Glazed & Confused, Musings from the Ladder...

Not quite, but a good segue into a discussion about storm windows. Be honest, when you hear the term "storm windows", you things of crusty aluminum contraptions that look like they were Frankensteined onto a house in the 1960's. They are ugly and don't work, the...

Confused? It gets “out there” in a hurry! Commonly, “glaze” or “glazing” refers to the putty that forms a wedge between the wood ribs (we stay away from a lot of technical jargon here) and the glass. Properly applied, it is invisible from the inside and looks like a machine put it on. Improperly applied, it looks like a first grade play-doh project gone very wrong.

We LOVE painters, we REALLY love bad painters. Especially the ones who slop paint on hardware, clogs up the jambs, paint the glaze lines like they were about halfway into a 12 pack while doing so, and much much more. Bad painters, lazy painters etc, they are the...

One head scratcher for us when we are dealing with our clients is: "what should these windows look like when we are done?" The not so precise answer is: "it depends". Not everyone wants to spend the $1,500-$2,000 needed to fully restore a window to like new condition,...