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That’s actually a complicated question because there are a lot of factors to consider. Houses built prior to 1978 may have lead in their paint. One of the most popular reasons why people replace their windows is to resolve lead in paint issues. Some people who have older houses like the character of the older wood windows and may decide to have the lead paint removed from the windows. If you live in an historic district that may be your only option. You may also have a lot of windows that are rotted and falling apart. This is another reason why people replace their windows. Some people will replace their old wood windows because they want lower maintenance. You can buy windows that don’t need to be painted and have tilt in features that make it easier to clean them. Some people will replace their windows with new windows that are more energy efficient. The pay back period for getting your money back in energy savings can be quite long. There are contractors out there that can tighten up older wood windows and make them more energy efficient. Here in Rochester, NY we have the Landmark Society. The Landmark Society has a list of contractors that specialize in preserving the character of older homes. Theses contractors are skilled in repairing and improving the energy efficiency of older windows.
It’s my opinion that if your windows are in overall good operating condition and if you don’t have lead in paint issues that it probably is more cost effective to hire someone to give your existing windows a tune-up. Of course a window contractor will have a different opinion because they want to make thousands of dollars by selling you new windows.

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Watch this video and see what a cracked furnace heat exchanger looks like which is a potentially fatal situation

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Watch the above video to learn about electrical wiring that we sometimes find in homes that can lead to fires

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Sabre Announces Roll-Out of Permanent Solution to Chinese Drywall Problems

Slingerlands, New York — October 15, 2009 — Sabre Technical Services announced today the roll-out of its chlorine dioxide-based solution to the problems experienced by U.S. homeowners and builders whose homes are impacted by contaminated Chinese drywall. Sabre’s solution is an adaptation of its patented chlorine dioxide decontamination process to deal specifically with individual residences and smaller buildings.

Sabre has a long history of safe and effective applications of chlorine dioxide in a wide variety of industries, including water treatment, food processing and oil and gas. That expertise and technology has now been applied to the problems related to contaminated drywall, providing a permanent solution.

The Sabre Process

Since 2001, Sabre’s patented chlorine dioxide technology has been internationally recognized for its effectiveness in eliminating contamination from buildings. Sabre successfully used its process to eliminate anthrax contamination from the Hart Senate Office Building, two Post Office Distribution Centers and several other buildings. In 2005, the National Academy of Sciences determined chlorine dioxide, as applied using Sabre’s proprietary process, to be “the standard for the decontamination of buildings.”

Sabre has successfully treated hundreds of large structures for pervasive mold, pathogens, viruses and other sources of contamination, providing permanent solutions to the critical problems facing these structures. They have included an 8 million cubic foot pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, a 1760-room, 400,000 square foot hospital in southern California (which was repopulated with patients and staff in less than a week—just three days after Sabre completed the treatment), and a number of shopping centers, office buildings, restaurants, churches, condominiums and individual homes.

Chlorine Dioxide as a Solution to Problem Drywall

In recent months, Sabre has worked to adapt its chlorine dioxide decontamination process to an emerging problem in the southeastern U.S. – contaminated drywall. In certain homes and structures, particularly those exposed to temperature and relative humidity conditions common to the Southeast, this drywall has been identified as the source of problematic gases which give off a characteristic “rotten egg” smell and cause a blackening and corrosion of copper. A recent study funded by the Florida Department of Health determined that the contaminated drywall is releasing a variety of reduced sulfur gases, including hydrogen sulfide, carbonyl sulfide and carbon disulfide.

Chlorine dioxide permanently solves this problem because it is a highly penetrating gas that seeps into building materials and wall cavities, reacting instantaneously with reduced sulfur compounds converting them to safe, inert compounds, eliminating odors and stopping corrosion. Sabre recognized that its proprietary chlorine dioxide treatment process, which has been perfected through the successful decontamination of hundreds of structures, could be used as a permanent solution to drywall challenges. Accordingly, Sabre has adapted its equipment to specifically address individual residences and smaller buildings.

This process is effective and efficient. It provides a permanent solution to problem drywall and allows residents to reoccupy their homes in less than one week, from start to finish. The Sabre chlorine dioxide treatment process is safe, permanent, costs less than the alternative “rip and rebuild” process, and takes significantly less time.

About Chlorine Dioxide

Chlorine dioxide has been safely used in a variety of industries for decades as a powerful selective oxidant and an EPA-registered broad-spectrum microbiocide. It is used in hundreds of municipal water treatment facilities in the U.S. for controlling bacteria and odors, including odors from reduced sulfur compounds. It is used in food processing for odor control and as a food contact microbiocide that has organic food status (e.g. baby carrots are rinsed in it to control bacterial growth, and chickens are rinsed in it to eliminate salmonella and other pathogens).

About The Sabre Companies LLC

The Sabre Companies are technology and services companies specializing in solving problems and developing solutions related to biological and chemical contamination and pollution. The Companies’ numerous patents on chlorine dioxide generation and process applications allow them to provide unique solutions to many industries. For additional information, please visit www.thesabrecompanies.com.

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