Martensdale is a tiny farming community in Warren County that sits within the Martensdale-St. Marys school district. The village offers a deeply rural lifestyle just thirty minutes from downtown Des Moines, with a handful of homes and farms clustered around its small-town centre.
Martensdale's hilltop position in Warren County exposes homes to some of the strongest winter winds in the southern metro area, with temperatures that frequently plummet below -10F during January cold snaps.
Martensdale's older homes were built for the agricultural economy of their era, not for modern energy efficiency. Their aging windows are a significant source of heat loss, and replacing them with triple-pane units helps rural homeowners manage the high cost of heating through Iowa's severe winters.
the Martensdale community grain elevator and surrounding family farms
Our farmstead near Martensdale had original windows that were decades past their prime. Panes installed triple-pane replacements and the improvement in warmth and comfort is extraordinary. Our heating bills are finally reasonable. — Joyce R., County Line Road