Are my spacers bad?
Are my spacers bad?
A friend is having some work done on her house. The contractor noticed that the spacers between the panes of her windows were wavy, and told her they shouldn't be like that.
We checked our windows, which were installed 9 1/2 years, and all the spacers are wavy. For all I know, they could have been like that since day 1.
Is this really a problem?
We checked our windows, which were installed 9 1/2 years, and all the spacers are wavy. For all I know, they could have been like that since day 1.
Is this really a problem?
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Re: Are my spacers bad?
Could be... any pics?
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+1
Pics will help but that is a pretty common spacer failure and look.
If they are 9.5 years old, tell her to check the warranty out ASAP as she may only have 10 years on them.
Pics will help but that is a pretty common spacer failure and look.
If they are 9.5 years old, tell her to check the warranty out ASAP as she may only have 10 years on them.
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Swiggle Seal had a big issue with waviness, particularly in smaller sized glass units.
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Our friend had the windows installed after ours, and told us that Anlin is replacing them. I have not personally seen them.
Our windows will be 10 years old in September, so if this is a problem, we'll want to do something soon.
This is pretty much how all our spacers look:
Our windows will be 10 years old in September, so if this is a problem, we'll want to do something soon.
This is pretty much how all our spacers look:
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That does not appear to be a failure. The "ribbing" that you see is simply the outer foam and seal contoured to the shape of the polycarbonate core of the product. When they go bad, you will see major dips and waving, like the whole spacer rising up into the glass area.
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Ding, ding.HomeSealed wrote:That does not appear to be a failure. The "ribbing" that you see is simply the outer foam and seal contoured to the shape of the polycarbonate core of the product. When they go bad, you will see major dips and waving, like the whole spacer rising up into the glass area.
This is what a typical seal failure looks like.
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WoW, that was a great picture! I read the ding, ding and scrolled down. LMAO for about 15 minutes!! That caught me funny! Well Done my friend!!
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How did that snake get in there?
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Pick up your emails bossman.Guy wrote:WoW, that was a great picture! I read the ding, ding and scrolled down. LMAO for about 15 minutes!! That caught me funny! Well Done my friend!!
I shot you a couple a few weeks ago if you still have the same one.
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Seriously. If that happened in one day, you would probably jump back when you went in the basement.Randy wrote:How did that snake get in there?
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Eric I tried calling you! Email is
guylundsten@gmail.com
guylundsten@gmail.com