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Posted by Jeff Wisnia on October 4, 2007, 1:07 pm
Jeff Wisnia wrote:
> mkirsch1@rochester.rr.com wrote:
>
>>
>>> I have a house with double pane windows. One of these windows has
>>> fog/condensation between the panes. None of the other windows have this
>>> problem. How can I get this moisture out? The window casing is wood.
>>
>>
>>
>> Replace the window, or live with it.
>>
>> What's happened is that the seal between the panes has been
>> compromised, allowing regular air, including moisture, into the gap.
>> There is absolutely no way you can recreate the conditions at the
>> window factory where the gap was purged and filled with specially-
>> dried air, or a gas like argon. Even if you could, you still have the
>> problem of finding and sealing the leak that allowed the moist normal
>> air to penetrate.
>>
>
> What you just said is certainly the correct general answer.
>
> However, I've been intrigued by reading about the Clear-Vu system for
> several years now:
>
> http://www.thermalpanerestoration.com/
>
> I'm not sure if they have licensees outside of Canada.
Looks like the first link I gave was just a licensee. The parent company
seems to have licensees in the USA now:
http://www.ccwwi.com/
Jeff
--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.
>
> The description of what they do doesn't sound completely off the wall.
>
> But, I'd expect if it is as good as their ads say I would have heard
> more about it by now, 'eh?
>
> Does anyone in the group have any further info or experience with the
> Clear-Vu system?
>
> A couple of times over the years I've "cheated" and used a glass drill
> to bore a couple of 3/16" holes through the outer pane of a fogged up
> insulated glass window, right at its bottom edge.
>
> That got rid of the fogging and squeezed a couple of more years of use
> out of the windows before enough crud built up on the inner surfaces to
> guilt me into replacing the glass.
>
> Probably my drilled windows didn't have quite as good insulating value
> as if they still had gas in them, but long before double pane glass came
> out we'd put up "storm windows" every winter, didn't we?
>
> A word of warning, don't try drilling through a tempered glass window or
> door. The results will be dramatic and disapointing. (DAMHIKT)
>
> Jeff
>
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