On Saturday, April 19, a good crowd gathered in downtown Palestine for a hands-on wood window restoration workshop conducted by Norman Alston. The workshop took a double hung wood window in place, then went through the complete restoration process from disassembly to reinstallation. Along the way, participants were able to take part in the various steps, especially glazing with the glazing putty.
The intention of the workshop was to de-mystify the window restoration process and show participants that proper restoration that preserved the historic integrity of the window was comparatively easy and also allowed important upgrades for durability and energy efficiency. The step-by-step restoration process can be viewed by downloading this document: Download step_by_step.pdf
John,thanks for your continued interest and input at my blog. I agree with you heartily that every reasonable effort to retain original, historic glass should be used. We did so at the seminar, but the glass broke just minutes before we had it fee.
Posted by: Norman Alston | April 28, 2008 at 10:19 AM
Norm:
I like your window procedure and that you are teaching the good works of window repair and maintenance there in Texas.
>>Try to remove the glass intact. However, breakage of original glass is very
common, even with professionals. <<
We have developed a steam deglazing method that reduced our glass breakage rate from 8-10% down to 2-3%. Learn more here:
http://historichomeworks.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=133
and further window topics here:
http://historichomeworks.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=16
Let me know when you do your next workshop and I'll send you some of my handouts to use.
John
www.HistoricHomeWorks.com
Posted by: john leeke | April 28, 2008 at 10:10 AM