With all the talk about argon migrating out of dual glazed units, no one seems to bring up what replaces it. Nature abhors a vacuum (not to mention that the unit would collapse) so outside ambient air must exchange with the argon. This will eventually lead to a saturation of the desiccant and moisture will condense on the interior (2 & 3) surfaces of the dual unit. As far as I can see there is no way around it. Any thoughts?
Edited 8/10/2002 8:25:42 PM ET by CCCWG
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Sounds reasonable to me ............. hope the window(s) in question have a good warranty.
This isn't regarding any one window or manufacture although Hurd Windows got nailed to the tune of $5 million in a class action case.
I think most windows exchange around 1% air per year and at 25% start to fail so guess what? Most warranties are 20 years long.