Fog Lifter Window Solutions Blog
People ask me how the Fog Lifter foggy window repair/moisture control process works here in Santa Cruz. Here is the thumbnail scetch. Typically a double pane window accumulates moisture from expansion and contraction due to sun exposure. The sun expands the air volume between the panes, pressure is placed on the glass unit's seal. On contraction (cooling) the unit draws in air and moisture through the seal. We call this process "solar pumping". Insulated unit manufactures place descicants in ...
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Posted May 12, 2010 at 07:57 AM
This is the age old question Santa Cruz window cleaners face every season. The short answer is this: If you can hold off...do it. Many of my window cleaning clients in Santa Cruz only get their windows done once a year, so it does make sense to wait until rain is finished. Window cleaning in Santa Cruz is particularly effected by this because there is usually a clear temporal boundary marking "wet" and "dry" seasons. That line differs from year to year but eventually comes. So here we are in ...
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Posted May 11, 2010 at 08:06 AM
Fog Lifter Window Solutions offers solar panel cleaning in Santa Cruz for optimizing energy production. If you are one of the many Santa Cruz property or business owners that have installed Solar Panels to supplement your energy demand Fog Lifter Window Solutions has a service that you may wish to avail yourself of. Dirty solar panels can reduce your electricity production significantly thereby prolonging the break even point of your system investment. En...
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Posted May 10, 2010 at 09:13 AM
For over three years now Fog Lifter Window Solutions of Santa Cruz has been taking the moisture out of fogged double pane glass units. Much has been said about why windows fail and how it is best to remedy the situation. As one of the first adopters of this process in North America and with hundreds glass units saved, I have drawn some conclusions about how foggy windows are best dealt with. First, it should be noted that time is of the essence. A property owner or man...
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Posted December 03, 2009 at 02:34 PM
At first glance it seems as though it would be easy to measure your own screen openings and have you local glass shop make your screens. As most people find out, if you are just a few 16ths of an inch off in you calculations your screen will not fit properly and suddenly you have doubled the price of your window screening project. There are a few advantages to hiring a local Santa Cruz County mobile screen fabricator like Fog Lifter Window Solutions. The first is that ...
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Posted December 01, 2009 at 07:09 PM
I would like to thank everyone for the great trip that I just had to the Monterey Bay Area. I have had window washing opportunities in Monterey and Santa Clara counties for the last 4 1/2 years. I look forward to washing windows in Santa Cruz County coming up in April of 2010 when my non-compete agreement ends. Many of you have been so patient while we wait this time out. I started washing windows in Santa Cruz in 1989, doing 10s of thousands of windows for prope...
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Posted November 15, 2009 at 01:45 PM
Check out the video section of my Merchant Circle page! You will see that I have videos posted where I have gotten the fog out of two Bend, Oregon storefronts. The process was considerably less than half of replacement cost and was done immediately with no mess or disruption to the businesses.www.FogFreeWindows.com
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Posted November 02, 2009 at 12:26 PM
