Wood Windows

There are of course many exclusive neighborhoods in Lake Oswego. This is a home in one of them.

This particular home is outfitted with Kolbe Wood Windows & Doors. For the most part, the wood windows on this home appear to have been very well maintained. And this particular project is a case in point.

Our client has apparently been keeping a pretty close eye upon the windows as evidenced by the fact that they have caught the problem in this back facing bank of windows before extensive and substantial damage has occurred.

For example, you may have to click on this photo and enlarge it in order to even see the early stages of water-penetration that caught their eye.

Upon further inspection on the exterior, it was quickly ascertained that the horizontal seams at the top of the horizontal mull-post covers had been compromised (breached), which is to say that the caulking-seam had failed.

In fact, all four of them had experienced some degree of water penetration. Again, due to the diligence of our clients observations, the damage was minimized. You may want to click on the photo to enlarge it for a better view of the exposed mulls.

It was deemed that all four covers should be replaced, and that some relatively minor repairs to the mull-post components should be made. Our service technician is shown here treating the unfinished structural components with a fungicide before buttoning everything back up.

All the pertinent exterior seams and joints on the entire assembly are carefully examined, cleaned and resealed with the best exterior grade caulking money can buy.

Preventative maintenance is most always money very well spent.

Especially when it comes to maintaining wood windows and doors. They are among the more important, complex, multifaceted and expensive items to be found on the exterior envelope of a house. Well worth the cost to maintain.