With the windows securely back where they ought to be, we could turn our attention to the repairs themselves. We removed the fixed sashes and took them offsite to be repaired on terra firma.
A lot of the paint was flaking, so we removed most of it to give a good base for redecoration. We also removed all the old putty as it was past it’s best. Whilst here, we also replaced any panes of glass that had broken over the years. There was a mix of machine made drawn glass and later float glass, so we replaced each like-for-like.
There were 6 fixed sashes in the first 2 windows. However, the third window had openers. Designed to look the same as the other 2 windows, they opened in the casement style, but inwards. So really they were more like a set of french doors, with a pair of dummy mullions attached. Originally, this allowed a completely open aperture through which hay bales could be winched up from the street and into the stables. We were able to take the smaller “sash” offsite for repair, but the larger double sash was simply too big to get past the scaffolding. Therefore, 6 meters up on the scaffolding, bridging the inner and outer scaffolds, we repaired, reglazed, adjusted and rehung the sash so it functioned perfectly.
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