Tuesday, June 10, 2008

restoring old windows

during this exhausting hot weather, I thnk about windows alot - because my 1890 house has 39, and I have to open them all during the cooler evening hours then close them and pull the shades when it starts to heat up early in the morning. this is our lo-tech way to stay reasonably comfortable, 10-15 degrees cooler inside.
this would have been impossible when we moved in here about 15 years ago, because all the windows had no sash cords and/or were painted shut. so I became a self-taught window restorer. it is not that hard. a friend just sent me a website that expresses better than I good reasons for saving versus replacing your windows.

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