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- From: pauld@cs.washington.edu (Paul Barton-Davis)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
- Subject: leaking self-built window, ideas sought ...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.232322.22289@beaver.cs.washington.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 23:23:22 GMT
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- I just finished building 2 casement windows.
- The one that gets the most exposure to the rain
- is leaking from penetration of the bottom-most
- seal.
-
- The windows are 1/2" insulated glass installed with
- 1/8" glazing tape against the outer stop *only*.
- This was modelled on detailed inspection (perhaps
- not detailed enough) of numerous commercial
- window units.
-
-
-
- glazing --+| |
- tape || | <---- glass sealed unit
- v| |
- | |
- outer +|| |+-+
- stop ---> /||+-+| | <---- inner stop
- / +------+
- -+ |
- | |
- | sash |
- |
-
-
- I'm coming to the conclusion that I did something
- wrong, and that perhaps I:
-
- - should have compressed the glazing tape more
- - should have put tape on both sides
- - should have used putty or similar on the
- underside of the glass
-
- The next ones I build will use RCT's window gaskets,
- but in the meantime, does anyone have any ideas
- why the seal might be leaking ?
-
- I will probably put in a thin caulk top bead to try
- and solve the problem, unless I remove the glass
- and install a glazing gasket instead.
-
- -- thanks
- -- paul
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