[MassHistPres] replacement windows

[Marcia Starkey]

Another "This Old House" piece is an "Ask Norm" (nd) that begins "Before you 
go to all the expense of replacing your windows, why don't you try to 
improve all your existing ones instead? Most of the heat lost through old 
windows gets out around the perimeter anyway, not thru the glass...you can 
install weather-stripping and add new storm windows for a lot less than the 
cost of a new window." etc

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From: <veronica_mcclure at harvard.edu>
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<mdstarkey at crocker.com>; <slater at alum.rpi.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 10:53 AM
Subject: replacement windows


> Several years ago This Old House magazine, not particularly known for its
> preservation values, sponsored an evaluation of Steve Thomas' house in the
> Salem historic district, using very modern sensing equipment.  The firm
> that did the evaluation said that although there was some leakage around
> the windows it was much less serious than other issues and that a totally
> airtight house was not a good idea anyway.  They discussed some window
> "solutions" and came up with triple-tracks as the best way to go.
>
> A couple of years before that, either the Old House Journal or This Old
> House magazine had a window article in which they claimed that most
> replacement windows are replacing previously replaced windows, using
> statistics on window sales to back up the claim.
>
> Veronica McClure
>
>