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2. Weatherization - Wikipedia

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   A weatherized building is protected from the outside elements in order to maximize energy efficiency. Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station. Weatherization (American English) or weatherproofing (British English) is the practice of protecting a building and its interior from the elements, particularly from sunlight, precipitation, and wind, and of modifying a building to reduce energy consumption ...

3. Weatherstripping - Wikipedia

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   Weatherstripping is the process of sealing openings such as doors, windows, and trunks from the waters above. The term can also refer to the materials used to carry out such sealing processes. The goal of weatherstripping is to prevent rain and water from entering entirely or partially and accomplishes this by either returning or rerouting water.

4. Flashing (weatherproofing) - Wikipedia

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   Weatherproofing seam between a stone chimney and a tile roof on a building in Jersey, Channel Islands. The lead flashing is seen as light gray sheets at the base of the chimney. Flashing is thin pieces of impervious material installed to prevent the passage of water into a structure from a joint or as part of a weather resistant barrier system.

5. Does the weather forecast call for snow or ice? Here's what ...

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   The snow melts into rain then refreezes just as it hits the cold ground. Since the rain is not freezing until it reaches the surface, it still falls like regular rain and therefore looks and feels ...

6. Here's What You Need To Know About Snow And Ice In The South

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   4) Don't Forget the Ice. An ice threat comes along with the snow. Sleet and freezing rain are fairly common in the South, with many areas seeing wintry precipitation at least once each season.

7. It's so cold outside that people's windows are breaking in ...

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   In Erie, Pennsylvania, the city's calendar-day snowfall record was shattered on Christmas Day with more than 65 inches of snow. Not to mention, the cold blast is so severe in Canada -- a country ...

8. Insulated glazing - Wikipedia

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   A typical installation of insulated glass windows with uPVC frames. Possibly the earliest use of double glazing was in Siberia, where it was observed by Henry Seebohm in 1877 as an established necessity in the Yeniseysk area where the bitterly cold winter temperatures regularly fall below -50 °C, indicating how the concept may have started: [2]

9. Cladding (construction) - Wikipedia

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   Between the cladding and the wall there is a cavity where rain can run down. In the event of a fire this draws hot air up like a chimney, intensifies the fire, and spreads it to the top of the clad area. The fire can then get inside the building through open windows, for example to curtains blowing through windows. [1]