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Happy Holidays as 2022 ends

I want to wish all my past, current, and future customers Happy Holidays as we move toward the end of 2022. I am semi-retired so still in business but much more selective about the jobs I take on. I am as busy as ever with projects on our home/ duplex in East Lansdowne. Being a Landlord has its rewards but can be really challenging dealing with Tenants and Town Regulations.

Happy New Year 2018

As I begin my 30th year in business , my 43rd year in the trades and my 67th year of life I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year.
In addition to hands-on work on selected projects I also offer consultations and evaluations of your old house or building. I can help with setting priorities,  developing a plan of action etc.

 

 

Window Jambliners

Old windows are problematic, they look right but often they don’t work right. However. while replacement windows may work well, vinyl ones look quite out of place on an old house, and attractive new wooden sashes are expensive!! Now you can preserve the original windows and maintain the character of your home. Improve them with vinyl jambliners which make sash slide easily, stay open in any position, and allows both sash to tilt for easy cleaning and maintenance.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE SASH WEIGHT SYSTEM?

This turn of the century [1900] technology is simply obsolete now. In order for sash weight windows to slide up and down easily they must be loose, side to side, especially if the opening is out of square. There is no effective way to weather-strip them and still have them work. Try this on your window- grasp the bottom sash in the center of the meeting rail and pull toward you and then side to side feel the play? that is what makes them move freely and what allows the wind to rattle the windows!.
As the sash go up and down they rub on the parting bead [the piece in the jamb that separates the top from the bottom sash] and on the interior and exterior stops. This creates paint dust- often LEAD PAINT DUST which is a known hazard if ingested.
The sash weight pockets are a large [approx. 3″x3″x window height] space that cannot be effectively insulated and have the window still work.The sash do not tilt and removing them means removing the interior stops, removing the chain or sash cord. etc. this makes it difficult or impossible to glaze and /or paint a 3rd floor or otherwise hard to get to window.

This new system works on all double hung windows whether sash weight or balances, provided the side stile of the window is at least 1 3/4″ wide.

sashtilt    Sash Tilted

sashwgtpanel2  Sash weight access

Jambliners, clips, pins

Jambliners, clips, pins

Weight pocket

Weight pocket

Lansdowne House

CH Front

Designed and Built in 1923 by my grandfather, William Macy Stanton, for his wife’s sister-in-law. We bought it in 2011 as a rental property  and have done much updating and repair since. We sold the property on May 5, 2016