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Greenstone Home Reference

Working notes on repairing, insulating and upgrading older masonry houses.

Windows & Doors

Openings leak far more per square metre than the walls around them, and most of that is repairable without replacement.

Elevation of a double-hung sash window with six leak points labelled: head, meeting rail, stiles, sill, pulley pockets and the frame perimeter. — The six places a double-hung sash loses air. Only the last of them is a frame problem; the other five are adjustment or draught-sealing work.

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Repair or replace old sash windows last worked on 2015-01-22
Weatherstripping a door that still fits last worked on 2014-12-08
Storm windows and interior panels last worked on 2014-10-30

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