Wood Windows

A modest ranch style home in south east Portland.

Original wood sash windows with single-pane glass and bothersome aluminum storm windows to the exterior.

They have not operated well for who knows how long and the weatherstripping is almost nonexistent. Probably installed in the nineteen-fifties or sixtees, these aluminum jamb-liners are actually an impressive precursor to todays vinyl versions that many window manufacturers have been using for decades now.

They were an early attempt to replace the age-old sash-cord/weight and pulley balancer systems that can apparently be traced back to the 1670s England according to Wikepedia. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sash_window)

Here we see one of our Journeymen, David Castro removing one of the original window assemblies while leaving the original jamb & sill assemblies in place.

We like to call this minimal invasive surgery, because as the phrase implies, it is relatively quick and painless with minimal ramifications to the surrounding tissues.

Or in this case, the interior and exterior trim components, the walls and siding that they relate to.

Very little dust and fuss and if their sized and ordered accurately.

It is like outpatient surgery. No need for an extended stay. The hardest part is measuring and ordering them correctly. We had two technicians on this job, and they made very short work of installing five of these new windows in much less than one day.

Here is one of the finished products in the Orange-Room. And yes, we did remove the aluminum storm windows as well. With the insulated glass and the latest weatherstripping technology in the new window sash, the storm windows are no longer needed.