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Newannaive

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water getting in d.glazing?
« on: October 06, 2010, 10:53:55 pm »
hi folks, had a woman tonight saying after the glass had dried earlier today there was wet (condensation stylee) inbetween the double glazing? And it had never been there before (first time wfp'd) is it possible water could have got in? anyone had this?  :-[

mikecam

Re: water getting in d.glazing?
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2010, 11:01:00 pm »
Its highly unlikeley water has 'just got it'. In all probability the unit was already 'blow', whats happened is that the cool water on the outside and the warmth of the house inside exassabates the condensation and makes it more visible.

Newannaive

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Re: water getting in d.glazing?
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2010, 11:02:44 pm »
ok cheers, its hard trying to explain to an 88yr old  ::)

traps7

Re: water getting in d.glazing?
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2010, 11:37:11 pm »
Yeh, Good Luck!

windiewasher

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Re: water getting in d.glazing?
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2010, 09:21:51 am »
Just say its not possible.it rains every otherday in this  country and that is a lot faster.than wfp.
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chopsie

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Re: water getting in d.glazing?
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2010, 01:28:16 pm »
I cleaned my mates sisters rented place a few times. The other day she told me some panes had a lot of water in them, She has moved out and told her landlord the rain must of done it. It must of been bad as her boyfriend was considering drilling the glass to release the water, He said either that or put some fish in it  :o
Thank god they were renting and friends of mine. Made me wonder how many more I will get and if its going to cost me
chopsie

Pole 2 Pole

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Re: water getting in d.glazing?
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2010, 01:28:57 pm »
I disagree. I've noticed that alot of my custies windows have started to look really bad since I started wfping them. Yeh the initial problem is the sills are getting old but I do believe the water from the pole brings out the problem. And if I was a custie and my window cleaner made my windows look as bad as some of my custies windows look,I'd be ped off. Blown sill or no blown sill. Just my thoughts.

AuRavelling79

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Re: water getting in d.glazing?
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2010, 04:10:51 pm »
In the summer I started advertising in the local community "rag" and took on about a dozen folk, most of whom were done by a disappeared traddy guy. Some were "blown" and it is simply those that are ten/fifteen years old and mainly the openers, especially ones that face the sun and get the heat and rain (cool) alternately over the years.

Wfp might "show it up" but the prob was there already and is due to poor manufacture, vibration when closing, poor fitting (base of unit in bottom of frame and getting wet instead of being up on a hidden spacer) or age (expansion and contraction in heat and cool).

I have a husband and wife team called "windowcare" who I pass all this on to and every so often I get a crate of wine of beer - which is nice!

There is no way wfp will get water between the panes - it has to get past the seals between the pane and the beading and then the glue that holds the unit together. If the window units are that bad then they will rattle in the frame anyway!
It's a game of three halves!

Newannaive

  • Posts: 320
Re: water getting in d.glazing?
« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2010, 09:08:35 pm »
i'll just tell her this^   ;D