Windows

The windows in this house have been a big project.  We've been on a major glass repair  mission and our handyman who is doing some of the work is probably ready to slit his wrist with a piece of broken glass.  Just when he thinks he is done, he notices another pane.  His job requires a lot of ladder climbing outside and going up and down 14 steps to check on the inside too.

With a plethora of six over six windows, there were easily two dozen pains that were cracked.   We took glass from other windows that came out of the garage, a few that came from the old porch.  We are not just salvaging glass, but also taking the old wood to make repairs in the old wood storms and in some of the window frames.  This old-growth wood is durable and we don't want to mix in new wood if we still have access to the old stuff.  Mr. Fix-it said he used more window glazing and points in this house than he has over his entire life.

Old window, to be used for it' glass

I think we're going to be able to do this hardware swap:

The first picture is a lock on one of our windows.  Half of it is missing.  We hope we can make it whole again using the other half from the window below.

To get an idea of how much glass is in this house.... the window inside has a small broken pane that still needs to be replaced.  In addition to the regular windows, many of the storms also had glass that needed attention.  Some of them broke when they were removed to be painted. Others were cracked to begin with.

Here's an interior view of a window.  The room is taken apart because the storms had to come out and this window had two cracked panes.

The old glass and old style windows are an integral part of a historic house.  Had we ever switched these out for vinyl replacement windows, we never would have gotten historic status.  Also, we would have probably gone broke.  The old windows in this house are not a standard size and it's likely that we wouldn't have been able to go with stock windows.  In any event, we like the old windows and they are important.

Now that this is done, it will probably  be many many years before any further glass work will need to take place.