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Is there a wood window repair company in BR?
Posted on 8/29/19 at 4:34 pm
Posted on 8/29/19 at 4:34 pm
Seems like most businesses are dealing with vinyl and aluminum. I got an older home. A couple of muntins are missing. Probably needs to remove some glazing and reglaze.
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Posted on 8/29/19 at 4:54 pm to PeteRose
We upgraded to glass windows in 2012. Couldn’t be happier.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 4:56 pm to PeteRose
I redid all of mine, it's very easy to do yourself.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 5:02 pm to SpicyStacy
quote:
I redid all of mine, it's very easy to do yourself.
I'll take "Irrelevant Answers" for 500 Alex.
This post was edited on 8/29/19 at 5:03 pm
Posted on 8/29/19 at 5:02 pm to SpicyStacy
Pics?
Before/after?
Of windows?
Before/after?
Of windows?
Posted on 8/29/19 at 6:45 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
quote:Obvious joke, but you executed it flawlessly.
We upgraded to glass windows in 2012. Couldn’t be happier
Posted on 8/29/19 at 6:49 pm to PeteRose
Big River Glass
Owner - Erin Henley
A good friend
Owner - Erin Henley
A good friend
Posted on 8/29/19 at 6:54 pm to PeteRose
Sorry didn’t see wood in first read. Not sure he does that
Posted on 8/29/19 at 6:56 pm to PeteRose
I just had my muntins replaced on a French door style window. I just hired a handyman that did it for $30 an hour. It cost me about $500 (over $200 in material). He took it apart, brought one good muntin to a cabinet shop, and the made them.
It was $120 for the cabinet shop to make them and we bought a high uv paint (nearly $100 a gallon).
He also did repairs to the frame, simple sanding, wood putty, etc.
Before I called him, I called Home360. They wanted over $11,000 to do the job. They said the window couldn’t be fixed, entire frame needed changing, etc.
frick them!!!
It was $120 for the cabinet shop to make them and we bought a high uv paint (nearly $100 a gallon).
He also did repairs to the frame, simple sanding, wood putty, etc.
Before I called him, I called Home360. They wanted over $11,000 to do the job. They said the window couldn’t be fixed, entire frame needed changing, etc.
frick them!!!
Posted on 8/29/19 at 7:04 pm to theantiquetiger
Yeah, mine is sliding type top to bottom with each sliding part having 6 panes. That pain in the arse thing is it’s a 2 story house.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 7:06 pm to PeteRose
You probably will do better with a carpenter. Glaziers haven't done that kind of wood window work much since the 1960's. Anyone can do the glass work (small lites like that). The tricky part is fitting the muntins.
This post was edited on 8/29/19 at 7:11 pm
Posted on 8/29/19 at 7:10 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
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The tricky part is fitting the muntins.
The tricky part is puttying the rabbit, if it's a putty-glaze window. It's a lost art that only a few people can do well. I grew up in the glass world and can't do it well. I have two guys out of fifty at work that can do it, and they're both almost 60.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 7:14 pm to PeteRose
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wood window repair
Tedious shite. Even if you get some cheap labor its still going to be surprisingly expensive. Old glazing has to be scraped out, wood cleaned, primed, reglazed, prime again, then at least 2 coats of paint. Make sure the paint rolls up on the window a bit. Its crucial to carry the water off the pane and onto and over the glazing. If its not on the window enough then water will get behind the glazing and start to rot your window. Some people think scraping the paint back to the glazing makes for a neat job but there needs to be some "sloppyness".
Getting muntins custom made out of a wood that isn't shite is going to be difficult. I'd try finding an old window and reusing the muntins out of it. Try habitat restore store.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 7:23 pm to BottomlandBrew
quote:Yeah. Me too. Worked for my dad from the age of 14 thru college in the Summers.
I grew up in the glass world and can't do it well.
Finding a glazier who can cut compound mitres needed for crisp wood muntin work would be tough, IMO. And I did miles of putty work as a kid. Mostly steel sash. Thousands of them. Hated it. And you are right. It is a lost art. Gotta mix the putty with a thinner to get an easily workable consistency. Gotta get it thinned down to almost chocolate frosting consistency.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 7:47 pm to PeteRose
New Orleans Millwork on Magazine.
Sun Milworks, Tully Woodworks, Trimco, Alpine Woodworks, United Millworks, Capital Millworks, and Heritage Millworks. All in Baton Rouge.
I work for a mahogany Spanish Cedar type importer and sell all of these companies.
I’d probably call Trimco and ask for Shaun. He’d probably do them off the clock for spare money which would save you money.
This is not a dying art. All of the door and shutter companies can fix that stuff good as new. The Vietnamese own that custom door, window and shutter business.
New Orleans Millwork does practically nothing but restoration work in NOLA. and their prices are reasonable.
Sun Milworks, Tully Woodworks, Trimco, Alpine Woodworks, United Millworks, Capital Millworks, and Heritage Millworks. All in Baton Rouge.
I work for a mahogany Spanish Cedar type importer and sell all of these companies.
I’d probably call Trimco and ask for Shaun. He’d probably do them off the clock for spare money which would save you money.
This is not a dying art. All of the door and shutter companies can fix that stuff good as new. The Vietnamese own that custom door, window and shutter business.
New Orleans Millwork does practically nothing but restoration work in NOLA. and their prices are reasonable.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 8:14 pm to Earthquake 88
We're talking about this kind of putty work, WHICH IS a dying art (even more so is the 2" by 1" steel sash that takes about a pint of putty for each lite)
Posted on 8/29/19 at 8:26 pm to PeteRose
Wood
Posted on 8/29/19 at 8:41 pm to PeteRose
Old school carpenter here.
I might be able to help you out.
Email.
gpollet@cox.net
I might be able to help you out.
Email.
gpollet@cox.net
Posted on 8/29/19 at 8:55 pm to Earthquake 88
quote:
Spanish Cedar type importer
Is Spanish Cedar mostly coming from Africa these days?
Posted on 8/29/19 at 9:00 pm to PeteRose
Mid south door back in the day. We made 1000’s of these.
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