The most affordable window choice is standard impact tempered glass.
How much are impact glass windows.
Impact resistant glass windows must meet certain guidelines in order to be marketed and sold as such.
Window replacement costs on average 250 450 per vinyl window and 400 to 700 for wood replacement windows with installation into a single story home.
Low e4 impact resistant glass provides all the benefits of monolithic impact resistant glass while adding an insulating air space that helps keep homes cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
With a normal replacement window typically a clear or low e glass will be used.
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The most important of which is the glass that is used on the window.
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Windows that are marketed as hurricane resistant or storm proof are constructed with impact resistant glass treated with a layer of polyvinyl butral pvb or ethylene vinyl acetate eva.
By contrast impact windows are ready to protect your home as soon as they are installed.
Expect the costs to increase 25 50 per additional story.
While this impact resistant glass will probably still shatter upon strong impact from flying objects it generally remains attached to the inner membrane and.
Glass choice and treatments.
Impact glass windows can protect your home from all of these factors.
Also impact glass windows are a better option for hurricane protection than hurricane shutters.
An impact window on the other hand typically uses laminated glass which is much stronger than your typical home.
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Glass can be tinted to reduce glare and increase privacy.
Shutters need to be put back up every time there is a hurricane.
The american society for testing materials astm has strict guidelines e1886 and e1996 for hurricane impact resistant windows before they can be certified as impact resistant.
Impact windows differ from normal replacement windows in several key areas.
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For example pgt 400 windows are a more affordable option than pgt winguard which is a premium hurricane impact window.
Low e low emissivity glass is an energy efficient upgrade.
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