Basement Glass Block Windows

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It’s high time that you started having second thoughts about that small little window with a thin glass in your basement, though you never had the need to ever open it over the years. But, with the cost of energy going up all the times and changed environmental conditions having already raised the level of water to the extent of causing floods in some parts of the country, you would better be considered on its application and efficiency. View this article as a means of exploring the usefulness and available present options of replacing you existing arrangements with a basement glass block window.

Glass Block Window Benefits for your lower level space



Here are the five best reasons to prompt you to replace your present basement windows:

1. Reduce High Energy Costs - lower level windows being old, have either rusted metal frames or rotten wooden frames with a piece of thin glass sandwiched in between. They rarely serve any useful purpose and proven to be inefficient. Block glass windows on the other hand, are nearly ten times as efficient as their predecessors.

2. Increased Security/Ease of Gaining Entry into the Home - Existing window are weak and too easily broken. These are held in place with caulk and are thus vulnerable to an easy r break in. New glass brick windows are mortared into the foundation that would discourage attempted break through.

3. Increased privacy - It's easy to see thru the clear glass of your present lower level window, whereas a glass block window offers almost complete privacy depending on the glass-pattern you choose. You may have a high privacy pattern like Icescapes or Delphi from Pittsburgh Corning or Ice or Pristal from Mulia that lets the light in, yet prevents outsiders to view inside your room.

4. Cut Maintenance time, money and energy - Single pane metal and wood windows require repainting and need to be caulked up for keeping the elements out and prevent it from getting rusted or eroded. No such hassles with glass block basement windows as these are mortared into the foundation.

5. Windows will become easy to operate - Lower level windows are difficult to open as more often than not they get rusted too soon. Lack of fresh air and sunlight makes the basement smell mushy and encourages growth of mold spores to grow. New block windows can easily be provided with fresh air vents or power exhaust fans thus keeping the environments of your basement healthier for its occupants.



Lower Level Window and Wall Hot Trends and Product Options
Of course basement windows have been in there since ages, but like most other products the options have varied and the design changes incorporated keeping in mind the needs of present day families. Here are a few of the latest trends in lower level living spaces and product options for you to choose from:

- Trend 1-

Remodeling the Lower Level to Add Cost Effective Space with Egress Windows. It makes a better economic sense to remodel your basement than constructing an additional room or having an extra new floor in case you are considering having an additional space for yourself. You could have an additional bedroom in the basement by digging out around the foundation and putting in an egress window to get a better air flow. It further facilitates getting out of the place in the case of an emergency. Explore the viability of a functional acrylic block egress window to get the desired results.

- Trend 2 -

Convert your lower level space into a "Man Den” and create the desired effect by making use of readily available colored glass block windows and walls. That allows you to have an exclusive place for hanging around with friends to watch any big sport event on a big screen. If you're looking for a place to hang out with friends to watch some great sporting events on a big screen TV, it’s here. Perhaps that college going youngster of the family would love to have the place to him and enjoy the freedom to decorate the same with the colors of his favorite team. That would give him the needed privacy with the exclusive style at the same time.

- Trend 3 -

If you belong to the “do it yourself category” of people, you may use the basement for working with your tools and have a small home-workshop within the privacy and security of your home in healthier environments. You could further your hobbies for crafts, sewing, and even wood working by moving in some of the heavier equipment. Basement glass block windows permit the inclusion of exhaust fans for an additional air flow - thus prompting you to keep going with your hobbies and experiments.