Comments on: KEEPING AHEAD of the JONSES http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/13/keeping-ahead-of-the-jonses/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:41:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Neil Russell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/13/keeping-ahead-of-the-jonses/#comment-1048635 Neil Russell Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:27:31 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/13/keeping-ahead-of-the-jonses/#comment-1048635 That guy pumping the insulation is most likely working with the miracle material "Zonolite" it was billed as "the insulation that pours", of course it was mostly asbestos, good insulator, but there's that breathing thing. Funny about them suggesting injecting inert gas into glass blocks to aid illumination, today the best windows use argon or krypton to provide a moisture barrier and to hold back ultraviolet penetration. I love the picture of the small sliding panel to aid in cleaning the windows, if they hadn't come out with the "tip down" function in windows today we might still see something like that! That guy pumping the insulation is most likely working with the miracle material “Zonolite” it was billed as “the insulation that pours”, of course it was mostly asbestos, good insulator, but there’s that breathing thing.

Funny about them suggesting injecting inert gas into glass blocks to aid illumination, today the best windows use argon or krypton to provide a moisture barrier and to hold back ultraviolet penetration.

I love the picture of the small sliding panel to aid in cleaning the windows, if they hadn’t come out with the “tip down” function in windows today we might still see something like that!

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