Thanks for all the suggestions. Now another question. These windows are made from 3 patio door windows as I said, 75X32. What would be a good replacement? I've checked around and the cheapest I found was $90 Can per 6ml pane. What about plexiglass?
-- Helen Peagram
Goedjn wrote:
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>> snipped-for-privacy@ece.villanova.edu wrote:
>>
>>>> ...you might somehow drill a hole in the material at the edge >>>> between
>>>> the two panes and vent that to the outdoors. Warm air rises and >>>> humid
>>>> air rises, so that hole should eventually move the water vapor >>>> outdoors,
>>>> assuming it's less humid outdoors and the new exit hole is larger >>>> than
>>>> the tiny leak entrance holes.
>>>
>>>Two holes are better. We might remove the window and drill two
>>>holes down
>>>from the top through the wood into the window cavity, then drill >>>two more
>>>from outside to inside far enough to meet the vertical holes in the >>>wood.
>
> Or drill them all the way through to the inside, and plug them as > needed
> inside in wintertime and outside in summertime to "put the vapor > barrier
> on the warm side."
>
>>If you can get a hole of any kind in there, wouldn't the sensible >>thing
>>to do be squirt dessicant in there with a syringe, and then plug the >>hole?
>
> You might try that with triethylene glycol, but it would be a
> temporary fix,
> if the leak is still there.
>
> Nick
>