one of the great things about
Jacksonville is some of these older very
beautiful neighborhoods but there are
some challenges when you buy older home
and tack Grenada a florida
home-improvement Associates is with me
now now you all helped out the homeowner
here with some new windows they had some
issues yeah the original windows this
home was built in 1960s so there are a
lot of things that she wanted to address
to bring the home up to the current date
and make the home more energy efficient
and really she wasn't able to clean the
windows as well as she'd like so there
was a lot of things she wanted to change
out about the windows the dust was cut
down to about maybe 10% you know what it
was in the past made my cleaning a lot
easier yeah you know she did mention
that she has a little granddaughter and
she could hear everything in the
neighborhood she was new to Florida so
the hurricane season scared her there
were windows she said the windows were
like as thin as the glass on a picture
frame coming from northern Wisconsin in
experiencing hurricanes for the first
time we feel much safer knowing that we
have the strength of the window frames
that will give us a little bit more
protection from the old windows it was
something that we see a lot the single
pane window doesn't provide any energy
efficiency certainly doesn't provide any
protection from the storms or any
intrusion so we showed her a lot of
different products that are available we
made a great decision for her own which
which products did you choose for this
house she went with a really
energy-efficient product she did want to
cut down a lot of the sound from the
exterior she also wanted to save money
on her energy bill she recognized that
unlike where she was from in Wisconsin
which they had heating bills down here
the air conditioning was running all the
time so she wanted to keep the heat out
and keep the cold air in the neighbors
were ecstatic they said oh this house
really needed new windows and it looks
so nice nice crisp clean look and I'm
I'm pleased you know that people noticed
I look forward to Christmas where I can
hang lights around the windows and it's
gonna look pretty everything looks
beautiful now - she didn't like the
screens that she had prior to this there
are so many things that she wanted to
change
so happy right now what are some of the
other products you recommend for folks
that are in homes that need an upgrade
you know this homeowner had a couple
things she really wanted to get rid of
those original windows from so from a
cosmetic standpoint this made a drastic
improvement in the home she also wanted
address energy efficiency which the
windows and the doors that she selected
is gonna save her considerable amount of
money on her energy bill and make the
home a lot more comfortable we have
saved a lot of money I've noticed from
last year's expenses to this year's it
was in the high 40s already the first
month of savings as far as energy
efficiency goes there's some other
things that we could recommend to do the
home like there's a great product that
goes into the attic which which gets
installed into the rafters of the attic
which reflects all the heat away from
the space and lowers the attic
temperature up to 30 and 40 degrees so
it really cools the attic space which
makes the home a lot more comfortable
and helps the air conditioning unit run
a lot more efficiently now there there's
also a unique part here with the
installation because your customers are
extremely satisfied with that and
sometimes the installation can get
people frustrated but not in this case
the installation part is a really
important part of this process obviously
because we can show all the best
products that we have but without doing
a really good job of installation
they're not going to see the benefits
that they wanted so with our company we
do a really good job of training and
making sure all the crews are factory
trained and certified by our company and
the manufacturers to ensure that we're
doing the proper installation for the
products we install and do the best job
take the most care to make sure we
protect the envelope of the home keep it
a clean workspace while we're working we
really take a lot of attention to making
sure that we're diligent and keeping the
home clean while we're working so the
homeowners can live there while we're
doing the construction the installation
crew was awesome they arrived on time
they were fast efficient they wiped up
every bit of dust all the debris as they
went along from room to room
I was never left with a mess at the end
of the day I was happy about that
and for those watching right now there
are some rebates out there but these are
the kinds of things you have to move on
while they're here right yeah because of
our relationships with several of the
wholesale clubs we have great
opportunities through several
manufacturers so right now one of the
manufacturers that were
is giving us rebates that we're gonna
pass along to the homeowner so for the
people to call they can save a lot of
money and doing a project like this
right now and that number is nine oh
four four four seven sixty two hundred
one more time it's nine oh four four
four seven sixty two hundred for FH ia
and get those new windows installed you
will love them as much I'm sure as Jenna
does