VHRanger

26 ms·

361.
by VHRanger 3y ago
Yes, these things mostly happens because people get important details wrong. It might be bad flashing on the exterior, bad trim details on the interior, or not heating the windows appropriately in the winter, etc. Seeing these sort of issue
362.
by VHRanger 3y ago
Yes, growing conditions are certainly most important. Old growth had particular growing conditions - a very high and dense canopy for once. Species is also more important FWIW! If you're making a window you should get a rot resistant s
363.
by VHRanger 3y ago
You probably don't have the same definition of "failed" as I do. If it leaks air, it failed. There are easy ways to test that. Most people only think of mechanical failure, or the double glaze popping as failure. You can do s
364.
by VHRanger 3y ago
Yes, it is for the same species. I have old growth red pine and modern pine in my property, the old growth stuff is so much heavier and stronger it's comical. As said in the OP, it's largely because the old trees are much older, s
365.
by VHRanger 3y ago
Check out stuff by Joe Lstiburek (build science expert) and Brent Hull (linked in OP, historic restoration expert, has YouTube channel)
366.
by VHRanger 3y ago
My point is you can DIY that strip/reglaze work. If you contract it out it will be expensive, yes. Wood windows on the old property have fared much better than plastic or aluminum. Plastic fared the worst. Condensation will happen, but
367.
by VHRanger 3y ago
If you're paying $20k every 20 years, that averages out to a $80/month "window subscription" when itemized That said, my property is really old and has effectively all window types in one place or another. Because it had
368.
by VHRanger 3y ago
You're correct. But that's also the point at which people generally realize the plastic has cracked or bent and is leaking air, etc. etc.
369.
by VHRanger 3y ago
I'm going through insulation woes with my 1870 house right now, and people drastically overestimate how their uninsulated walls are the issue. Your walls are most likely at least something like R-9 if not more depending on the old hous
370.
by VHRanger 3y ago
> The bigger lesson to take from the above: don't build to last too long. Disagree. Build to last long, but accomodate modification. Old houses are built to last a very long time, because they weren't commodities being bought a
371.
by VHRanger 3y ago
Can you explain what CCA is? I live in Ontario, I also have proper winters. It's not so much the plastic windows I bought than the ones previous owners did. The argon seal eventually fails with enough cold/hot cycles, or wear on t
372.
by VHRanger 3y ago
The problem with the new window is that people are most likely to buy a window that is unrepairable and will fail in 15 years. So changing a wood window for vynil/plastic/aluminium is signing up to a subscription to the window com
373.
by VHRanger 3y ago
Glulam is rocketing in popularity, though. It's a good product, carbon-negative, strong, fire resistant, etc. Northern Europe already uses it a lot, it's starting to come to North America slowly.
374.
by VHRanger 3y ago
You replace the glass for the insulation value. You don't need to (and shouldn't!!) replace a wooden frame. Replacing good wooden windows with vynil/aluminium windows is basically signing up to a subscription to the window co
375.
by VHRanger 3y ago
Yes, treating wood does work, but what use to treat depends on the application. For instance railroad ties were treated with creosote or tar. Similar for the underground part of telephone poles. There was a Copper-Chromium-Arsenic mix also
376.
by VHRanger 3y ago
Wood is a better insulator for the frame itself than either vynil or aluminum. For the glass itself, you update it to something better than a single pane. Or put a storm window as needed.
377.
by VHRanger 3y ago
Nowadays there's a vacuum sealed glass product called Pilkington Spacia that's the same thickness as a single pane, but has about the R-value of a triple pane window. You could replace the glass with it yourself if you order the c
378.
by VHRanger 3y ago
Incorrect. As the OP post shows, if you cut down a 300 year old tree it won't cure the same as a young-cut SPF piece of wood. It simply can't - it's effectively not the same material. Just in terms of growth rings, wood densi
379.
by VHRanger 3y ago
I have a 1870s house in Ontario, lots of old growth red pine. This stuff is really heavy and resistant, you keep it indeed.
380.
by VHRanger 3y ago
> I agree, and I'd go as far as to say that the author is a bit confused and showing some confirmation bias. Let me explain. The author mostly cares about rot resistance in a window, though? New engineered wood products rarely help
381.
by VHRanger 3y ago
Old growth is on par with LVL/Glulam in terms of structural strength. But to be honest the rot resistance is more important. Most wood buildings fail because of rot issues, not because the wood wasn't strong enough.
382.
by VHRanger 3y ago
> Do new building codes account for this? Yes, we have code about fireblocking, minimum insulation in wall cavities, etc. for that. Structural code also updates with wood quality testing. In structural charts I've seen, old growth i
383.
by VHRanger 3y ago
Old wood is much less flammable because of the wood density. Timber framed buildings are considered somewhat fire-retardant compared to stud-built buildings. As the exterior of a timber burns, the blackened part insulates the interior of th
384.
by VHRanger 3y ago
It actually does if your seals are good. Argon sealed double panes aren't magical in terms of R-values.
385.
by VHRanger 3y ago
I mean, he puts vacuum-sealed glass on the performance version of the windows he makes. That's even better as a product than triple-glazed windows.
386.
by VHRanger 3y ago
That's basically border collies
387.
by VHRanger 3y ago
Correct - border collies are what he described. When kennel clubs formed in the late 19th century to standardize breeds, the border collie stood apart by only testing for herding ability and not selecting on anything else. Other breeds were
388.
by VHRanger 3y ago
Herding is a self rewarding behavior for herding breeds. You can train herding by simply stopping the herding when he messes up (negative punishment). As long as he does it correctly he keeps doing it (positive reinforcement). For my border
389.
by VHRanger 3y ago
It's almost certainly something he does subtly different. The timing of making breakfast is different, or he cleans up more conscienciously, etc. Not that dogs can't figure out weekly rythms, but they're much better at spotti
390.
by VHRanger 3y ago
I think moderation is per server/community - like mastodon (or, conceptually, reddit) As opposed to centralized moderation (twitter, FB, IG, etc.)

More ›