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The Ugly Truth About Builder Grade Windows

The Ugly Truth about builder grade windows that have been installed in homes that are four years or older. When we think about energy efficient windows, often times we think as home owners that if we have a home that was built in let’s say the last ten years we have energy efficient windows. However, at Liberty Home Solutions, located in Springfield Missouri we have replaced thousands of windows, and we are noticing an alarming trend, we are actually now replacing not old windows, but newer windows that were builder grade, and have fogged, water moisture between the double pane windows, and energy leakage caused by an improper installation.

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Builder Grade Windows

The Ugly Truth about builder grade windows that have been installed in homes that are four years or older. When we think about energy efficient windows, often times we think as home owners that if we have a home that was built in let’s say the last ten years we have energy efficient windows. However, at Liberty Home Solutions, located in Springfield Missouri we have replaced thousands of windows, and we are noticing an alarming trend, we are actually now replacing not old windows, but newer windows that were builder grade, and have fogged, water moisture between the double pane windows, and energy leakage caused by an improper installation.

The Facts about Builder Grade Windows

What Are Builder Grade Windows?

A builder grade window is typically what is used in new home construction, they are nromally low-cost windows and used to meet a builder’s price point. Builder grade windows comes from the idea that the price of these windows us usually only available to a builder because of the Quantity they are buying. When it comes to windows generally in a typical new spec home build, the average home owner does not have the knowledge to tell if a windows is a higher quality, if the windows were insalled correctly, because they are new, they look nice, however there is a vast disparity between a builder grade window and a Liberty Home Solutions window. The buttomline is that a builder knows this, they understand that it will be a few years before the home owners windows start showing default, and by then they are long gone, as they are not responsibile for the windows after the sale of the home in most cases, so builder grade windows get installed, the builder uses this as a cost cutting tool and then you arrive here:Your windows start to fog, mostiture starts to accumlate, you notice cracks, air flow from outside seeping in, and then you realize that you are now facing an expense that you never planned on. This happens because builder grade windows are built with lower energy standards, they lack many features, they are the bottom of the line. Aside from being less enrergy efficicent, they lack the moden ease of cleaning functions that Liberty Home Solutions windows provide.

So Why Replace Builder Grade Windows?

At Liberty Home Solutions we believe we can provide you peace of mind, lower your energy costs month after month, and deleiver an easier to clean, more beautiful product to your home. Peace of Mind, at Liberty, our windows are backed with a lifetime warranty on the windows, parts, and installation. What does this mean, well, first we have been in business over six years and we are not going anywhere, with over 1,500 homes served we pride oursleves on not just selling and installing windows, but servicing our clients, so if you have a tear in a screen, a misfunction on a windows, anything aside from normal wear, just call us, we will make any nessceary reapirs for the lifetime of the home, what does that mean? When you sell your home, your warranty is with the windows, so the nect home owners have windows with a Liberty Home Solutions protection plan. Peace of Mind.

Lower Energy Costs: on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being the lowest, 10 highest, a builder grade windows usually scores around a 3.5 in terms of energy efficeny standards, our windows, even our average highend grade are always at least a 9. Our windows are going to help lower your utility bills up to 35%, and will make a significent difference in extreme heat and cold.

More Beautiful, Easy to Clean Windows: Simple, clean the inside and outside of the window from inside your home, simply lift, slide, tilt, and wipe, its that simple! At Liberty we offer one of Springfield Missouri’s largest window slections, meaing that if you have a set of two side by side double or single hung windows, look at adding a picture window, sliding windows, we can transform each window in your home to match the style, color and design you want for your home, giving you the opportunity to transform the look of your home.

The Truth

Builder Grade Windows are not the best, but you have options, at Liberty Home Solutions we would like to showcase how you can have the highest quality windows, installed, with a lifetime warranty for thousands less, in fact, those builder grade windows, they actually are not that much less than our windows, so let us prove to you that in the Ozarks, this is the Sign You Want in Your Yard.

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