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12/14/11, 9:35 PM
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Double glazed gasket expansion?
What's going on here? I'm seeing this more and more on inspections in my area. It appears that the inner gasket between the glass panes are expanding. And with nowhere else to go, they expand/buckle into the space between the glass. Ugly. It's not just one window manufacturer. Although there's no fogging of the glass, I assume that it's safe to say the gas-tight seal is broken or at least compromised.
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12/14/11, 9:40 PM
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Re: Double glazed gasket expansion?
Joseph P. Hagarty joseph.hagarty@comcast.net Main Line Inspections, Inc. Phone: 610-399-3675 Email: MainLineHI@comcast.net http://pa.nachi.org/mainlinepa/about.html http://www.householdinspector.com National President / NACHI (2003-2004) NACHI Education Committee Member
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12/14/11, 9:42 PM
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Re: Double glazed gasket expansion?
ADAIR INSPECTION 972-487-5634 Commercial-Residential-Construction-EIFS-Infrared Thermography TREC # 4563 EDI: EIFS-MA TX # 39 2008 US Member of the Year life is the random lottery of events followed by numerous narrow escapes accept the good
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12/17/11, 7:03 PM
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Re: Double glazed gasket expansion?
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 Kenton Shepard, InterNACHI member # 04082383 Certified Master Inspector (CMI) InterNACHI Director of International Development Director of Green Building EXPERT WITNESS SERVICE Conventional and Log homes (303) 717-8940
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12/18/11, 11:25 AM
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Re: Double glazed gasket expansion?
Try this one instead, Saw the same issue and got lots of good comments on it.
http://www.nachi.org/forum/f2/window...-bowing-65377/ Greg Mathias, CCHI Journeyman Carpenter Global Property Inspections Lloydminster, AB. Canada (780)205-9912 
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12/30/11, 3:30 PM
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Re: Double glazed gasket expansion?
Thanks to all of you for the comments. Very helpful. Got an education of swiggle seal failure.
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