Re: Foiling ??

[Jim Rojas <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Spellcheck Patrol wrote:
> On Oct 17, 9:47 pm, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Oct 17, 5:46 am, lonelyher...@xxxxxxxxx (bigolebill) wrote:
>>
>>> Is foiling a window a lost art?
>>> What about a UL alarm?
>> I still do foil if the job already has it, but I'm from that "old
>> school" who did hundreds of windows with foil when there was no other
>> way to detect glass breakage. I've got jobs where the foil has been on
>> for 25 / 30 years. It needs an occasional touch up but I usually do
>> that when I go for a service call. I'm surprised that I don't get more
>> calls for repairs from window washer damage, since I'm sure that many
>> of them don't even know what the foil is or how it can be damaged. All
>> the jobs I have left are commercial/retail shops. Years ago, when I
>> heard that Brooklyn Foil was going out of business, I bought about a
>> dozen rolls of regular foil and a few UL rolls. I put them in plastic
>> bags in my freezer with a couple of hundred foil blocks. I've got
>> about 10 rolls left. Figure I can will them to a museum some day.
>>
>> As far as UL jobs, I don't do any, anymore, but nowdays I'm sure there
>> are other types of glass break detectors that are listed for those
>> jobs.
>>
>> Except for the maintinence of foil, in my opinion, if it's applied
>> properly, it still provides the best detection of glass breakage. <
>
> I've seen people try to scrape it off store windows because they had
> no idea what it was there for.
> I never would have a buck in this business if I had to install foil.
> Your generation is the last one that had the skill to do it.
>

I use to foil windows for many different dealers in New York. On a good
day, I was able to do 25+ double hung windows.

Jim Rojas