It’s good having a close neighbor who works in the construction industry.
He lets myself and others use him as a reference to get supplier discounts from many building businesss in the area.
I can buy lumber for a fraction of the price it costs at a big chain hardware store. When you are capable of doing the remodeling work in your home yourself, the only real expenses are the supplies plus materials. This is why I finally decided to convert my mostly unused carport into an extra study room. I had played with the method for a few years, however it took some practice with smaller builds plus home improvement projects before I felt confident enough to take on such a huge job. And since my friend’s supplier reference gets myself and others absurdly affordable building materials, I finally had all of the necessary tools plus supplies to build a conditioned study room out of my empty carport. The one thing I wanted to ensure was that the room would be as well insulated as I could manage with my budget. You’d suppose that every important aspect of insulation would simply be the walls plus ceiling, however windows play a huge work in the energy efficiency of your home’s central Heating plus Air Conditioning system. Double pane windows have an air gap that is even filled with inert gas in some instances to better insulate from leaking air. As a result, the cycles on your a/c plus furnace should be shorter if you have double pane windows opposed to something inefficient like a crank window. I am lucky that I can also source windows at a much lower price like I can with the lumber plus other building supplies. Between my home improvement knowledge plus my friend’s corporation contacts, I guess like I can tackle any DIY project.