Comments for Arlington Energy Smackdown http://www.arlingtonsmackdown.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:03:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Storm windows by Scott Smith http://www.arlingtonsmackdown.com/?p=17#comment-6 Scott Smith Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:49:32 +0000 http://www.arlingtonsmackdown.com/?p=17#comment-6 Thanks for the tip on the weather stripping Dave. I have 2 year old Harvey True Channels on my house. The work well mechanically and seem to seal well. After I moved into the house I adjusted the sill plate and caulked along most of the length, leaving the weep holes open to get a better overall seal. As far as I can tell, these are about as good as storms get. As the to windows themselves, if you have really old ones like mine, you might want to get them refurbished. Companies like Restoration Windows and others specialize in rebuilding older double-hung windows and seem to make them much better mechanically and much tighter thermally. Not cheap (around $275 per window for the style I have), but much cheaper (and nicer) than replacements. I'm planning on getting a few of my worst offenders done sometime soon, and will probably try to copy what they do on the ones that are in better shape. Scott Thanks for the tip on the weather stripping Dave. I have 2 year old Harvey True Channels on my house. The work well mechanically and seem to seal well. After I moved into the house I adjusted the sill plate and caulked along most of the length, leaving the weep holes open to get a better overall seal. As far as I can tell, these are about as good as storms get.

As the to windows themselves, if you have really old ones like mine, you might want to get them refurbished. Companies like Restoration Windows and others specialize in rebuilding older double-hung windows and seem to make them much better mechanically and much tighter thermally. Not cheap (around $275 per window for the style I have), but much cheaper (and nicer) than replacements. I’m planning on getting a few of my worst offenders done sometime soon, and will probably try to copy what they do on the ones that are in better shape.

Scott

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