Window glazing diy

Glazing forms the weathertight seal between your window's glass and wood, but it wears down over time. If you have an old house, it might be time to redo the glazing. Here's how.

Tighten up drafty old windows with new glazing putty

How to Reglaze Old Windows

When we started scraping the trim on the cottage so it could be repainted, to our horror we discovered all the putty holding in the window panes was dry, cracked and dislodged. No problem, we’…

Can you glaze windows in place? Absolutely, but it requires some specific steps to make sure the work lasts. Learn the process here.

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…

I obscured the glass on a vintage door to let in all the natural light but hide potential mess in our adjoining laundry room and pantry

Foggy windows / condensation can easily be removed from failed double glazing, by a person with basic DIY skills with Condensation2Clear

Window glazing makes an airtight, watertight seal between glass and wood sashes. A pro shows how to glaze a window with putty, a putty knife and glazier points.

Earlier this week I posted about the work we did over the weekend to install the glass in our salvaged French doors. These doors will be the new entry to our house, so I spent a significant amount of time making sure that I did an adequate job on the glazing so that it could look good and last for many years to come. I figured I might do a small glazing tutorial at some point since I've done it a bit here and there, and a few comments on my prior post expressed interest in just such a…