09-29-2019, 05:12 PM
Those are beautiful and are commonly replaced with newer more energy efficient windows. Call any window company and they will happily do it for you. Please don’t do that. New ones will never be as beautiful as the older, maintained original windows. Even those who try to duplicate what you have but in a more energy efficient way often fall short. Yes, I am picky.
There are companies who will take your old windows and refurbish them, making them tighter and less leaky to outside air. Putting up storm windows helps seal the window, making it warmer in the winter. When people did that, often in the summer they would take some or all of them down so they could open the windows and let some air in. The storm windows may or may not have been put back up that fall, and it was not uncommon that it could be damaged, never repaired and never replaced. Those that stayed up over a summer or two were determined as those that would never be taken down and were commonly painted when the house was painted, and it’s always easier to just paint over rather than do it the “right” way.
If this were my house I would seek to refurbish those windows and yes, it’s likely more expensive to do that than to replace them. But the look of those old homes, the beauty and craftsmanship, really speaks to me. Where and how one lives is highly personal.
Diana
There are companies who will take your old windows and refurbish them, making them tighter and less leaky to outside air. Putting up storm windows helps seal the window, making it warmer in the winter. When people did that, often in the summer they would take some or all of them down so they could open the windows and let some air in. The storm windows may or may not have been put back up that fall, and it was not uncommon that it could be damaged, never repaired and never replaced. Those that stayed up over a summer or two were determined as those that would never be taken down and were commonly painted when the house was painted, and it’s always easier to just paint over rather than do it the “right” way.
If this were my house I would seek to refurbish those windows and yes, it’s likely more expensive to do that than to replace them. But the look of those old homes, the beauty and craftsmanship, really speaks to me. Where and how one lives is highly personal.
Diana