This 1920s home had some particularly nice features, including this true Curved Bay, complete with curved sashes.
We’d like to start this post by thanking the homeowners for giving us the opportunity to work on this window. We regularly get to work on historic and unique pieces of joinery but not very often is it as challenging and requiring of an owner’s trust as this example.
Curves present a challenge to the joiner in that in order to join the curves, you need to be able to cut repeatably and accurately using machinery designed to cut straight lines. To carry out a repair, you also need to consider the inevitable settlement and wear and tear of the 100+ year old windows.
We started this repair with an investigation of the design, assembly and condition. Almost every cut needs some sort of jig, fixture or modification making so setting out the exact scope of the work helps keep control of the budget.
We identified some areas of the sill that didn’t need replacing as their condition was excellent. We also settled on a plan for repairing the sashes and sections of sill that did need attention.
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