We have a mix of beveled leaded/zinc glass, true size vinyl replacement, and original windows at The Bunny Manse. In the original windows a lot of the panes have been painted over or replaced with plexiglass. I ordered glass a month or so ago and finally got around to repairing one window. This job was to reglaze two sashes and then rehang both windows with weights so that the window functioned.
I messed up in the following ways
1. The tempered glass I ordered was 1/16th of an inch too large.
2. I assumed the sashes were true/square
The view from the window I was working on.
Tie the weights on...look at those pretty knots. Yes, I was a girl scout. Yes, I can look at a knot and figure out how to tie it.
All of this re-weighting the windows was fine and going about as quickly as I assumed it would. Then... came the sash repair and glass replacment. It was then getting the plexiglass out of the sashes, removing the rubber roofing adhesive they'd used in the sash (WHY????), and then figureing out that the custom tempered glass was 1/16th of an inch too wide.
From here Harris cleaned out the sashes with power tools after I'd scraped each for about an hour. Then we placed the glass, I did the window glazing (don't judge too harshly, I was trying a new product - don't like it - and was exhausted that my 3 hour project had become an 8 hour project).
Finally we got the sashes back in the window and agreed we'd do the other one some other day. Too exhausted to do them on Sunday.
We had broken pieces, Tom & Jerry fixes by previous people, and the wrong materials to use. All and all par for the course.
But! we now have two tempered sashes in a combined 6 foot window that sits on the front porch and where we sleep.
I messed up in the following ways
1. The tempered glass I ordered was 1/16th of an inch too large.
2. I assumed the sashes were true/square
The view from the window I was working on.
So I took the leading bead out, removed the sashes and started to clean everything up. This required me to clean through the weight well, get the pulleys operating again, and figure out where the missing pieces were.
Most old windows have this little compartment you can find the weights through. Ours already had the trim off, so I had more space to work. The right side of the window is missing it's little compartment door. Harris found it on the trim we had stored in another room.
So then I had to get the window pulley to move again, breaking up a couple of coats of paint.
Then run the ropes through the pulley
Tie the weights on...look at those pretty knots. Yes, I was a girl scout. Yes, I can look at a knot and figure out how to tie it.
All of this re-weighting the windows was fine and going about as quickly as I assumed it would. Then... came the sash repair and glass replacment. It was then getting the plexiglass out of the sashes, removing the rubber roofing adhesive they'd used in the sash (WHY????), and then figureing out that the custom tempered glass was 1/16th of an inch too wide. From here Harris cleaned out the sashes with power tools after I'd scraped each for about an hour. Then we placed the glass, I did the window glazing (don't judge too harshly, I was trying a new product - don't like it - and was exhausted that my 3 hour project had become an 8 hour project).
Finally we got the sashes back in the window and agreed we'd do the other one some other day. Too exhausted to do them on Sunday.
We had broken pieces, Tom & Jerry fixes by previous people, and the wrong materials to use. All and all par for the course.
But! we now have two tempered sashes in a combined 6 foot window that sits on the front porch and where we sleep.
Do you think it is going to last?
ReplyDeleteit should be fine. The glazing isn't set as deeply in the sash as I would like, but it's definitly better than what was there.
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