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Thu, Oct 1, 09 at 10:17
| Yesterday I passed a milestone in owning an old house. A few weeks ago, at the urging of and guidance of people on this forum, I removed a couple windows in my 90 year old house to scrape, reglaze and repaint. I can't tell you how nervous I was as I started deconstructing the first window. But yesterday, I reassembled the windows and they work - woohoo!
There were a few mistakes along the way, and the finished windows show my learning curve, but I managed to do it without serious injury to myself or the house. The windows cannot be seen except when you are standing on a lower roof. I'm sure the neighbors were wondering why I was standing on that roof staring at the windows with arms crossed and smiling. |
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- Posted by antiquesilver (My Page) on Thu, Oct 1, 09 at 18:58
| I completely understand, having spent countless hours staring with satisfaction at the restored windows that took so many hours of work! |
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- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Thu, Oct 1, 09 at 20:42
| YEAH ! See my post on Decorating concerning redoing the wall around the pool at our 1890 home. a job well done is a job done by YOU !! YEAH again...hear me clapping ! c |
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| E gads windows have to be restored? Not until they're a good 200 years right? ::wiping forehead and then falling into a dead faint:: |
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- Posted by powermuffin (My Page) on Fri, Oct 2, 09 at 18:13
| Good for you!!!! We also just finished our first window restoration. It was much easier than I thought. And boy, the results are so worth it. Diane |
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- Posted by blackcats13 (My Page) on Sat, Oct 3, 09 at 0:02
| Oh congratulations!! I'm so happy for you!! I thought we were going to start on windows this year, but it's not to be. Any tips you want to pass along? I envy and delight in your progress! |
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