How to Repair Broken Windows
Maybe your wooden sashes are cracked and peeling and are prone to rattle alarmingly in the wind. Or the insulated glass within its vinyl casement has been blown, filling up with fogged condensation. Or possibly your aluminum slider stopped working years ago. Then if so, you have a window issue, and it’s going to be expensive to repair.
Confronted with such problems, most homeowners draw the natural conclusion that it’s time they replace their windows. However, this can be an expensive conclusion, a double-hung 3×5 foot vinyl replacement is approximately $525. While this could be an excellent investment that’ll pay you should you ever sell your house, not every homeowner can afford this, so the question is, can you perform broken window repairs on these types of problems?
The truth of the matter is that none of the above mentioned need new windows. By performing broken window repairs yourself, you will save a few dollars and sweat. Also, you will improve the energy efficiency to the windows you repair. You can prevent the cost of expensive window replacement by repairing some of mentioned scenarios below.
All wooden windows
When maintained wooden windows have a lifespan of 100 plus years, should they be left unpainted because they will rapidly degrade. But, even after many years of neglect, most damage is sometimes superficial. There’s no need to think that a window has to be rebuilt. Areas of rotted wood are possible to be renewed with liquid epoxy. Fill in holes on sills and sashes using epoxy putty, this sands easily, and you can paint over it.
Price, around $20 for epoxy putty to repair a 3×5 foot window, $10 for primer and paint to protect all your hard work. Then let it cure for around six hours for the restoration to be complete.
Most sashes and stops wear out due to age, wooden windows are prone to having gaps with which air can seep through. Spring bronze weather stripping comes with a V shaped cross section. This shape adds pressure to the window sash and will permanently seal and gaps, and still permit sash movement.
Price, around $21 for the spring bronze weather stripping on a 3×5 foot window. Allow one hour for every window.
Call Kevin's Glass & Mirror based in Orlando, FL.
(407) 547-5473.