Two Local Woman-Owned Businesses Work Together To Deck Your Halls And Keep Your Home Warm And Cozy This Holiday Season!

Two local women-owned businesses are collaborating to make the holidays more festive and homes warmer for area residents this year. Coastal Windows & Exteriors of Beverly, Massachusetts and The Building Center of Gloucester, Massachusetts are working together to deck the halls for local homeowners this holiday season. For every new appointment that is booked with Coastal Windows & Exteriors to learn more about how to improve energy efficiency and reduce home energy costs this winter, they’ll give a FREE Christmas Tree voucher to use at The Building Center in Gloucester. It’s Coastal Windows & Exteriors way of educating and empowering homeowners to heat their home efficiently and well this winter while also spreading some holiday cheer. Visit http:///www.mycoastalwindows.com to sign up for your informational appointment and start decorating that new tree today!

“What better way to cheer homeowners this year then to help them decorate their home for the holidays while also educating them on how to keep their home warm all winter long,” said Stephanie Vanderbilt, Owner, Coastal Windows & Exteriors. Owner Peg Huff and the staff at the Building Center are thrilled to launch their new partnership with Coastal Windows & Exteriors as their newest home improvement vendor. To be able to offer award winning energy-efficient lifetime roofing, siding, windows and entry doors-products & installation- all at one stop is great for the community.

The FREE Christmas Tree campaign is just one component of Coastal Windows & Exteriors’ initiative to help homeowners stay warm and cozy this winter. In fact, the company recently launched a Warm & Cozy Home Guide on its website, www.mycoastalwindows.com/warm-cozy/, to provide homeowners with tips and inspiration to keep their home warm this season.

The New England region is facing a very cold and snowy winter with increasing electricity and natural gas rates slated to slam consumers as National Grid implements higher winter rates up from 37% from last year. According to home exteriors expert Stephanie Vanderbilt, owner, Coastal Windows & Exteriors, this news does not mean that you have to suffer through a long cold winter paying exorbitant prices to heat your home.

Here are some tips to help offset increasing costs:

• Reverse Your Ceiling Fans: Put your ceiling fan in reverse to produce an updraft that pushes heated air back down into the room. Heat rises … send it back down.

• Caulk Windows and Doors: If the gaps between windows or doorframes are bigger than a nickel’s width, go to the Building Center and purchase some silicone caulk and reapply over those gaps.

• Weather Stripping: Use as needed around doors, making sure you cannot see any daylight from inside your home.

• Use a Digital Thermostat: For as little at $19 you can control your heat virtually. Set it to automatically turn the heat down when you’re not home to 65 degrees, no lower. Setting it lower forces your furnace to work twice as hard to make up the difference.

• Upgrade Doors and Windows: If you have old inefficient windows it may be time to upgrade. Stop throwing money out drafty windows. Coastal Windows & Exteriors’ double and triple pane windows not only won Energy Star of the Year, the low-E on the glass literally saves energy, reflects heat, and cuts down the UV rays that damage furniture.

Don’t be left out in the cold this winter! To learn more about getting your FREE Christmas Tree and to learn about how to save money on your energy bills, call or email Coastal Windows & Exteriors at 978-304-0495 or www.mycoastalwindows.com