[MassHistPres] Windows...longevity...recycling

[Carol C]

Garrett:
So glad you asked, as I was thinking the same thing.  The Bedford HDC only
allows wooden replacement windows in the District, to match what is being
replaced.  True divided lights are preferred, but we have allowed the glue on
wooden muntins with the stipulation that they are not to come off.

When HDC's start approving synthetic materials for windows, where does it
stop?

Carol M. Carlson
Bedford HDC

Garrett Laws wrote:

> Is there anyone out there with the ability to figure out why we are
> replacing materials 100+ years old with others that are highly UNlikely to
> last 25 or 30???
>
> Just wondering how to approach this conversation in a way that all of can
> see what the effects of our decisions make.
>
> Garrett
>
> Garrett Laws, Manager    Glaws at hbuilders.net
>
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