[Greenbuilding] Windows - double hung

Clarke Olsen colsen at taconic.net
Thu Aug 2 20:12:18 EDT 2007


Taking down the screens, the seasonal exchange on screens for storm 
windows;
you have awakened an ancient memory.... Could it happen again?
Clarke Olsen

On Aug 2, 2007, at 10:17 PM, RONALD CASCIO wrote:

> Life, and buildings are a grand compromise. And every situation is
> different. Particular climates require various solutions........ Ever 
> try to use a casement
> to ventilate in a rainstorm?
> As for the screen shading the glazing issue and reducing solar 
> gains... take
> the screen out in the winter months, as folks have done for decades. 
> They
> will last you about three times longer that way too. .....
> Take the darn things out when you need the heat and leave them in
> when you don't. But that's just my humble opinion.
>




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