Summer is the perfect time of year to maintain your home’s old windows —  and older windows do sometimes need a lot of maintenance! Properly maintaining your windows can make them more energy efficient, easier to operate and simply look better. From cleaning to weatherstripping, installing new caulk and more, old windows need TLC to remain in good condition.

Homeowners in New Jersey and the New York metro area often find themselves struggling to maintain old windows in old houses, but these tips can help. Here’s what you should plan to do sometime this summer, and the sooner the better.

An old picture window can be a thing of beauty… or a source of endless problems. Old picture windows can have leaks, poor energy efficiency and aesthetic issues that make them less enjoyable to behold and more detrimental for your home’s value. If you’re no longer happy with the way your picture window looks or performs, replacing your picture window with one from Renewal by Andersen of New Jersey and New York Metro can solve these problems for you! Here’s what you can expect when you replace your picture window.

One of the most popular and common replacement window products available to consumers is dual pane, also known as insulated, windows. Although dual pane windows are no longer considered new technology – they’ve been around for many decades – they’re still one of the best products for helping consumers save money and conserve energy in the home.

Dual pane windows have a simple but brilliant design that helps insulate the home from extreme temperatures outside. If you’re considering having dual pane windows installed in your home, this is what you need to know.

Fibrex is Renewal by Andersen’s proprietary composite window frame material. Here’s what you need to know about what Fibrex material is, what the benefits are, and how Fibrex composite material compares to natural wood. Knowing the answers to these questions can help you understand what makes Renewal by Andersen of New Jersey and New York Metro windows more effective than natural wood windows.

Replacing the windows in your home is a significant undertaking – and not one that, for obvious reasons many new parents want to take on after a baby is born. Still, new windows bring many benefits that make raising a child easier and less stressful. Below are some of the many ways that window replacement can benefit you once the baby is born. If you’re interested in window replacement, getting the windows replaced before the new baby comes will make your life easier!

Spring cleaning makes your house look beautiful and makes you feel good and ready for the good weather ahead! When you get busy with spring cleaning, it’s easy to overlook some of the lesser-noticed parts of the house, like the window frames.

Dust, mildew and other forms of grime can make your windows more difficult to operate, increase wear and tear on operable parts and simply look less attractive than they used to be It’s important to remember this part of your house when you’re getting your spring cleaning done. Here’s how to get your window frames cleaned.