Restore old windows

Several weeks ago at pretty much the same time the mercury in the thermostat, like a migratory bird took that fateful wintertime dive to the south, I embarked on a type of endeavor that I always seem to be undertaking at inopportune weather periods. However, the project is one that I truly love as an old home owner. The project in question? Double hung window restoration and repair. My hope, as with the Plaster Repair series we recently wrapped, is for these window restoration posts to be…

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Things have been pretty quiet here on the blog lately, but we've been hard at work on several projects. Rather than keep waiting until everything is done, we wanted to share an update to start getting you caught up. If you've been a reader here for a while you may remember the work we've done in the past to begin restoration of our five original 1880s windows. Years ago we paint stripped, re-roped, and weather stripped three of these windows, but we never did anything with the sash.

Several weeks ago at pretty much the same time the mercury in the thermostat, like a migratory bird took that fateful wintertime dive to the south, I embarked on a type of endeavor that I always seem to be undertaking at inopportune weather periods. However, the project is one that I truly love as an old home owner. The project in question? Double hung window restoration and repair. My hope, as with the Plaster Repair series we recently wrapped, is for these window restoration posts to be…

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Or maybe it's re-rope sash, or restring windows, or re-weight with sash cord? No matter, sit back, buckle in, and get ready for a riveting blog post about restoring antique windows! I doesn't get much more exciting. (I'm lying, it can only get more exciting.)Antique double hung windows are beautiful, there's no doubt about it. I didn't realize this for many years, but after buying our home and falling in love with old homes, the old sash are one of the four truly enchanting elements of…

𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐄 | 𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐑𝐒 & 𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐒 on Instagram: "Old Window Restoration 🪟🖌️✨~ Only 294 framed, square panes of glass to go in our cottage...should keep me busy! 😅 If I add the outside restorations too it becomes 588...let's not think about that right now!!!!!! I know this old cottage will thank me for it in the long run! Even though it seems like a tideos job to do, it will prevent the windows from needing to be replaced for the foreseeable and will…