I am doing some home renovations and am wondering if anyone has found a way
of getting moisture out from between window panes. Without having to
replace them. The window is 3x5'.

Gray, T wrote:
I am doing some home renovations and am wondering if anyone has found a way
of getting moisture out from between window panes. Without having to
replace them. The window is 3x5'.

Take a diamond bit, drill a couple of 4mm holes in the window at opposite
corners.

Take an aquarium pump and a coke bottle, and some tubing.

Cut a couple of holes in the bottle top, and place two bits of tube into
the bottle, one ending immediately, the other at the bottom.
Place in freezer.
This freezes out any water.
Now, the aquarium pump pumps into the cokebottle, and the dry air goes into
the window.
Canned air is an alternative.
Using anything butane based is probably a very, very bad idea.
Now, once it clears, insert a couple of plugs.
Best to do on a hot day.
You will probably need to do this often.
Alternatively, cutting 2 2cm holes in the outside pane, and covering with
mesh so that it can breath may work.

In other words, replace them. Be cautious about where you order new panes of
insulated glass. Many shops charge you just a little less than replacing the
whole window, no matter how much that is. (The nerve of them.)
-B

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Gray, T wrote:
I am doing some home renovations and am wondering if anyone has found a
way
of getting moisture out from between window panes. Without having to
replace them. The window is 3x5'.

Take a diamond bit, drill a couple of 4mm holes in the window at opposite
corners.

Take an aquarium pump and a coke bottle, and some tubing.

Cut a couple of holes in the bottle top, and place two bits of tube into
the bottle, one ending immediately, the other at the bottom.
Place in freezer.
This freezes out any water.
Now, the aquarium pump pumps into the cokebottle, and the dry air goes
into
the window.
Canned air is an alternative.
Using anything butane based is probably a very, very bad idea.
Now, once it clears, insert a couple of plugs.
Best to do on a hot day.
You will probably need to do this often.
Alternatively, cutting 2 2cm holes in the outside pane, and covering with
mesh so that it can breath may work.

Gray, T wrote:
I am doing some home renovations and am wondering if anyone has found
a way of getting moisture out from between window panes. Without
having to replace them. The window is 3x5'.

You don't, you replace it. There is no real fix. A good glass shop can
make up a replacement for not all that much. Take the old one in and they
will know what you need.

--
Joseph E. Meehan

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