In typical "replacement window" jobs,
carpenters take out the original windows
and replace them (or just the
sash) with vinyl, aluminum, or highend
wood windows. But "replacement
windows" don't necessarily have the
same muntin arrangement, glass area,
or molding profiles as the originals. My
company, C. Wuerth Restoration Contractor,
takes a different approach that
conserves as much of the original material
as possible. We do this by replacing
missing or damaged parts with exact
duplicates.
In the final analysis, the cost of
repairing two or three badly damaged
originals is significantly less than yanking
out all the windows and installing
new ones. Though our company specializes
in buildings from the 1600s to
1800s, the techniques we use to repair
windows can