Sash Windows Restoration Part 2 "Don't Trash the Sash"

[@davidyoung1106]

Bravo. I need to replace my old sash windows and this series is pure gold. Thanks and looking forward to more.

[@mitchwoodwork]

Glad you're finding it useful David.

[@ryanbarnett7388]

Thank you so much for this video, I'm replacing the cords of 9 sash windows in my home and this is by far the best tutorial I've found!

[@mitchwoodwork]

Thanks, glad to be of help

[@cobberpete1]

Thank you Jim and MItch. Very Interesting. I Repaired some Sash windows a few years ago and Jim is now showing what I did wrong. At least I know for next time :) Rightly or wrongly, I used a thin strip of plastic tongue and groove floor jointer as the 'Rats tail. This also makes a good 'Snake', for electrical cable pulling. Thanks team, I wait for the next episode.

[@mitchwoodwork]

Cheers Peter. Cool idea!

[@B0M0A0K]

Very nice. Can't wait to see the rebuild.

[@mitchwoodwork]

Thanks. Can't promise it will be by next weekend, as I'm quite tied up, but it will be just as good I hope

[@stevecollins9450]

Very informative once again, Mitch. Thanks for the instruction, Jim.

[@mitchwoodwork]

Cheers Steve

[@woodworks3585]

That was an Interesting video Mitch I do like all these type how to videos. Nice one mate I look forward to seeing more like this. Thank you for sharing...

[@mitchwoodwork]

Cheers mate! Few more to come on this.

[@tonimclennan3067]

Hi Mitch and Jim great viewing your don’t trash the sash .I have learned a lot.do you have a solution for sash exterior sills that have cracks on the surface ,they have not been primed or painted for years .regards Derek

[@mitchwoodwork]

Jim is the expert, but if I was faced with the problem: If the wood is sound, you could prime, fill with linseed putty, then complete the painting. Basically breathable, non-rigid filler and compatible paint.

[@patchedupdemon7104]

excellent series

[@mitchwoodwork]

Many thanks!

[@willemkossen]

Good to see. My parents have windows like that.

[@mitchwoodwork]

So, now you'll be well placed to maintain them ;-)

[@danielsolowiej]

Nice instructions and tips, thanks for sharing, Mitch:)

[@mitchwoodwork]

Thanks Daniel. Plenty more next time.

[@joldent5333]

Yeah, this is great. Thanks for posting!

[@marklittler784]

I use a stanley knife to cut through the paint between the beading and the window it makes a cleaner removel with regards paintwork especially if I am returning them in place again, I try to pry the beading off with a wide thin scraper to reduce potential damage to the wood "try" lol

[@mitchwoodwork]

Sounds sensible. Nice to save it if you can.

[@DrCRAZYde]

Fascinating windows. I never see windows like this. (in germany)

[@mitchwoodwork]

Yeah, they are very common in older housing stock here. Cheers, Mitch

[@BDM_PT]

Hi there from Portugal, Nice :D Obrigado(Thanks)

[@mitchwoodwork]

Thanks :D

[@BDM_PT]

:D

[@jaspercaelan4998]

Great job, really high skilled work and some useful tips! But missing just one thing, how do you deal with those massive spiders you often find lurking around in these windows?

[@mitchwoodwork]

Haha, maybe that's what the mouse is for

[@darrinblitch4912]

Thank you great video

[@XavierKatzone]

"They're held in by the paint - is that it?" 😂

[@marklittler784]

The victorian windows weren't glued together just wedged together using small pieces of wood.

[@gunterschone8402]

Beautiful video, Mitch. The windows look as if they are from the Victorian era. Had something views on TV, the company had most such houses Refurbished / Redeveloped.

[@mitchwoodwork]

Thanks Gunter. They are Victorian style for sure, but may have just been after her reign, thinking of the street they are in. In a row of perhaps twenty houses, I think this was just one of three that still had the original windows - the rest being uPVC!

[@gunterschone8402]

Here you go, Mitch. Most houses have PVC windows (plastic windows with aluminum core). Because the houses are to be tight, it may indeed nowhere drag (air come through). Had indeed earlier in the wooden windows, were the somewhat leaky. Because wood working yes (heat = wood expands. Cold = timber contracts.) And earlier was so heated with coal, which had led might indeed little fumes into the living room.

[@mitchwoodwork]

Günter Schöne Now with no ventilation, moisture gets trapped in the room and mould grows! Interestingly, with the modern seals fitted to these windows, there could be the same problem?

[@gunterschone8402]

That's right, and thanks to the "modern" technology (cement, plaster, paint, etc.), the house walls hardly breathe. Have therefore my basement painted with lime paint

[@wendyreichmuth5129]

I am very happy to have discovered your video and I found it very informative, Could you please share the parting bead product you used for the replacement?

[@mitchwoodwork]

Please contact Jim direct, at Restorative Carpentry, Eastbourne

[@carolinemarriott9088]

Il in Australia and Im interested in the knife tool. I think I heard it called a packing knife but I cant find it in google?

[@mitchwoodwork]

Hi. It was called a putty knife. I know that Footprint Tools still produce them here in the UK.

[@danielgoddard3418]

Compared to mitch's delicate and precise approach to woodworking, this in comparison is like watching Jeremy clarkson's guide to smashing an old window... in the world!!

[@mitchwoodwork]

HaHa - I can just picture that! It may look brutal at this stage, but the only show surfaces to suffer were those that were due to be replaced. I think I'm right in saying that no glass was broken by accident over the full five window bay.

[@makeitbreakit1895]

"Some idiots screw them in and you lose the will to live" referring to the stop bead - not only did they screw them in on the set I'm currently working on but they siliconed the top sash shut. Put half a day into it and it'sstill not moving. The muppets.

[@whitacrebespoke]

Makeit Breakit yep same as the set I’m working on also top windows siliconed and nailed shut took me all day olto remove the top sash on one of 5 windows

[@oreokookie1000]

BREAK IT!!!....then make it...much easier...especially when you have 40 of them to do in a section 8 housing project or foreclosure!!......and the house is from 1917,

[@David-cm4ok]

Yeah?