Our family room has these bay windows that were installed before we purchased the house.
It’s one of the aspects of the house that we fell in love with right away.
The windows are just amazing. I love kneeling at the family room table in the day and seeing the doves at the dove feeder, and periodically, I even see deer outside. It’s just so peaceful, especially since winter started. I could watch the snow falling all day long. The only problem is, these windows let in more than just outdoor beauty. They also let in freezing air. Our family room is regularly freezing freezing no matter how sizzling the rest of the house is. It’s becoming unbearable. My nice friend and I have contacted a heating system business and they took a look at our Heating and A/C system. They said there has nothing wrong with our heating system though. As I suspected, it’s freezing because the glass has no insulation whatsoever. They suggested we get double paned glass to give us a little bit more protection from the outside chill. However, the heating system business did have an option for us. They said we could get the zone control to keep the family room a bit warmer. I know they set up some kind of barrier system in the ductwork. The barriers closed off the heat to the rest of the house when they reach their thermostat settings. Meanwhile, the heating system heats the family room. The whole house can remain comfortable this way. This looks like something we might be interested in having done. My nice friend and I would like to stay nice and comfortable and we easily do love this house. So we better take nice care of it.