After a long hiatus, I was able to take a full week to work on the house. The goal of this trip was to get as much window work done as possible.

Here is a quick overview picture of a double-hung window with the terminology.

 

 

 

 

Let’s go over the work that needed to be done:

• All the original windows in the house had many layers of old (and cracked) paint that needed to be stripped.
• Most of the window sills had various levels of damage due to wood rot. All of the rot had to be removed and replaced with wood filler.
• Two window sashes had structural issues that needed to be addressed (the bottoms of these sashes had become loose).
• All of the windows needed to be reglazed.
• To improve the performance of the windows, Anne and I had decided to turn all the double hung windows into single hung. (that means that the upper sashes are now officially no longer able to slide up and down).
• After all of the paint stripping and repair work was done, the windows had to be primed and painted.

Here is an example of the stages of repair of the window on the kenwood street side of the house

This window had a broken pane in the lower sash. A loose bottom rail of the upper sash.

It had about 5 layers of old paint on the upper sash and frame.

It also had a number of rotted spots in the window sill.

 

 

 

 

This picture shows the stage where all the repair is completed. A new pane in the lower sash. Repaired upper sash. Both panes have new glazing. All of the old paint has been removed.

The sill has a couple of wood-filler patches.

This last picture shows the final repainted result. All the gaps and seems caulked.

The color scheme is that the sashes are painted in the same red color as the gable tops (DiamondKote: Cinnabar)

And the frame is the same white as the window trim (DiamondKote: White)

 

 

Here are the before and after pictures for the first floor. The second floor repairs will have to wait until the next trip. Our special thanks to our son and our nephew who helped stripping paint, priming, and even helped apply the first coat of white paint on the living room (large panoramic) window.