Bad Window Replacement: Top 10 Installer Screw-ups When good windows suffer bad window replacementWARNING This article contains profanity which is not gratuitous, but rather fundamental to the art, as well as being a true and accurate expression of my frustration with aspects of the window industry. We can put a man on the moon, so why do we sometimes do bad window replacement?!? The window…
Bad Window Replacement: Top 10 Installer Screw-ups
Storm Damage to Windows and Glass
While Chicago, known as the “Windy City,” may not face hurricane threats like coastal regions, it is not immune to violent storms. Recent events with gusts reaching 77 mph have revealed a critical vulnerability: the resilience of our buildings’ windows. When wind turns outdoor objects into projectiles, it poses significant risks to property and human life. Hurricane experts and those who have experienced nature’s wrath…
An Interview with Historic Mike Jackson
Mark Meshulam is an window consultant and glass consultant for window replacement & renovation. Mike Jackson, FAIA, is the Chief Architect of the Illinois Historic Preservation Services Division of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (IHPA). He oversees the evaluation of changes to historic buildings when regulatory and benefit programs are involved. He is also a visiting professor of architecture at the University of Illinois…
Historic Window Renovation
Mark Meshulam is an expert witness and consultant for window preservation. In a continuation of our 20 year retrospective of our unique historic window replacement at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History, we have dusted off never before seen video of the design and testing of the project, jazzed it up with some editing, and have posted it here for your edificial edification. Historic window…
Field Museum Window Replacement
Mark Meshulam is an expert witness and consultant for window replacement and renovation. Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History was incorporated in 1893. Its purpose was the “accumulation and dissemination of knowledge, and the preservation and exhibition of objects illustrating art, archaeology, science and history.” In 1921, the Museum moved from its original Jackson Park location to its present site on Chicago Park District property at Roosevelt…