Old box sash windows are usually far too good a piece of craftsmanship to replace, but in winter the draught comes through every joint. At this property in Berlin-Zehlendorf we retrofitted seals to around 15 window sashes: a groove is routed into the rebate of each sash with a router, and a silicone tubular seal […]
Tag: Windows
Box windows reglazed – three examples in 4 mm float glass
In old box sash windows the original panes are often only 2–3 mm thin, and at some point the first one cracks. At this property in Berlin-Zehlendorf we replaced several cracked panes: removed the old remains, cleaned the rebates of old putty and fitted new panes of 4 mm float glass, puttied and neatly struck […]
Coupled veranda door reglazed – holiday home in northern Sweden
On the veranda door of a timber house in Västerbotten a pane had cracked. The door is coupled in the classic Swedish way: two sashes with single glazing are screwed together and act together like double glazing. To swap the damaged pane without putting the second one at risk, we took the door off its […]





