Window Treatment - The 30" x 54" Energy Cinch
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Item #: wea1502

The Energy Cinch is a simple, low-cost, highly effective window treatment that controls thermal heat. Controlling and utilizing thermal heat will significantly lower energy consumption, resulting in immediate and dramatic savings on your energy bill.

The Energy Cinch consists of two tension rods and a light tan, four-layer Warm Window? insulating fabric that is installed inside the window casing. With the tension rods placed at the top and bottom of the window casing, the fabric will fully cover the window, reducing heat loss by up to 80%. The fabric incorporates metalized Mylar? with insulating polyester fibers, a reflective polyethylene vapor barrier, high density insulating fibers, and a moisture resistant lining. On a single pane window, with the Energy Cinch properly in-place, the resulting R value of the window can be as high as 7.6.

The fabric is installed inside the window casing using two tension rods. Since the fabric size may not match the inside window casing dimensions exactly, horizontal adjustments are made by gathering the fabric on the ends, and vertical adjustments are made by rolling the fabric onto the tension rod (always choose an Energy Cinch size equal to or larger than the inside dimensions). To let in light, move one of the the tension rods up or down, or remove the Energy Cinch entirely. Because moving tension rods is more involved than opening and closing shades or curtains, this product is most suitable for windows with the window may largely remain covered, for which one would not otherwise be frequently opening or closing shades or curtains.

Installation Instructions:

- Step 1: Adjust the tension rods so they will fit snugly inside the window casing.
- Step 2: Insert the tension rods into the pockets of the Energy Cinch located at each end of the fabric.
- Step 3: If the rods are shorter than the width of the fabric, gather the fabric onto the rods, leaving the ends of the rods exposed.
- Step 4: Insert the upper tension rod into the window casing, so that it presses the fabric against the top of the window casing, but so that the fabric does not touch the glass (ideally a 1/2" space between the fabric and the glass should be maintained).
- Step 5: Insert the lower tension rod into the window casing, so that it presses the fabric against the bottom of the window casing, but so that the fabric does not touch the glass.
- Step 6: If the length of the fabric is longer than the window casing remove the bottom tension rod, roll the excess fabric onto the rod, and insert back into the window casing.