Historic HomeWorks Forum

For whatever reason, Adelaide Australia has a guideline on sound insulation for windows: https://d31atr86jnqrq2.cloudfront.net/docs/sound-insulation-for-window-fs3.pdf?mtime=20190709102748&focal= ...

Depends where you are which defines whether you pay more for heat or more for cooling. If you're in Maine and need all the heat you can get in the winter, don't put low-e on south facing storms becaus ...

I try to use them as much as possible, especially when a specific component needs a very special treatment. For reference, I wish the WPS had section numbers instead of page numbers. That would make i ...

Speaking of weatherstripping bottom rails. I've been confused about the field test results in the Window Preservation Standards.

In the Standards, it's unclear (or at least contradictory) whether o ...

In the Window Preservation Standards, it's unclear (or at least contradictory) whether or not the W4 window included a storm window.

Did W4 include a storm window or did this best performer achiev ...

The word "point," as in glazing points fails to show up in this thread. Did the original poster forget to set the glass into the sash with glazing points? Putty does not have the strength to ...

After soy gel, I neutralize with mineral spirits and leave plenty of time to dry before I prime. Soy gel can find deep cracks to linger in and the mineral spirits might not clean it out from there. If ...

Try Craftsmen Group, http://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/ and Mozer Works, http://www.mozerworks.com/window-restoration.htm

I work with the top of the line repointer here in DC. Although the city places no requirements on how he disposes of his waste water from paint removal jobs, he's trying to develop a process that he t ...

I manage a low-income grant program used to restore historic houses in DC. We've done more than 20 or so projects in the last couple years where we unwrapped a frame house and took off layers of vinyl ...

OK, not muntin profiles, but still a question about dating sashes based on construction. When did through-tenons for the muntin-rail connection go out of style? I've seen sources that show first quart ...

This is the one that influenced me the most:

http://books.google.com/books?id=4MIpp9g-Td4C&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=epoxy+shellac+gibney&source=bl&ots=XEn76XbEjH&sig=qgVh50j0T ...

I recently used Abatron epoxy (Liquidwood and Woodepox) to rebuild missing sections of muntins and glazing rabbets. The material and equipment is more accessible to a homeowner than matching profiled ...

I've been planning on installing a radiant heat system on the concrete slab floor of our enclosed porch (1940 colonial revival).

I have 1000 bf of 5/4 white oak that I milled from my neighbor's tr ...

Thanks for all the responses. Tempered glass has been ordered and received (with etched seals).

What has triggered the tempered glass requirement is that my friend's bathroom renovation includes re ...