I need a reliable contractor in DC area who can repair and restore my old windows. They are in decent shape and conditional actually, so they only require small fixes like reglazing, filling up a few rotted spots, fixing a sash rope etc. Any help is much appreciated. Sorry — The contractors I know are posted. We have 8 over 12 colonial style sashes from in good wood condition.
I have restored many with Dap 33 but hate its slow set time. I am good at it. Our Ace Hardware guy says he has used Nu-Puttie for years and calls it durable.
A sash he did one day before seemed paintable to me. It laid in very very smooth. He gave me a test gob of it. It laid in smooth for me. I put over hours into each pair of sashes. Should I risk this stuff?? I have tried both Nu-puttie and Dap I find Nu putty is very grabby, hard to get a good looking bead.
Ace likes it because you can paint right away and finish the job. I find I do a much nicer job of glazing with Dap I have just put up with letting it dry a week or two before I paint it. Sarco putty is supposed to be the best.
Living in a old house has charm and character and a lot of work. Thank you for sharing! I have a house built in I want to restore the windows.
The previous owner scraped the windows but did not repaint or glaze them. The windows have aluminum tracks along the sides the whole length of the window. I was able to get the sash out by tipping the bottom part of track outwards.
However my question is some of the top sashes do not stay up. I do not see any sash cords or for the counter balance devices. How do I tighten these rails so the sashes stay in place? Also, can I spray foam along the sides of these windows if the are no weights? The real window expert is here where you can post your question. I have a home with the original windows and most of the original storm windows.
I am looking at replacing 4 windows due to the prior owner having painted them a bit open, yes open, and to increase efficiency and cut drafts,… They are easy enough to repair for they are in quite good shape.
If I have these restored, can they be made to be as efficient as the new double pain sashes? I am looking at Marvin for a sash replacement only. Please read my website. The answer is there. Actually your questions is answered numerous times. Hi, I have a beautiful old double hung wood window in my small bathroom that opens to 3 season porch and not the outside.
And also avoid major wall damage plaster w wire walls. Is any of this feasible? Or ideas? Thanks Jim. Or can we paint the exterior and interior different colors? Just because you have a dark green window sash on the exterior does not mean that you need to also paint the interior.
Do you paint your interior walls the same color as the exterior of your house? Interior windows should be natural wood and match all the interior trim. A Colonial can have painted interior trim. We want to keep the wood. Can the glass be replaced? At this point we have found no one who can help.
Yes depending on the thickness of the glass. I have some wood storm windows on my house and I had on one window, the glass was not original wavy glass replaced with Pilkington insulated glass. They will even come to your house to do glazing.
I am an avid woodworker and I recently rescued an old antique window that a friend replaced in his house and left out in his backyard. I will soon be starting restoration on it. I am planning on building a new workshop sometime in the not so distant future and would like to build reproduction windows for it. I am using the one I salvaged as a guide. My family has pine trees that have been growing for over 50 years and have not been touched. I also work with antique hand tools, and have sash cutters for my combination plane, so hopefully they will be faithful reproductions.
My home was built in It has all original windows save one large fixed window that was taken out and replaced with a thermal pane that is now fogging up. I am having a window custom made that will match the rest of my original windows.
I will install myself. My question: How were these fixed sashes secured in place? But what about the outside? Was it nailed directly to the jamb, perhaps with finish nails and a nail set? Possibly another reader can. The existing bricks created a slopped sill so all we needed to do was fill in the bottom and sides of the opening.
We set our new window up to the mud sill and out closer to the exterior face of the foundation. We filled in the difference in size with brick and mortar. Working from the outside of the building, we used foam pipe insulation to keep the mortar from falling into the interior finished basement. Once finished we applied a finish coat of mortar to the inside covering the foam pipe insulation and smoothing and blending for a finished look. A full-service remodeling and construction company.
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The beginning of something beautiful bookcase fi. Looking for advice, tired of my plastic sawhorses. Use it to make your hole, then screw in double threaded screws specifically used for concrete. Firstly, you need to check if your window frame needs to be removed or not.
This way you can tell if you need to replace the window glass or the whole window frame. Step 3 Bring out your tape measure. If the glass is damaged you can replace it while leaving the frame in its place.
You need to measure the height and width of the glass. Make sure to get accurate measurements of the window glass. If the window frame has rusted, rotten, or warped, you will need to take it out. Again, measure both the height and width of the window frame.
A useful tip would be to measure the frame from the inside of the room. You can get a more accurate measurement from there. You can fill the gap with expanding foam once you install the frame. Step 4 Now the fun but complicated part begins.
First, put on your work gloves. You then need to use the reciprocating saw to cut through the window frame and wall studs. You can now pull out and remove the old window from the wall opening. Check first if the frame has been screwed in place or secured with rivets. If the frame is secured using rivets you can drill them out. The next step is to proceed to clean the hole and window opening. To clean the opening you need to bring out your hammer and cold chisel.
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