If you’ve been tracking along with us, then you know that we are steadily making our way through the seemingly endless list of window manufacturing glossary terms. We started several months ago in an attempt to put together an exhaustive resource for those looking to learn more about the replacement window industry inside and out. We have covered a vast amount of territory and we’re only just now getting through with the words beginning with the letter c. This last week we looked and condensation and the way that a quality window can impact the amount of condensation that forms on the panes of glass, both inside and out. As we all have seen, faulty windows, or those damaged by time or severe weather can even develop condensation between the panes on multi-paned windows. This is definitely an unwelcomed sign and a problem for your aluminum windows or vinyl windows.

With condensation firmly under our belt, lets move on to conduction. This term is goes hand in hand with our previous concept. In a sense, condensation is the result is pretty related to conduction in the way that condensation is the result of heat being lost or gained through the material of the window (i.e. energy conduction). So what exactly does conduction mean? Well, a more formal definition is heat transfer occurring through a solid material via contact between molecules within that material. We touched on this last time, but it doesn’t hurt to redress the issue. Heat traveling from a higher temperature environment to a lower temperature environment will typically behave in this manner, passing energy through the solid material in which it exists. This is a crucial concept in aluminum window and vinyl window production and manufacturing and is fundamental to the creation of quality windows and doors. At Croft LLC, this is not a concept taken lightly, and we think it shows in our superior products. Come back next time for some stimulating discussion on the topic of convection, twin sibling of conduction.