Where I gather my thoughts on the days window restoration projects, old houses, and rants. Hopefully, providing some education on antique windows along the way.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Making 'em work

Will I ever get tired of watching customers delight in opening and closing their windows once we have worked on them? Probably not. It's really sad that so many people put up with windows that don't open, are hard to open, crash down when they are opened, etc. when a little maintenance is all that is needed to get them back to full operation.
Today we replaced broken or frayed ropes in a lovely 1920's condo. The owner had previously thought she had to replace her windows since they wouldn't open or stay open. Yikes! And, for about $75 a window she has all the functionality restored. Not a bad investment after living with dangerous windows for about 8 years now. I would have liked to put in weather strip and reglaze the sash, but the homeowner was on a tight budget so we did the minimum to get the windows to work better. This is what you do in these economic times. And hey, the smile is still rewarding!

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