Renewal by Andersen Long Island Replacement Windows

Once youve made the decision to replace the windows in your Long Island home, youll want to do some research; exploring aesthetics and various styles before you make a decision youll literally live with for many years to come. Youll certainly want to consider popular window styles recommended by your friends and family who have upgraded their windows. However, while we all want an energy efficient replacement window, what makes one window appeal to you and your home may be very different than what appeals to someone else.

The right window for your home depends on when the home was built, the look and style you want to create and how important performance and durability are to you. If you take a driving tour through Long Island, youll notice that architectural styles vary widely throughout most communities on Long Island. Heres a quick overview of some of the most popular styles you might see on your tour.

Ranch and Modified Ranch Homes

Although many people think of ranch style homes as single story dwellings with an elongated profile, here on Long Island, in addition to these standard ranches we also have some modified ranch styles. These include High-Ranch, Split-Level and Contemporary Ranch designs.

High Ranch and Split-level ranch homes are long and narrow, with several levels. Perfect for hugging the hills, these homes meld with the local terrain. There could be more than three levels, but generally, youll find at least one portion of the house at ground level with the main entrance and both a raised and a lowered section. Unlike two story homes with full-length staircases between upper and lower floors, split-level ranch sections are separated by only five or six stairs, similar to a half-story flight of stairs.

In a Split Level, the front entrance often opens into a large living area and it is common to see short stairways nest to each other on one wall one stair leads to an upper level and the other leading to the dropped spaces. Large plate windows flanked with either casement or double-hung windows are common in the Split Level living room. You can dress up your windows with grilles or leave them bare for a larger viewing area.

You may even find a few contemporary ranch homes with hipped or gabled roofs and dormers as you tour Long Island neighborhoods.

Cape Code: Double Dormer

While the traditional Cape Cod has sharply sloped rooflines (probably as a response to shedding New Englands heavy snow), gabled dormers are more often seen as Cape Cod architectural elements. Grilles in the windows add a unifying element to this style. So whether you choose sliding windows or conventional crank-type casements, opt for window grilles for authenticity. A double casement dormer window design, where the two sides open from the center out, would typically have 6 to 8 panes on each side.

Typical Cape Cod homes built during the Colonial era that lasted from the early 1600s until the mid 1830s, feature the same eight-panes-per-sash design on double-hung windows with fixed or operable shutters attached.

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Renewal by Andersen Long Island Replacement Windows