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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2205103, member: 27832"]Well, I wasn't there, of course. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> But I would think a window would be stronger and less prone to breakage if it rested on a thicker rather than a thinner edge. Some people who have looked at lots of old windows say <i>most</i> windows are mounted with the thickest part at the bottom, but some are the other way around!</p><p><br /></p><p>If glass could flow toward the bottom of a vertically mounted window in less than 200 years, I'd think the center of a horizontally supported window would sag in <i>much</i> less time, because the stresses on it would be much greater. I know of no examples where that's happened.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2205103, member: 27832"]Well, I wasn't there, of course. :) But I would think a window would be stronger and less prone to breakage if it rested on a thicker rather than a thinner edge. Some people who have looked at lots of old windows say [I]most[/I] windows are mounted with the thickest part at the bottom, but some are the other way around! If glass could flow toward the bottom of a vertically mounted window in less than 200 years, I'd think the center of a horizontally supported window would sag in [I]much[/I] less time, because the stresses on it would be much greater. I know of no examples where that's happened.[/QUOTE]
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