Everybody is bracing themselves for increased home heating prices this winter, and those who are resourceful are taking measures to make their place as insulated as possible. Jay Marco Windows can help you kill two birds with one stone, by renewing your beautiful windows to its original glory and insulating around them to eliminate any draft. Old windows are responsible for a good amount of inefficiency due to the side cavities containing the lead weight pulleys. These spaces channel cold air in and are responsible for 25% of a window’s heat loss. The Jay Marco spring system replaces the need for cords and lead weights, so your windows stay in place when open and you won’t hear any more rattling, which indicates heat loss.

Ken Miller and Marco Pereira are the inventors of this boxed-in mechanism, saving homeowners thousands of dollars from having to replace windows entirely. The Jay Marco window renewal system is quite affordable. It costs around $300 for each one, and Ken and Marco are both lead abatement certified so they can bring everything up to code. “If the old windows are structurally in trouble, we have glues, bonding mechanisms and L brackets,” Ken says. “Our whole idea is to make that window work again, and give it back its structural integrity.” They can renew about 6 windows per day. Another factor in keeping your home energy efficient is having good quality storm windows. If needed, Jay Marco will remove your old storms and put in better versions. Ken explains, “The technology in storm windows has really come a long way.”

Drive around the East Side and you’ll see beautiful historic homes doing high end window replacements. While they may accomplish restoring the look to its original form, the problems of the old window mechanisms – with the weights and pulleys – are still there. “They are not updating anything and making them safe, because of the lead weights,” Ken mentions. “They’re not able to insulate the window cavity, so it isn’t energy efficient.”

What really separates this business from others is they approach every house on a case-by-case basis, looking to protecting each window’s charm. It’s both a mission to preserve the best features of the East Side, while also doing the improvements to make the windows environmentally friendly and lead safe. Rhode Island Housing stated, “This is the best system we’ve ever seen for old homes.” And if you’re considering putting in vinyl replacements, know that besides being cheaply made and not matching the look of your home, they also eliminate 20% of the light. In the long run you will be much more satisfied with keeping your windows and updating them with Jay Marco.

Before the winter weather turns your energy bill into a frightening situation, call Ken and Marco to restore your windows back to their top form at Jay Marco Windows.

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