Over the course of the previous month, you undoubtedly have seen a lot, heard a lot and covered a lot of ground… whatever that ground may be. We too covered a lot of ground, traversing vast expanses of window manufacturing know how and knowledge. We are well into our journey through the window manufacturing and window making glossary. Week by week we cover a little more, moving slowly but steadily through our terminology. We’ve been moving alphabetically and have come across some pretty valuable information. In our last look, we dove into terms dealing with doubling. Double glazing, double hung windows, double strength glass. To conclude the time we’ve spent looking at terms beginning with the letter d, we’ll look at our final term for the month, drip. “What is a drip,” you say? Well, a drip is a lot of things to a lot of people. A drip in this case (the case of vinyl windows, aluminum windows, patio doors and window manufacturing) is a fin or groove that projects beyond the outer edge of a soffit or sill. It is designed to interrupt the flow of water running down a wall or inward over a soffit.

To frame up our month of window study, it would be helpful to look at some of the key themes. At the risk of repeating this idea ad nauseum, it all comes back to efficiency, specifically energy efficiency, when dealing with the window manufacturing industry. Much of the reasoning behind double strength glass and double glazing is to improve upon the energy efficiency of an already quality product. Vinyl windows and aluminum windows revolve around the concept of energy efficiency. It is at the core of all they are, and will continue to advance as we move into the future of window manufacturing.