.

Why should you replace your old windows? 

http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumerinfo/saveenergy/save_windows.html

Efficient Windows Collaborative header

Logo         AWDI logo with pics

          Efficient windows book available                              Installing vinyl windows guide book

Vinyl byDesign logo

Today, vinyl rivals traditional materials like wood in fenestration applications like windows and glass doors, providing comparable or better energy efficiency, aesthetics, design flexibility and cost criteria. In the following section, you'll learn more about how vinyl windows were developed and grew, as well as the performance, technical, environmental and design elements that have made vinyl a preferred material for many light commercial and residential window and glass door installations.

vinyl institute header

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/services/homeimpv.htm

http://www.efficientwindows.org/energycosts.cfm

     http://www.nahb.org/                             http://www.trcc.state.tx.us/

The National Association of Home Builders Remodelors™ Council

http://www.efficientwindows.org/ftypes.cfm

Window technologies - frame types

 

http://www.wdma.com/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1

 

All links are furnished as a professional courtesy to our customers. The opinions expressed therein do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Home Craftsman, is parent company or affiliates.