Restoring Old Doors And Windows

Restoration resources carries hundreds of old period doors circa 1850 1940 including interior pocket and entrance doors in many traditional styles wood types and sizes generally ranging in price from 50 to 500.

Restoring old doors and windows.

The doors shown are just a small sampling of what we may have in stock at any given time and what is actually available in our 7 000 sq. You might also like. Cut another groove for the weather stripping. There are lots of them and they usually need a lot of work but with the tutorials tools and supplies on this page you can learn how to restore old windows like a pro from a pro.

Tap the stripping into place with a hammer image 2 and install the windows image 3. In many cases these windows have been in service for over a hundred years with much of their deterioration resulting directly from a lack of maintenance. Use a chisel or scraper to remove any badly rotted areas or old wood filler image 1. A pull type scraper with a rectangular blade also will work paint which is often layered so thickly in old houses that it can prevent windows from operating needs to be sanded or removed at this point too.

Scraping sanding and restaining will only take about one hour. By the diy experts of the family handyman magazine. And your natural finish will look like new. Repair old wood windows where you can find help doing almost anything you might need to save your old windows.

Sand down the paint around the damaged area to bare wood. It s easy to fix the finish on windows when it begins to flake and fade. Route a groove in the window to receive the pin to connect to the jamb liner image 1. Everyone who owns an old house needs to know how to restore old windows.

I ve put together a resource page of how to do the most common tasks associated with restoring repairing and maintaining historic windows at how to. Old house journal s compendium of articles about how to repair and restore doors and windows for old houses including hardware repair finishes glass repair installation and more. Rotted wood can be repaired to look like new with easy to use epoxy fillers designed for wood window restoration see abatron ad below. Pam uses her trusty 5 in 1 painter s tool to remove debris like old glazing compound caulk nails screws and broken glass.

Apply the stabilizer image 2 according to the manufacturer s instructions and let it dry until the wood hardens.