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Sash Window Locks and Restrictors: Securing Old...

From child-safety restrictors to classic fitch fasteners, here's how to secure double-hung sash windows without spoiling their period look.

Sash Window Locks and Restrictors: Securing Old...

From child-safety restrictors to classic fitch fasteners, here's how to secure double-hung sash windows without spoiling their period look.

How to Stop Condensation on Windows in an Old H...

Windows streaming with water every winter morning? Secondary glazing film warms the inner glass and cuts condensation for a fraction of the cost of double glazing.

How to Stop Condensation on Windows in an Old H...

Windows streaming with water every winter morning? Secondary glazing film warms the inner glass and cuts condensation for a fraction of the cost of double glazing.

Old sash window joint sealed shut under layers of cracked paint

How to Free a Sash Window That's Been Painted Shut

A window painted shut for forty years can be opened without breaking the glass or the frame. Here's the order to do it in, and what to fix while it's...

How to Free a Sash Window That's Been Painted Shut

A window painted shut for forty years can be opened without breaking the glass or the frame. Here's the order to do it in, and what to fix while it's...

Round extruded lead sash weight held next to an old cast iron sash weight

Double glazed sash windows can still run on cor...

Told your sash windows have to be fixed shut or switched to spring balances after double glazing? That is not true. Heavier glass needs heavier counterweights, and that is the...

Double glazed sash windows can still run on cor...

Told your sash windows have to be fixed shut or switched to spring balances after double glazing? That is not true. Heavier glass needs heavier counterweights, and that is the...

New timber parting bead lengths on the sill of a double hung sash window

How to Replace Parting Bead and Staff Bead in a...

Rattling sashes and broken beads? Here's how to remove old parting bead and staff bead without wrecking the frame, and how to size and fit the new ones.

How to Replace Parting Bead and Staff Bead in a...

Rattling sashes and broken beads? Here's how to remove old parting bead and staff bead without wrecking the frame, and how to size and fit the new ones.

Paint tins and brush on the sill of a freshly painted sash window

Paint is what makes glazing last, not the putty

Linseed putty is often credited with 50 year lifespans. The paint over it is doing most of that work. Here is how both linseed putty and hybrid polymer glazing actually...

Paint is what makes glazing last, not the putty

Linseed putty is often credited with 50 year lifespans. The paint over it is doing most of that work. Here is how both linseed putty and hybrid polymer glazing actually...