Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Bainbridge Island Storm windows


A house built in 1870 for a local mill on Bainbridge Island Washington. The homeowner had great sensitivity to the history of this house. Here is what he had to say about his storm windows:

"Hi Nolle,

Here's the report, now that I've had a weekend of living with the windows and we've had some cold weather -- 29 here this morning!  The house is definitely tighter.  I can tell the storm windows make a big difference.  For several nights I've had to remove the top blanket because I've been too warm, even though I am leaving the thermostat at the same cold 60 at night.  And when I have the wood stove going the temperature in the front rooms doesn't reflect a ton of heat loss; there used to be more variation in temperature because, I guess, of heat loss through all the old single pane windows.

Thanks for your attention to detail in putting together a handsome, tight-fitting product."





Fitting the frame prior to glass and paint

The final product on two of the nine windows. Having the storm windows mounted on the exterior not only insulates but protects the original window

The seal existed on the edge of the storm window frame thus requiring every frame to be scribed to an imperfect opening

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