Sheldahl is a tiny farming hamlet in northern Polk County where a few dozen homes cluster around the local grain elevator. The community embodies the spirit of rural Iowa, with deep agricultural roots and a quiet way of life that has endured for generations.
Sheldahl's position on the open Polk County prairie makes this tiny community one of the most wind-exposed in the metro area, with winter gusts that find every crack in an aging window frame.
In Sheldahl, where nearly every home was built before modern energy standards, drafty windows are the norm rather than the exception. Replacing them with sealed triple-pane units is one of the simplest and most effective improvements a rural Iowa homeowner can make.
the Sheldahl grain elevator and surrounding agricultural landscape
Our little home in Sheldahl had windows so old they rattled in every windstorm. Panes installed triple-pane replacements and the silence is remarkable. The house holds heat like never before. — Gene T., Downtown Sheldahl