Winter in Butler

• Windows
• Pipes

Here are some tips which will help you enjoy winter in your butler unit.

• Please return the green snow shovels to the bins when you are finished with them.
• Switch out summer screens with glass replacements in your storm doors.
• Butler Apartments can get very cold in the winter. You may need extra space heaters for your apartment.
• While your apartment has a thermostat for your use, it is important that you not set it too low. Maintaining adequate heat is particularly important in Butler because the lack of adequate heat will result in frozen and burst pipes. In previous years we have experienced some frozen pipes and damaged property.
• Never turn your heat off completely! It is dangerous to gamble on good weather during mid year/holiday breaks or during times you will be away from your home. Please keep your heat set at 65 degrees, or more, while you're gone.
• If you see a foundation vent that is open, please immediately report it to the Customer Service Center at X-8-8000 or at service@princeton.edu.
• Before Freezing Weather
  • Remove garden hoses from outside faucets. Be sure that your storm windows are lowered, closed and locked.
• In Sub-Freezing Weather
  • Open cabinet/vanity doors under sinks adjacent to outside walls. In sustained sub-freezing weather, let water drip slowly from inside faucets (steady drip), 10 to 20 drops per minute is the ideal rate.
  • If You Are Not Going To Be At Home open cabinet doors under sinks adjacent to outside walls.

Butler Storm Windows

There are two (2) distinct types of windows present at the Butler community. Thermo-Pane, Double Hung, Double Glazed, Insulated Windows and Conventional, Double Hung Windows with Triple Track Storm Panels.

The following Butler Community residences have conventional, double hung windows with triple track storm panels:

• Harrison Lane: 222 A, B, C & 224 A, B, C & 226 A, B, C, D
• Marshall Street: 219 A & 225 A, B, C
• Butler Avenue: 402 A, B, C & 404 A & 421 A, B, C & 413
• King Street: 221 A, B, C, D & 225 A, B, C, D
• Eisenhower Street: 217 A, B, C & 218 A, B, C & 220 A, B, C
• Halsey Street: 217 A, B, C, D & 219 A, B, C, D & 220 A, B, C & 222 A, B, C & 223 A, B, C, D & 224 A, B, C
• Devereux Street: 401 A, B, C & 406 A, B, C & 418 A, B, C

Triple-track storm windows consist of a frame of three channels in which glass and screen sashes can slide up and down. Access to the sashes is from inside of the house, through the open main window. The outside and middle tracks contain panels (sashes) which can be slid up and down. The innermost track contains the screen which can also be slid up and down. Operation of the various panels is achieved by sliding the “finger latches” (see photo) toward the center of the window panel and then raising or lowering the panel into the desired position. The panels may be placed in various positions within the frame from fully open to fully closed with many positions in between.

Please raise and lower the glass panels with caution as they can weigh upwards of 5 pounds each.

Please remember to lower your storm window panels into the “closed” position during the colder months. Please raise the lower panel, and drop the screen into its place during the warmer months.

You may discover that your triple track storm windows do not operate as described here. This may be due to various reasons that might include:

• One or more broken glass or screen panels.
• Bent tracks that prevent proper operation.
• Missing glass or screen panels.
• Miss-aligned glass or screen panels.

If any of the above mentioned conditions exist, please contact the Customer Service center at X-8-8000 or at service@princeton.edu and request service.

You may also find that even though your triple track storm windows are lowered and you have securely latched them, wind seems to be blowing into your home. Please contact the Customer Service center at X-8-8000 or at service@princeton.edu and request service.

If you have followed the steps mentioned above and are still having problems with your triple track storm windows, please contact your Superintendent, Dwight McEwen, at X-8-1421 or at mcewen@princeton.edu. Dwight will be happy to assist you.

If your residence is NOT listed above, you have thermo-pane, double hung, double glazed, insulated windows installed at your home. Your windows are the equivalent of triple track storm windows.

Questions or comments about this communication should be addressed to the University’s Customer Service Center at 609-258-8000 or within the University at X-8-8000 or at service@princeton.edu. Additionally you may contact the writer at 609-258-2326 or within the University at X-8-2326 or at mbianchi@princeton.edu

Avoiding Frozen Pipes

Never turn your heat off completely! It is dangerous to gamble on good weather during mid year/holiday breaks or during times you will be away from your home. Please keep your heat set at 65 degrees, or more, while you’re gone.

If you see a foundation vent that is open, please immediately report it to the Customer Service Center at X-8-8000 or at service@princeton.edu.

Before Freezing Weather

• Remove garden hoses from outside faucets.
• Be sure that your storm windows are lowered, closed and locked.

• Open cabinet/vanity doors under sinks adjacent to outside walls.
• In sustained sub-freezing weather, let water drip slowly from inside faucets (steady drip), 10 to 20 drops per minute is the ideal rate.

• Open cabinet doors under sinks adjacent to outside walls.