Windows Versus 300 Year Old Drinking Establishments
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At least, that's what I think of when I think about Georgian bars...
I have internal Georgian bars on all the windows at the front of my house, which are white. I'm looking at getting the windows professionally painted dark grey, but... I don't want grey windows and white Georgian bars.
I'm thinking either "stick on" external bars, or, some of that self-adhesive window lead to make the outside match.
Has anyone any experience of either?
My parents used stick on lead back in the 80s as they couldn't afford to change the windows at the time. It worked very well and was there until the windows were replaced about 10 years later.
They had to have a template made so they knew where to place it, but yours is already marked out.
Just need to make sure the panes are very clean and dust free beforehand.
They had to have a template made so they knew where to place it, but yours is already marked out.
Just need to make sure the panes are very clean and dust free beforehand.
Sterillium said:
At least, that's what I think of when I think about Georgian bars...
I have internal Georgian bars on all the windows at the front of my house, which are white. I'm looking at getting the windows professionally painted dark grey, but... I don't want grey windows and white Georgian bars.
I'm thinking either "stick on" external bars, or, some of that self-adhesive window lead to make the outside match.
Has anyone any experience of either?
Normally the external stick on bars go over a different internal bar to what you have, it is square so looks like individual units. There is nothing to stop you sticking bar over what you have, it might look a bit rubbish tho, the external bars are usually mitered into the beads, I would think doing this retrospectively would be difficult. I have internal Georgian bars on all the windows at the front of my house, which are white. I'm looking at getting the windows professionally painted dark grey, but... I don't want grey windows and white Georgian bars.
I'm thinking either "stick on" external bars, or, some of that self-adhesive window lead to make the outside match.
Has anyone any experience of either?
You can get a RAL 7016 external on white internal Georgian bar, but that would mean changing the units but that might not be as costly as you think, maybe those painting the frames might be able to swap the glass?
Regalead ( https://www.regalead.com/ ) do an 18mm wide anthractie Georgian Lead, it is profiled to look like a Georgian bar, the only downside is you would see the glue face of the lead from inside the house.
nikaiyo2 said:
Regalead ( https://www.regalead.com/ ) do an 18mm wide anthractie Georgian Lead, it is profiled to look like a Georgian bar, the only downside is you would see the glue face of the lead from inside the house.
This sounds interesting, but, I just cannot find it on their site... am I being dumb?
dhutch said:
Depending how huge 'huge' is, glass is surprisingly cheap, and even with the lead you will see the internal bars a bit.
That said, if your not going to be going upto the glass and looking at it, its a fairly minor thing really!
Daniel
It would probably be better and cheaper in the long run to replace the glass units with ones you want to match the new grey frames. If you are having the glass removed to paint the frames anyway there should be no charge to replace the old glass units with the new ones.That said, if your not going to be going upto the glass and looking at it, its a fairly minor thing really!
Daniel
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