Wood Windows

One of many attractive homes in Lake Oswego.

A large front facing wood-clad Pozzi window with water penetration & resultant water damage.

Another of our impromptu on-site shops.

One of the two water damaged stiles. The stiles are the vertical sash components around the glass.

And the horizontal bottom-rail. These are almost always the first component to go.

Russell’s detailed notes for machining new components.
There are several questions that many folks would naturally ask about a project like this. Number #1 might be to ask how it is that an aluminum-clad window became water-damaged, in that it is often thought that they are pretty-much bullet-proof as it relates to the weather.

That notion…”that they are bullet-proof”…may be one of the biggest handicaps for these products, because folks are disinclined to think that annual inspections might be in order. The irony is that if they were inspected regularly, a little caulking of some of the exterior seams would probably be all it would take to translate into decades of trouble-free windows.

Another question might be to ask whether or not an on-site custom fabrication of these components could possibly be cost effective when compared to just purchasing a new window sash.
The answer is that if a new sash that matched all the other original windows, and/or would fit in the existing jamb assembly was available…the answer would be absolutely not!

But of course, most series of windows eventually get phased out…even among the window manufacturers that stay in business for decades and decades.
Replacing the entire window assembly, jamb and all would be considerably more expensive than what we charged for this project…but even if it wasn’t more expensive, you still have the issue of the windows not looking like all the other original windows.

And with regard to the aluminum cladding…we were able to reuse the original cladding materials.
If for some reason, the cladding wasn’t reusable, then we would not have been able to pull this off. But that’s rare.
By the way, we repair & rebuild a lot of windows like this, clad or not clad…ALL BRANDS. No manufacturer is exempt from this type of damage, depending upon the exposure to the elements and whether or not property owners employ preventative maintenance.