[Greenbuilding] Exterior insulation retrofit: Windows
John Beeson - Sunny Side Up
emailme0617 at yahoo.com
Fri May 6 14:46:47 CDT 2011
Here here, Anne!
I wish they'd get around to posting the research results! But I have spoken
with Lorri Sipes ofWood Window Repair Company to at least hear the numbers.
http://www.environmentreport.org/show.php?showID=448
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Well, I know a bunch of people (on the oldhouseweb forum, so they do have a
point of view!) who would tell you the greenest thing you can do is restore your
old window, install good weatherstripping on them, and add really good-quality
storms. I believe your house was 1920s? So the wood is old-growth and with
care will last for another century or two, and the weatherstripping and storm
additions will make it (I've read) nearly as tight as a modern window unit -
with the advantage of continuing to be repairable.
I know others here prefer modern technology, but the sight of a bunch of windows
(and old doors, and plaster and lath) in a dumpster, and new material coming in,
really bothers me. For me it's the history as well as the waste - I'm more
traditional Yankee than modern green.
Disappearing back to lurkdom now . . .
Anne
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