Wood Windows

Just over the county line in Yamhill county on Bald Peak Mountain on Bald Peak Road.

A stately house with scads of original wood awning windows of which we were contracted to tune-up or adjust 14 of them.

Most of them had fitting issues, perhaps related to some swelling, settling or most likely due to too many coats of paint, which is a bit of an oxymoron, because there really is no such thing…

…as too much maintenance when it comes to wood windows in the Willamette Valley. It was pretty clear that these windows had been kept well maintained over the years, so it was probably the paint.

So one of our highly trained crews was sent out to set up an ad hock shop on site, as is one of our well-developed skill-sets.

Whereupon, technicians Steve Hilt & Phil McNair went about the task of repairing and trimming the many awning windows as needed to achieve the best possible fit and operation possible.

Short work was made of figuring out how the stiles and rails came apart, which facilitated what few water-damage repairs needed to be made to the window sash.

One sill was discovered to have some minor water-damage, and so the effected wood was machined (routed) out of the sill, and a fungicide was put into the adjoining original portions of the sill and allowed to soak in and dry.

After which, some sculpt-wood material was mixed-up and applied to the affected area. After which, the window sill was sanded and a coat of primer applied (next photo).

We also replaced a slew of the awning sash crank-operators that had ceased to operate effortlessly. Hardware replacement is a substantial part of our business, and the demand is growing, as our services become better known among our community.