I knew that putting in new vinyl windows would help us save on our heating and cooling bills but I had to convince my husband. I called a Chicago remodeling company to give us and estimate and show us how many different types of vinyl windows that there were to choose from. My husband said that we probably could not afford it so he did not want to be there when they came to the house.

I met with the Chicago remodeling company by myself that night. I was shocked to see how affordable it was and knew that when I showed my husband the estimate that there was no way he could say no. We decided to get a home improvement loan to pay for the vinyl windows. As soon as they were installed, you could tell that they were much more energy efficient than the old windows that we had.

I used to feel cold air coming through the old windows and the new vinyl windows kept the cold air outside. We noticed a savings in our electric bill the first month after having the windows installed. We knew that we would be able to pay off the loan with the energy bill savings we were earning.