> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Leeke, Preservation Consultant
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 11:08 AM

 
> Most people have not noticed that the current strategy in the building

> products industry is the shift from permenant maintainable materials 
> (wood, bricks & granite) to cosumable products (paper & plastic with 
> just enough crap to hold them together for about 14 months.)

There's a reason they call them "replacement windows."

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