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Consumer Reports, October 1993, “Vinyl sash tracks became distorted during durability tests. Parts of the frame and sash bowed during durability tests. We experienced glass seal failure during durability tests.”

 

 

Popular Science, June 1995, “Although vinyl is more energy efficient than aluminum, vinyl, can warp and fade.”

 

Reader’s digest New Do It Yourself Manual, “All vinyl becomes brittle in extreme cold. It expands and softens in heat.”

 

Washington Post, April 21, 1996, “Vinyl frames are not strong. Vinyl frames get soft and warp. They are dimensionally unstable causing warping, cracks, air leaks which cause thermal failure and glass fogging.”

 

 

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