HISTORIC AUTHENTICITY
The historic integrity of your home is of great value. Preserving the original wooden windows of your home is integral to preserving the historic authenticity of your home in a way that replacement windows can’t replicate.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
A well restored and weather stripped wooden window in combination with a properly sealed storm window performs similarly to a replacement window in terms of energy efficiency, and in most cases restoration is far more economical. Window replacement salesman would have you believe that their products are superior to “old drafty windows," but increasingly there is research showing that these "drafty" windows seal just fine with restoration and weatherseals.
RELIABILITY and LONGEVITY
Your wood windows were designed to last as long as your house. They are built of durable heartwood, a material far superior to the wood used in modern buildings. The carpenters who built them used time honored techniques and joinery which makes them far stronger and more durable than modern windows. Besides this superior material, the mechanism of a weight and pulley to raise and lower the sashes is one of simplest and most durable. New windows have spring balances and fancy coiled tapes. These often break after a few years and are nearly impossible to fix. A full restoration of deteriorated or poorly maintained windows will insure that they last at least another 100 years in your home.
The historic integrity of your home is of great value. Preserving the original wooden windows of your home is integral to preserving the historic authenticity of your home in a way that replacement windows can’t replicate.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
A well restored and weather stripped wooden window in combination with a properly sealed storm window performs similarly to a replacement window in terms of energy efficiency, and in most cases restoration is far more economical. Window replacement salesman would have you believe that their products are superior to “old drafty windows," but increasingly there is research showing that these "drafty" windows seal just fine with restoration and weatherseals.
RELIABILITY and LONGEVITY
Your wood windows were designed to last as long as your house. They are built of durable heartwood, a material far superior to the wood used in modern buildings. The carpenters who built them used time honored techniques and joinery which makes them far stronger and more durable than modern windows. Besides this superior material, the mechanism of a weight and pulley to raise and lower the sashes is one of simplest and most durable. New windows have spring balances and fancy coiled tapes. These often break after a few years and are nearly impossible to fix. A full restoration of deteriorated or poorly maintained windows will insure that they last at least another 100 years in your home.