Project 11208 – Replica Sash into Original Jambs – 2002
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A small stucco Spanish villa style home in the Sellwood area.
The combination of a south facing elevation, with out-swing wood casements & a lack of eves makes for rotten windows.
Our client specifies new wood window-sash to match the original 1 3/8? thick fir sash with single-pane putty-glazed glass.
This would not have been our first recommendation for openings with such exposures, but our recommendations were not sought.
With fastidious care and maintenance to the paint on these sash, you might be able to minimize the inevitable swelling & water damage.
But as those who are also employed to repair wood windows & doors in the Willamette Valley, we know all too well that these windows will lose their new-car smell in fairly short order.
Operable wood-framed screens on the interior was a classy addition.
The breakfast nook was changed from a set of double operable casements, to one single picture window. Another classy choice.