Bee Windows Blog

Tame the Coming Spring Storm Beast with GutterMonster™ from Bee Window!

beeadmin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:26:02 +0000

Whether March comes in like a lion or in like a lamb, you can rest assured that the mighty winds of springtime will eventually come sweeping over the plains of Indiana with full-force gales – blowing down tree branches, whipping up debris from last autumn and stirring up the flotsam and jetsam of seasons past with serious power. Will your current gutters and down spouting system be able to handle what Mother Nature decides to dish-out? Or will they buckle under the pressure of winds, rains and debris, becoming so clogged with organic matter that your house looks like it’s leaking from the top down with unmitigated torrents of water and organic remains?

For a monstrous scenario like the one we’re describing, we suggest you fight fire with fire and unleash a monster of your own – the mighty GutterMonster as sold and installed by Bee Window of Indiana. Featuring seven points of contact between this ultra-efficient gutter system and your home, GutterMonster clings and clamps to your house like no other system you’ve seen, preventing water back-up from getting under your shingles and behind your gutters themselves. You can place GutterMonster on your existing gutter system – no need to buy new ones, folks – and you’ll still have access to your gutters whenever you decide to give them a cleaning from the inside out. Even better, GutterMonster comes in an array of colors to match the style and aesthetics of your current outward home décor design, so even though it’s a monster it’s not an ugly beast to your eyes.

So what are you waiting for? Unleash the monster of all gutter protection systems on your home today and say goodbye to gutter debris and flooded downspouts for good. Contact Bee today to get started on monstrous gutter and down spouting protection the GutterMonster way.

$12,000 x 3 Drawings = $36,000 in Home improvement Products from Bee!

beeadmin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:23:29 +0000

For years now, Bee Window has been delighting our customers with an amazing give-away each and every year – a drawing to win literally thousands of dollars in home improvement products and supplies that the lucky winner gets to use to improve the look, feel, value and functioning of their home. Look at it as our way of stimulating the economy, keeping our valued customers entertained, and enjoying the satisfaction of making people very happy when they win. And WHO doesn’t like winning something for free – no strings attached?!

This year we’re upping the ante a bit – increasing the winnings and giving more people the chance to win big. For 2012, Bee will be holding three separate drawings for $12,000 each – with the lucky winner each time getting free home improvement supplies and products that will total $12 k in winnings, guaranteed from Bee. That’s t-w-e-l-v-e t-h-o-u-s-a-n-d d-o-l-l-a-r-s in products like vinyl replacement windows, home siding, sunroom conversions, porch enclosures…….amazing stuff, folks. Bee is excited about our ongoing contest – with three drawings to be held April 30^th, August 31^st and December 31^st of this year, with all prizes guaranteed to be awarded to a lucky winner each time, no strings attached.

To learn more about our fabulous home improvement give-away contest from Bee Window, please click here. And to see some of our past winners and hear what they have to say about their winnings from Bee, follow this link and then get in on the winnings action!!!

Let the Sun Shine In With Andersen Replacement Windows from Bee Window This Spring!

beeadmin — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:23:52 +0000

Yes, it’s only February and especially in the Midwest we still have some weeks of winter weather to go through, but the optimists that we are here at Bee….we can’t help thinking about those bright spring days that are right around the corner and how much more sun you’ll see seeing in your home with the installation of new Andersen replacement windows. With Andersen, the myriad styles and designs are sure to function well with almost any house design, and Andersen windows have some great benefits that come from the latest window technology.

First off, the windows we feature from Andersen help to conserve energy – keeping cold air out in the winter and keeping cold air inside during the summer months. This is because our professional installation services make sure your new windows fit well and tightly. Low E4™ glass also adds thermal protection to your windows – home owners using low E4 glass compared to ordinary double-paned glass saved 25% on cooling costs and 10% on heating costs!

Next, all Andersen replacement windows feature tilt-in designs, which means the use of ladders to clean the outside of your windows is a thing of the past. No heights, no ladders, no hoisting a bucket of soapy water up to the second level of your home to keep the exterior of your windows clean. Talk about convenience.

Lastly, with at least 7 different styles of windows to choose from – from kitchen and casement to bay or picture window varieties – we’re fairly convinced every home owner can find a style and design of window that will suitably impress them and also impress your neighbors and visitors. How can you not be impressed with the quality of sunlight and outdoor views you’ll see as framed by these attractive and ultra-efficient windows by Andersen?

Your Mother Always Told You to Wear a Hat. Your House Needs One Too – Attic Insulation from Owens Corning!

beeadmin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:55:11 +0000

It’s a known scientific fact that heat rises and exits from the top of structures whenever it can, especially if access is easy and unhindered. This scientific fact has prompted mothers down through the ages to instruct their children to always wear hats during the cold winter months as a means to keep body heat inside and the cold air outside of their children’s bodies. The same applies and holds true for homes and heat during the cold winter months!

Heat mapping by infrared cameras has shown time and again that huge amounts of energy are lost out of the tops of houses that have not been properly insulated, since heat rises and escapes through roofing vents, thin wooden roof materials, missing shingles and the like. Indeed, a natural way to measure the amount of heat leaving your home is to gauge how much snow is melting off your roof during a cold day. Technically speaking, a well-insulated house should lose little heat and thus those well-insulated homes will have roofs that remain chilly, with full coatings of snow on the outsides of the roofs. When other homes in the neighborhood seem to have white roofs all winter-long and your roof is barren of snow, that’s a strong sign that heat is escaping and melting the snow on your home’s top surface.

AttiCat blown-in insulation from Owens Corning increases the efficiency of your home’s energy system by up to 20%, reducing your heating bills all winter-long. Why lose up to 40% of the conditioned air your home’s furnace generates when you can contain it, save money and stop wasting energy altogether. Learn more about expanding blown-in AttiCat insulation from Owens Corning as sold and installed by Bee Window. We know you’ll like what you learn!

Have You Considered Vinyl Siding Replacement for Your Home for the New Year?

beeadmin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:51:59 +0000

Vinyl siding is one of the coolest and most unconsidered home improvement projects you can undertake for your home, and Bee aims to bring that lack of consideration to a grinding halt in 2012. With its affordability, vast appearance improvement potential, and great additional effects, vinyl siding should be the most popular home improvement maneuver you can execute for your property.

Consider some of the many great benefits of covering your existing home with vinyl replacement siding from Bee Window:

Vinyl siding provides up to 3 times the energy efficiency of regular siding for home insulation effect
Vinyl siding resists sun, wind, rain and snow and will not flake or peel like house paint. Imagine never having to paint your house again!
Classic vinyl siding designs like 4 ½ Clapboard and Dutch actually give the appearance of wooden siding to your home for a beautiful visage.
Bee’s Super Energy Wall vinyl siding won’t warp, rot or peel; just wash it now and then with a garden hose and you’re all set for a clean-looking home outside.

With all this and more going for it, we think everyone who owns a home should consider the value and practicality of replacement vinyl siding. Won’t you as well? Visit our page on replacement vinyl siding and see for yourself about the beauty, efficiency and energy conservation values inherent in our vinyl siding for existing homes. We think you’ll like what you see….presented to you from Bee!

$12,000 in Home Improvements Could “Bee” Yours with Our 3-Time Contest in 2012 for Home Owners

beeadmin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:48:38 +0000

In this economy, $12,000 in home improvement products and services is certainly nothing to sneeze at! And Bee Windows will be giving that much away – three times this year, to lucky winners! Best of all, it’s simply so easy to enter that even a child can do it, although for legal reasons you need to be an adult in order to win.

Every year, Bee Window gives away a hive-load of products and services to lucky winners – products like Andersen replacement windows, home vinyl siding replacement services, kitchen and bathroom resurfacing and remodeling supplies and services, patio enclosures, room additions, sunrooms and more. All one has to do to be considered for the contest is to enter to win – it’s that simple since the contest is a drawing and is totally based upon luck. Three fortunate winners will be chosen by random on three different dates – April 30^th, August 31^st and December 31st of 2012, and each will win $12,000 worth of products and services to make your house the scene supreme in 2012. The contest is just one way Bee Window says “thank you” to our loyal customers and it’s also a great way to keep people interested in what we’re doing in the world of home improvement all year long.

So what are you waiting for? Meet our past winners and see what they have to say about their winnings from Bee Window! Read the rules and learn all the details for Bee’s three give-a-ways in 2012. And then enter to win your share of the prizes and fun, brought to you by the friendly (and generous) folks at Bee Window of Indiana and the Home Improvement Giveaway 2012.

One Monster that’s for Every Season – Christmas & Chanukah, Not Just Halloween

beeadmin — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:40:28 +0000

At Bee Window we love to talk about our favorite monster, and not just at Halloween but at every holiday, including Christmas and Chanukah. We’re talking of course about the famous monster known as GutterMonster – a good monster who helps protect homes and properties throughout Indiana and is spreading across the greater Midwest as well.

GutterMonster is an amazing gutter protection system that works in conjunction with your existing gutters and down spouts to prevent gutter clogs and overflows that can lead to ice dams, roof damage, stained siding, ruined landscaping and even basement flooding. The system fits onto your existing gutter system so there’s no need to replace the actual gutters, and the system fits underneath roofing shingles to prevent water and debris from accumulating there to damage the roof or the gutter system itself. GutterMonster even handles heavy snow at about 6 inches of precipitation per hour.

So whether you’re celebrating monstrous Halloween, the coming of the Prince of Peace, or entertaining Chanukah Harry with dreidels and candy, Bee Window has a gutter protection system perfect for any time of year. And we install Gutter Monster too! Contact Bee Window today to learn more about gutter protection through the fabulous GutterMonster system.

Let Your Fingers…and Your Imagination Do the Walking – with the Design Showcase Application from Bee Window!

beeadmin — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:38:55 +0000

We see it all the time with our customers – a difficulty visualizing how new doors, shutters, roof shingles, vinyl siding or trim will look on their home. And we can understand their plight – it’s not always easy to imagine what these changes and color combinations will do for a home until those actual colors and selections have been installed…and sometimes then there’s a bit of regret. “Oh, we thought those shutters would match the door a little better.” “Good heavens, that shingle color looks dreadful with our vinyl siding.” “Yes, see, I knew that trim would go well with our paint color!” At Bee Window, we’re arrived at a solution.

The Design Showcase application is an online tool designed to help consumers visualize how certain colors and exterior remodeling elements will come together and work together synergistically. Using this tool, online visitors to the Bee Window website can get a quick feel about how trims, shutters, doors, shingle colors…even vinyl siding color options can combine to enhance and beautify a home that is going to be undergoing an exterior remodeling project. Consider it a bit of guesswork removed. Or consider it a way to view the future before it happens. But definitely consider it another helpful service offered to you from the friendly folks at Faerber’s Bee Window of Indiana!

Hang Your Holiday Wreath on a Beautiful New Entry Door

beeadmin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:37:45 +0000

Whether you’re hosting a holiday party for friends or loved ones or entertaining carolers who come calling and singing at your front door, wouldn’t it be nice to present these visitors with the picture-perfect Christmas scene of a holiday wreath hanging on a gorgeous new door? Bee Window can make that possible, affordably, with entry door selections for most every budget and taste.

Bee Window offers handsome and striking entry doors that are designed to stand years of use and abuse and still look great. These doors increase the outward appearance of your property, help to conserve energy by keeping hot air inside where it belongs and cold air outside where it should stay, and also serve as secure entry points so you can feel confident about the safety of your family and possessions living behind those doors.

Why don’t you consider new entry doors as a present for your home this holiday season? Contact Bee Window today and we can help you with the selection and installation of a brand new entry door in time for your holiday gathering.

Winter Snow Can Show You the Truth about Your Attic and Roof

beeadmin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:37:28 +0000

Winter may be the best time of year to really appreciate and understand the value of attic insulation when it comes to energy conservation and monetary savings on your heating bills. The next time it snows, check out your roof afterwards and watch it for a few days. Then compare your roof to the roofs on the houses around your home. What do you see? You should see a Norman Rockwell scene – thick white snow blanketing your roof like a quilt laid-out by Old Man Winter himself. But if you see the snow rapidly melting off your roof, that’s a sign that your home is losing heat – big time!

You see, on a well-insulated home with good attic insulation, the heat from your furnace does not exit through your roof osmotically. Instead, that heat remains in your attic because excellent attic insulation prevents it from departing through your wooden roof system. Thus, the outside of your roof stays colder and snow does not melt off your roof. If the snow IS melting off your roof – particularly if it’s melting off faster than from the homes around your home, that’s a sign that massive amounts of your heated air is escaping – along with money from your wallet – directly into the outside air.

Bee Window offers AttiCat insulation from Owens Corning - as well as installation services – to keep your house energy-efficient, warm and toasty, and economically heated. What are you waiting for – contact Bee Window today and start saving the green as the white stuff piles up!