[Greenbuilding] salvaging insualted glass units

[Robert Tom]

On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:40:31 -0500, Ken Beiser <kbeiser at centurytel.net>  
wrote:

> Is it a Low E coating ?  Would it be on both sheets or is the Superglass  
> single Low E coating?

Ken;

To answer one of your questions, if you hold a match up to the  
triple(?)-glazed IGU , you will see six reflections of the flame in the  
glass. (Four if they are double-glazed).

If the images are all identical in colour, then there are no Low-E  
coatings present.

If one  of the images are different, then that is due to there being a  
Low-E coating.
If two of them are different, well, you know.

And although you didn't ask, I think that it would be better to use double  
glazing rather than single, as you had indicated.

The separated panes can be re-assembled as double glazing, with dry seals  
(ie neoprene glazing channels, compressed) and then detail the inner pane  
as the air barrier.

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Rob Tom
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