Speaker Wood Window

The Speaker's had a wooden window that obviously had wood rot on the lower sash and they wanted it fixed before their new kitchen came in. 

It was an old single pane glass window, so a simple change out was in order. I suggested a vinyl energy efficient counter part, but they wanted to keep on with the charm of the wooden window theme of their elegant home.

Even so, single pane glass windows, to my knowledge, aren't very energy efficient and thus aren't manufactured any more, for the most part. Locating an exact replacement is next to impossible.

 

















The mulliions on the lower sash were rotted out and the glass panes were about to fall out, especially with a little finger pressure.

We removed the trim and measured the framed hole size, so as to get another window that will fit the hole. There is about two inches covered up that you can't see below the sill, so guessing at the window size would not be a wise decision.

The frame hole was of an odd size, so a special sized double hung wood window was ordered to fit the hole before it's removal.

And we waited.











It took about three weeks for the new window to show up.

The new window was a double hung wood window from Jeld-Wen and it was made of Aura wood, a rot resilient wood product that's being used more and more doors and windows now a days. Quite a little more costly in price, but guaranteed to not rot in 20 years, thus making it a valuable investment.

Using a Sawsall and a pry bar, the old window was carefully removed while trying to be careful to not harm the vinyl j-channel and cause more damage (work) than good. 

The window was painted prior to installation.

The window was shimmed and insulated. The outer casing and sill were then wrapped in fresh metal just as the previous window casings and sill were to maintain the homes uniform appearance. 















The inside trim was a little more tricky. The mouldings were not to be found in your conventional lumber store, so we trimmed it out with a 3-1/4 casing plus a 1" trim strip to produce the bigger looking trim. Everything was finished off with enamel semi-gloss.
















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