A Variety of other Window restoration projects
From major whole-house projects, to small glazing jobs.
One of a set of a dozen original storm windows in need of restoration. Old brittle glazing is softened with an infrared heat lamp, and scraped clean from the glazing bed, and the original glass panes.
All effort is made to salvage the irreplaceable hand rolled sheet glass. Then the glazing beds are sealed with an enamel primer, and the glass is reinstalled with new points, and a clean glazing bead.
New Allied Millwork sashes are being finished for fitting and installation.
While relatively simple in comparison to other jobs, staining and sealing new trim and framing to match the color, luster, and sheen of existing trim is a trial its own.
Another Mt Lebanon stained glass window restoration. This one was mostly a cosmetic "resurfacing", requiring only paint stripping and sanding. The customers wanted to do their own painting, so this job was completed to "paint-ready".
Set of four windows in Shadyside. These windows all suffered from paint stuck sashes, and broken sash chains.
The frames were dismantled, the sashes removed, the weights were retrieved from behind the frames.
The sashes were then weighed, balanced with the weights, and restrung with new chain.
These windows had brass weather strips, most of which were cleaned and salvaged. The frame's sash channels, the ends of the sashes, and all other moving wood to wood surfaces were waxed with carnauba wax.
Everything is adjusted, cleaned, rebuilt, resealed, primed, and repainted.
Window restoration in Mt Lebanon, a learning project very early in my career.
Many frame windows still exist here in Pittsburgh, the restoration process is slightly different, but a bit more forgiving than wood.