Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 10, Number 47, DeMotte, Jasper County, 10 October 1940 — FEW CENTS EXTRA FOR TIGHT WINDOW FRAMES IS GOOD INVESTMENT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FEW CENTS EXTRA FOR TIGHT WINDOW FRAMES IS GOOD INVESTMENT

Don't overlook the Importance of he lowly window frame when you build your new house. It is the one hing that permanently joins your windows with the framework of your houae. A window frame properly constructed keeps out dirt and drafts by naking a weathertight joint with the wall. A window frame indifferently onstructed will allow as much as 174 übit feet of air per hour to leak into your home, air that is often loaded with dust, to dirty up walls and cause I rafts. Good Construction Costs Little Wide blind stop construction in window frames has been in use for many yean, yet jerry builders will use

frames without it in order to cut costs without regard to consequences. This type of construction costs about 90e to 60c more per window opening than ordinary construction and it will quickly pay for itself in heat saved and added comfort. Window Frames Permanent Remember window frames are a permanent part of the wall in your new home. To tear them out and replace them is not only a mess but a big expense as well. The easieet way to avoid leaky window frames in your new home is to buy frames that make a weathertight wall joint and that means wide blind stop construction.

TIGHT JOINT W+ Contractors call this wide blind atop construction. It cuta air leakage more than half around window frames. Costs just a few cents extra per r window. Arrow points to wide blind stoy.

LEAKY JOINT This is the kind of Indifferent window frame construction that is used in many new homes. It results in drafts and dirty walls around windows. Arrows point to where cold air leaks in.