Sash windows

[Burnham]

What's the best way to recondition sash windows?

It looks like they have just been repainted many many time over the years and I'd like to know if/how its possible to restore them to their original glory.

[GlenMH]

Yup it is very possible. A local specialist will be able to take them out, bring the woodwork up to scratch and rehang them with the right weights in the frames.

Won't be cheap though!

[Dupont666]

Cause Im feeling nice....

have a look here:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Burnham]

Thanks guys (sorry Dupont, I was logged on via my phone and couldnt work out how to search!)

This gives me something to go on..I think I'd best reset my expectations as to how much its going to cost. Think of a number and double it seems to be how this generally works, I've found.

Edited by Burnham on Monday 9th November 13:13

[Dupont666]

Sorry to bring this up but I have been quoted for full restoration and repainting at £250-£750 a window and due to the size they reckon it will be £400-500 each.

I have 5 windows that will need redoing, is this a reasonable quote from those that have had it done?

The company is based in London.

[Burnham]

I was guestimating £400 per window (they are top floor of a converted house so are not as high/large as the windows on the floors below)...

[Dupont666]

Burnham said:

I was guestimating £400 per window (they are top floor of a converted house so are not as high/large as the windows on the floors below)...

Thats what Im think as its the same setup for me...

[Dupont666]

Ok a new query....

I thought that if you lived in a Vicotrian Terrace House that was split into flats, that if one person put double glazing in, the rest had too? Its a leasehold BTW.

Also is this the same if I was to update the sash windows with double glazed sash windows, still utilising wood?

If not restoration job it is...

[Wings]

Dupont666 said:

Ok a new query....

I thought that if you lived in a Vicotrian Terrace House that was split into flats, that if one person put double glazing in, the rest had too? Its a leasehold BTW.

Also is this the same if I was to update the sash windows with double glazed sash windows, still utilising wood?

If not restoration job it is...

In Bristol and a conservation area, replacing Sash Windows with UPVC requires planning permission, might pay to do a search for your post code on your local council’s planning site.

For my sash windows I was quoted £185 per window, so London rates of £400 seems about right.