The Best Replacement Windows for Your Kitchen

Kitchen remodels are the most popular upgrade for the American homeowner. Installing replacement windows can completely alter the look of your kitchen: the perfect way to accent new kitchen cabinets, appliances and flooring. Integrating views of an attractive backyard or street scene can contribute to the appeal of your kitchen, especially when the view is framed by attractive vinyl replacement windows, fiberglass replacement windows, or wood replacement windows.

There are several factors to consider when selecting the best replacement windows for your kitchen. These include:

The View

Is your back yard blooming with carefully tended flowers? Does your kitchen window look out onto a charming New England street? Do you live next door to a bustling, busy convenience store, with traffic coming and going at all hours of the day and night? There’s an appropriate replacement window solution for each of these situations — and more.

Attractive views can be highlighted with a bay or bow window, or a large picture window. The energy efficiency offered by triple pane thermal replacement windows allows homeowners to have larger windows in the kitchen, enhancing the livability and appearance of the room.

Functionality

We’re spending increasing amounts of time in the kitchen, so we want the room to be comfortable! Home replacement windows can play a huge role in ensuring you have a comfortable, inviting kitchen. Energy efficient vinyl home replacement windows, fiberglass home replacement windows and wood replacement windows eliminate air penetration and heat loss: keeping warm air inside with you, and frigid winter winds outside.

The functionality of your windows is an important consideration. A forgotten pan left too long in the oven or a scorched grilled cheese sandwich can result in a choking, smoky mess: having windows that open easily and quickly can help you clear the air! Too often, original construction windows don’t open easily — or at all! — while older windows might be painted shut or so warped and damaged that they’re impossible to open without a struggle.

Maintenance

If we had to guess, we’d say homeowners probably spend more time cleaning the kitchen than any other room in the house. After all, all the messy stuff happens there: the splattering spaghetti sauce, the over-enthusiastic toddler with the cup of juice, the near miss when we toss something in the kitchen wastebasket. You don’t want cumbersome, difficult to clean windows adding to the workload.

Luckily, modern home replacement windows require far less maintenance than their predecessors. Vinyl home replacement windows are hands down the winner when it comes to maintenance: vinyl replacement windows never need painting. Their color goes right through: should your window frames or sills ever get dinged or damaged, it will be barely noticeable. Cleaning vinyl window frames can be as simple as hosing off the exterior frames and wiping down the interiors: tilt-in designs make washing the windows a snap.

Consider your view, replacement window functionality and ease of maintenance when selecting replacement windows for your kitchen upgrade.