Wood Windows

A modest little Spanish Villa sitting on a hill in West Linn.

Due to circumstances I will not bore you with, these three openings were originally outfitted with custom wood-framed screens and wooden framed storm windows on the exterior.

Epiphanies related to the hassle of having to unscrew the wood storm windows when ventilation was desired led to research regarding available alternatives.

Medallion industries, who brought our firm into this project, worked with Marvin to come up with arched wood-clad casement windows that apparently were not available when this house was built.

Due to constraints related to hardware and or physics, the casements had need to be opened manually, as opposed to the crank-out type of casement windows. This necessitated in-swing wood-framed screens which were really rather slick.

Due to the skillful measurements of Medallions Mark Mansfield, and our installation acumen, we were able to reuse the original trim materials that were embedded into the stone walls.

Due to Balzer Paintings skillful finishing expertise, the new Marvin wood windows were made to look as though they had always been there.

As you can see, only the two flanking openings were designated for operable sash. The center opening became a picture window. If you click on the photo, you may be able to see the wood screens opened to the interior.

This enables one to then open the casement windows which swing out to the exterior.

This is actually an enclosed porch with a barbeque built into it, so you might understand the emphasis placed upon adequate ventilation.