Q: We are getting bids on good-quality vinyl windows to replace the cruddy wood windows that came with our house. Is it worth the price to use argon gas to increase the U factor? Even if the window ...

Windows have been around a long time. The origin of the word is centuries old and the original “wind eye” was nothing more than an unglazed hole in the roof that provided ventilation and day lighting.

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