Miscellaneous Repair

A Historical Brick Mixed Use Apartment Building in N.W. Portland, built in 1911.

Back when fire rated doors and windows were steel encased wood sash.

And the fire-code allowed the use of “wire-glass.” Why fire-rated windows?

Adjoining building structure in close proximity. The operative notion being “extending containment via longer burn times.”

The problem we’ve been called to resolve? Loose & Missing Jamb Components have translated into extremely loose windows…

…and a non-functioning counter-weight system by which the window-sash fail to stay up when you open them.

And so our technicians Steve Hilt & Phil McNair employ their myriad problem-solving skills to replace what needs…

…to be replaced and rebuilding what needs to be rebuilt. Newly revamped jamb-legs…

…encased in a metal cladding. Sash cords reattached to the counterweights…

…and the window assembly is ready for another 102 years or so.