[MassHistPres] FTC ruling on replacement window complaints

[jade at heartwoodrestoration.com]

wood windows are heavy??  can't beat the rope/weight/pulley balance system!

i think i've shared my opinions about the inferiority of replacement  
windows, the folks who knowingly use deceptive marketing strategies  
and the polluting non-recycleable materials molded to imitate real  
windows often enough so that it's not necessary for me to go into  
detail here...i do appreciate the article being posted--thank you!

here's something i think folks here will find interesting:   
http://ptnresource.org/WPSC/

come to think of it, perhaps wood windows are rather heavy after  
all...after a long day of sash installation, i feel it wholly  
unnecessary to head to the gym  at night...

jade mortimer
heartwood window restoration


Quoting Garrett Laws <copperandslate at gmail.com>:

> The FTC brochure still doesn't clearly address the retention of existing
> wood windows and pro's and con's of doing that. See for yourself...
>
> ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/homes/rea20.shtm
>
> Cheers,
> Garrett
>
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>
> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 10:11 PM, <jdianeol at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Here's an interesting report on a recent ruling by the Federal Trade
>> Commission against 5 replacement window manufacturers with links to the
>> FTC site for their take on it and both have links to the FTC brochure on
>> their recommendations when you are shopping for windows. It may prove very
>> helpful to some of your commissions in dissuading residents and/or judges
>> that replacement windows are "necessary" for financial hardship reasons...
>> at least it provides another weapon in the arsenal.
>>
>> I hope this gets you the article and the link without violating the
>> hyperlink prohibition
>>
>> after typing in
>> http://
>> Add on the following
>> business.ftc.gov/blog/2012/03/i-can-see-clearly-now
>>
>> Diane Oliver-Jensen, rla, LEED AP
>> West Brookfield
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Jade L. Mortimer
Heartwood Window Restoration
26 Forget Road
Hawley, MA  01339
413-339-4298 P/F