Questions: Trapped water, changing rubber…
Hi Steve,
I am starting to get ready for the season and have a few questions…
1. I have come across an Anderson window (approx 10” wide by 36” tall) that has external horizontal dividers on the inside and out with the glass sandwiched in-between. In other words, it is one piece of glass but it is made to appear that there are three vertical panes. The problem is that after I clean the glass, water seeps from the top section down under the molding onto the next section below (i.e. water runs onto glass that I just cleaned). Do you have any suggestions to prevent this?
2. Can you give me a basic idea of when to change rubber in a squeegee? Let’s assume I am working every week day, using that squeegee. I would rather not wait until streaks begin to develop and then have to change them out on the job.
Thanks,
John
My Response:
Hi John,
Good morning. I hope all is well.
–Right…these anderson windows and some other windows that have similar designs end up trapping the water in the dividers, and then it slowly but surely drips down the glass. I’ve found the best way to handle this is to do one of two things:
