Miller Custom Exteriors

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As a family owned and operated business for 40 years, we stand on a firm foundation of integrity,
hard work, and quality craftsmanship. We are proud to carry on the traditions of our founder

We serve the following communities:
Wayne County, Wooster, Orrville, Rittman, Doylestown, Creston, Smithville, Shreve, Fredericksburg, Dalton, Kidron, Apple Creek, Sterling, Canal Fulton,
Stark County, Canton, Massillon, East Canton, North Canton, Hartville, Louisville, Navarre, Minerva, Medina County, Medina, Lodi, Burbank, West Salem,
Holmes County, Millersburg, Summit County, Akron, Wadsworth, Barberton, Fairlawn, Bath, Richland & Ashland County

Confused When Researching Replacement Windows in Canton? Low-E, Argon, Conductivity and U Values Explained.

If you are looking for replacement windows in Canton Ohio, chances are, you have heard lots of confusing terminology, seen many brands, features and bells and whistles to go along with it. Naturally, with a major investment like windows for your home, you dont want to make a bad decision. So lets go over a few things to look for in replacement windows in Canton Ohio.
First of all, you want to avoid a single pane window. These may seem like a great, low cost alternative to the current windows you have, especially if they are old and wooden and leak air. But a single pane window has no insulative barrier and is going to transmit the temperature outside into your home. Not only is this bad in the winter, but in the summer as well if you are trying to cool your home.
A double pane window therefore would be a much better choice, right? Well, yes and no. A double paned window with no emissive coating is not going to help much more than a single paned window. Where we are, in the north, you need to have a low-e coating on the inside of the window to help reduce heat/cold transfer. Double paned windows also reduce condensation and noise in your home better than a single pane.
Triple paned windows will offer you even more protection. Combine that with a low-e coating and an Argon fill (called low-e/Argon or Krypton, which is denser and less conductive than Argon); this will reduce heat loss, but HELP gain heat in the winter by using the rays of the sun to warm up the interior of the window.
Windows can really make or break your homes heating and cooling costs. Windows lose and gain heat by conduction, convection, radiation and air leakage. The way this transfer of heat is measured is transfer is expressed with U-values, (which are the opposite of r-values, like your insulation has, which keep heat IN). So think of a U value in a window like a golf game a lower score is better. A lower score means less heat loss.
Now, filling a window with multiple panes (like triple pane) and introducing a gas to fill that space helps the conductivity of the window go down. Therefore, glazes like the low-e glaze and then the krypton or argon filled space helps prevent heat from escaping, therefore giving these windows a lower U value.
Keep in mind as well that the higher value companies use better and more insulative framing material for the window, as well as thermally resistant edge spacers to reduce the conduction.
Miller Custom Exteriors offers a Triple Paned Park Avenue window by Thermal Industries of Ohio. These are triple paned windows with low-e/Krypton, thermally insulated spacers and on top of all that Miller Custom Exteriors can stain your window to match your homes dcor, which is unusual. They can custom match your current stain, and take care of this step prior to installation so there is less mess for the homeowner.
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The owners of this 1940′s era log cabin wanted a maintenance free exterior without changing the appearance of the quaint, 6 inch log siding. We installed ABC Seamless steel siding in a six inch log profile. Since the siding is 28 gauge, PVC coated steel, it won’t blow off, buck or melt like other siding, so their upkeep should be next to nothing–an occasional powerwash should do the trick.

Being in the home improvement business, we get many, many questions about what type of gutter guard is best for your gutter system in Wooster, Canton or the surrounding areas. The fact is, there are quite a few kinds of gutter guards available for purchase, but as a quality home improvement company, Miller Custom Exteriors has gone to great lengths to craft what we feel is an unmatched system.
In Wooster gutter guard is particularly important, as the town and surrounding rural areas have trees galore. Naturally, leaves seem to be what most people think of when considering a gutter guard system, and in line with that, they think of only needing this protection during the fall months of the year.
Actually, a gutter guard system will protect your homes gutters year round from MANY types of debris. The gutter debris that gathers is not limited to leaves and as we have seen around this area lately, there can be MANY things flying through the air! Sticks, dirt, plant seeds, feathers, nuts, even trash and man-made products can end up stuck in your gutters, and an efficient gutter guard will protect your gutters from all these things.
What we have found is that traditional screen or slotted protection does not work with all these kinds of debris. Screen work great if you have very minimal and very dry debris. Leaves will blow off if they are dry. But as we all know, things do NOT stay dry outside, and so screen protection systems get clogged and gunky when the leaf matter and other junk settles into them.
This reason alone was reason enough for us to develop our own designer gutter guard, which comes made from the same material as our gutters and in the same 25 matching colors. We are so sure that this product works flawlessly that if you have it on your home and your gutters ever DO get clogged WE will clean them for free.
Gutter guard in Wooster Ohio, though, is about more than saving yourself the hassle of having to spend hours cleaning out your clogged gutters. Its about protecting your home. If your gutters clog, they can really damage your home with the overflow of water your basement and possessions can get wet and moldy, your foundation can crack, your sidewalks can be damaged and your roof can be damaged as well. That is a LOT of expense to gamble with when you can eliminate that risk by protecting your home with gutter guards.
Ohio has a very versatile climate for which many of its residents are grateful but that can also really affect the maintenance of your home. Getting a solid gutter guard system like Miller Custom Exteriors Designer Gutter Guard can help you manage your homes costs and functionality.