Posts filed under 'Wood Windows'
Simply put windows…are what you put in the holes in your house. Think about that. Holes in your house. It seems to me that if you are going to have holes in your house, you want a very good quality window to prevent the those holes from letting the conditioned air out and the cold air in and rain from destroying the interior of your house.
Continue Reading August 1st, 2007
The vast majority of wood sash double hung windows in America have the same specifications. Starting from inside the house and working out, you have a wood stop approximately 3/8″ X 3/8″.
Continue Reading June 18th, 2007
You’ll find double-hung models that letyou take the sash out of the channel. There’s even a “tilt-turn’ model that opens from the side and from the bottom, using a German-made hinge mechanism.
Continue Reading June 18th, 2007
Why would you choose wood-framed windows?After all, they need a paint job every couple of years, they get stuck in the tracks, they’re hard to clean and harder to repair or reglaze, they’re expensive–in general, they’re a pain, right?
Continue Reading June 18th, 2007
Simply put windows…are what you put in the holes in your house. Think about that. Holes in your house. It seems to me that if you are going to have holes in your house, you want a very good quality window to prevent the those…
Continue Reading May 31st, 2007
All across the country, many homes that were built before the 1960’s have wood sash windows. These windows have sloped wood sills outside to drain water away from the window.
Continue Reading May 29th, 2007
Certified divers, financial planners, life underwriters, kitchen designers, and so on and so on… It just makes good sense that wood windows should join the club! Thank goodness! Shopping for wood windows you can quickly confound the most organized and logical person.
Continue Reading January 4th, 2007
Q: We have a Storybook-style house built in 1929. It has beautiful interior mahogany window casings and sills, doors and door casings, and baseboards. The window muntins are also stained wood (although not mahogany).
Continue Reading December 28th, 2006
All across the country, many homes that were built before the 1960’s have wood sash windows. These windows have sloped wood sills outside to drain water away from the window.
Continue Reading December 27th, 2006
One of the principal sources of leakage is residential windows in wood frame construction. Although building codes call for windows to be flashed at the…
Continue Reading August 1st, 2006
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