So current condo I have been in for ~3 years now was I guess what I would call a 'long flip' - was never meant to be permanent home but a good starter 5-7 year flip that is in a good and desirable area. Prior owner bought new and didn't do much of anything outside routing cleaning and replacing light bulbs (all mismatched mind you - imagine a 3 light fixture with 3 different temp and wattage bulbs in it), original ceiling fan must have died because he put up a 36" fan in a living room. I stopped asking myself "why?" within a month or two of moving in.
Since I have completed all the reasonable improvement/upgrades I am now staring down the barrel of a kitchen gut and remodel, bathroom facelift and potentially windows. I have watched a number of neighboring condos windows fog up because the dual pane seals failing, it opened my eyes to the fact I am seeing more and more new windows around the community.
I don't currently have a problem with the pane seals failing, I'm certain the original sealing around them is probably failing but probably not a huge hit to my power bill. So my ? is - outside of perimeter seal aging would there really be any improvement in replacing a still sealed 20 year old double pane with a new double pane? Also has anyone tried triple pane for sound attenuation? One of my windows has a row of 3 heat pumps directly outside of it that can be noisy, I have not priced triple pane but if it has better sound attenuation it would be something I would consider if they were not stupid expensive.
Thanks in advance!
Since I have completed all the reasonable improvement/upgrades I am now staring down the barrel of a kitchen gut and remodel, bathroom facelift and potentially windows. I have watched a number of neighboring condos windows fog up because the dual pane seals failing, it opened my eyes to the fact I am seeing more and more new windows around the community.
I don't currently have a problem with the pane seals failing, I'm certain the original sealing around them is probably failing but probably not a huge hit to my power bill. So my ? is - outside of perimeter seal aging would there really be any improvement in replacing a still sealed 20 year old double pane with a new double pane? Also has anyone tried triple pane for sound attenuation? One of my windows has a row of 3 heat pumps directly outside of it that can be noisy, I have not priced triple pane but if it has better sound attenuation it would be something I would consider if they were not stupid expensive.
Thanks in advance!