A Storm door can be an attractive way to enhance your home’s entrance, but a quality-made storm door can also contribute to the energy efficiency of your home and can help keep your energy bills down. A storm door adds to the aesthetics of your home’s entryway and can give you the option of allowing sunshine in on a beautiful sunny day while still keeping your home locked and secure.
Added Security
Storm doors add another layer of protection to keep your home secure and they deter unwanted intruders out of your home. In addition to your entry door, storm doors are equipped with another lock so you have double security. Other options that are available for extra security are break resistant glass, three-point locking system and security locking bars. Potential break-ins occur when thieves find easy opportunities where they can get in and get out of your home without much effort.
Energy Efficiency
Save on your energy bills. Storm doors not only keep unwanted visitors out, they keep the air inside your home. The Department of Energy states that a good quality storm door use low-emissivity or LOW-E, glass or glazing, which means that it controls the way heat flows in and out of your home. To keep the sun’s heat out of the house (for hot climates, east and west-facing windows and un-shaded south-facing windows, the LOW-E coating is applied to the outside pane of glass. If the windows are designed to provide heat energy in the winter and keep heat inside the house, the LOW-E coating is applied to the inside pane of the glass.
Aesthetics
A storm door can add an appealing appearance to enhance your entry door. With the right storm door and a variety of options to choose from you can add uniqueness and detail to your entry way design.
Smart Investment
A well-made storm door is an investment that will last for a long time. When choosing a storm door you need to consider the elements that your storm door needs to stand up to, like strong wind, heavy rain and snow. It will also protect your entry door so that it will last longer. Many storm doors are two doors in one, giving you the option of using the glass in the winter and the screen in the summer time to keep fresh air flowing into your home.
Last word of Advice
When choosing a storm door, remember to buy a quality door and have it installed by a professional technician. Over our years of service, we at Worcester Door Company have seen it all and the one most important fact to consider is that incorrectly fitting or broken door will defeat the purpose of saving money on your energy bills and the door will be susceptible to a shorter life span even though you invested in purchasing an expensive, quality door.
