A mixed up window hundreds of years old

In my opinion this was a shame, the windows had been painted white for many years but Drew spent hours removing the paint so we could make sure to treat any rot but the windows looked great in the original oak state but they had to be painted, shame

Had to cut away rot and renew but also made lime mortar to match exsiting which worked out really well

Softwood repair completely gone

Carefully removing the rotten bottom sash with out breaking the old rippled glass

I've used oak where the original is oak but used idigbo where the previous repair was softwood, I see little point in using oak which rot quicker when painted anyway, the argument is that the idigbo is now part of history version 2017

sash showing repairs

Inside repairs

Rotton bottom rail not helped with extra bit added over time

original cover strip in oak repaired with idigbo beadings

cills renewed and cover strip repaired

The two window joined together with the original wooden pullies in situ. I wonder where they originally came from

Wooden sash pulley

Wooden pully

Window from the inside

Stringing up sash weights ready for sashes on window in York St

Windows finally finished

Before work begins

Typical cause of rot, wood added without proper installation, water gets behind and rots it all away, it's always better to do the job properly