going green; old windows in a new world
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Our latest window preservation project in a LEED certified historic buildingTRANSCRIPT
Historic Preservation &
LEED Certification
Documentation of Placement & Conditions
Create a Floor Plan and Number System
Format a Standardized Conditions Report
Physically Number Sash and Sash Parts
Dutchmen, Epoxy, Replacement in kind
Check for, and maintain, square (or not so…) you’d be surprised (or not so…)
Save and salvage, storm windows, basement windows, obsolete windows
Gentlest means possible, putty, epoxy putty, dutchman repairs, replacement…in kind!
Making a window work again, new/old hardware old windows
Preserve and repair original hardware, knobs, escutcheons, latches and catches… make ‘em work
Replace with like materials, salvage yards and custom hardware companies
Replace with improved technologies… but still old, sash chain vs. sash chord, stop bead adjusters vs. washers
Weather Stripping for Conservation
Fit and function for the use of the space, fixed upper sash, tight, operable lower sash, not too tight
Weather stripping and maintaining function in an old window, tight but not too tight
Custom wood storms to meet aesthetic and energy needs, tight and maybe a little too tight
“Sustainability means stewardship. There can be no sustainable development without a central role for historic preservation. That’s what you all are doing today, and future generations will thank you for it tomorrow” Donovan Rypkema, Traditional Building, Boston
It is better to preserve than to repairIt is better to repair than to restoreIt is better to restore than to reconstruct
A. N. Dideron1839