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1. Heat Resistance and Emissivity
November 14, 2013
We started looking at low-E glass last week and actually found some pretty interesting side issues associate with the product. It turns out that because of the high reflectivity of the glass, there are actually rare incidences of neighboring houses and cars receiving damage from the intense glare co...
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2. A Lifecycle Explored
November 14, 2013
We’ve been looking a bit closer at the lifecycle of a tree, closer than your ordinary everyday glance might afford. We got pretty into the whole thing and almost broke into song in our last installment, so watch out, this one could get crazy! We previously just started to touch on the stages of the ...
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3. Glass Matters - Window Manufacturing
October 03, 2013
Last week we took a look at what vinyl is and why we love it for vinyl windows. While we were looking into the matter, we brushed against the topic of glass and window manufacturing. Well, today we’re coming back around to that idea by way of our march through our glossary terms. Today’s term is pla...
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4. Tree Rings and Hardwood Mats
October 03, 2013
What is a tree ring? What a good question! It might seem like an obvious thing (tree rings tell us how old a tree is, duh!), but in reality there is a lot that goes into tree ring formation and it would do us well to take the time to better understand this remarkable feature of trees. We use trees f...
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5. Window Manufacturing, Photochromism, and More
September 06, 2013
We’ve been taking a look at a pretty interesting aspect of glass technology and we’re going to wrap that up today. The implications of this particular type of glass technology for niche segments of the window manufacturing world are pretty cool. We’ve been looking at photochromics, which is the reve...
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6. A Hardwood Mat is Born
September 06, 2013
So how does a tiny little seed become a hardwood mat? Thinking caps on, everyone? Well, there is a process called germination. Germination is probably one of the most critical aspects to hardwood mat production. Without germination, a seed could never become a tree, and the lack of that subsequent t...
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7. Hardwood Mat Integrity
June 25, 2013
In the world of hardwood mats, there are run of the mill hardwood mats, and then there are real-deal, true-blue hardwood mats. The quality differences that can occur between different hardwood mats can be staggering. There are a lot of factors that can influence this kind of quality and there are i...
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8. Muntins and Mullions
June 25, 2013
If you’ve spent any time perusing the internet for knowledge regarding aluminum windows, vinyl windows, or any other variation or permutation of window, you’ve probably landed on the Croft website more than once. We’ve been slowly but surely making our way through a glossary of window manufacturer t...
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9. From Foundations to Vinyl Windows
April 23, 2013
To recap last week, we looked at how fixing drafts and air leaks in your home or office can result in energy savings ranging anywhere from 5% to 30% a year. We all know that heating and cooling aren’t inexpensive things, so any improvements to the integrity of your home energy system can have substa...
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10. The Origins of Hardwood Mats
April 23, 2013
Since coming to the very clear and apparent revelation that all things pertain to hardwood mats, and that hardwood mats pertain to all things, we’ve been dedicated to leaving no subject unexplored and no point of interest unsearched. I guess we’re a bit like that overenthusiastic father who, on a cr...
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