Roald Euller
04-25-2007, 3:46 PM
A little background: My uninsulated, unheated garage shop has two single pane double hung wooden windows that are about 100 years old. The lower sash of one window is rotten and I need to replace it. However the frame and upper sash are in fine condition. I have searched the web and the local yellow pages (Washington DC) hoping that it would be easy to find a replacement sash, but everyone seems to want to sell either a full blown replacement window that fits into a rough opening, or a "sash replacement kit" consisting of upper and lower sash plus a new sash liner and weighting system.
But I don't want all of this, what I want is just a single new sash that I can drop into the exisiting frame, reattach the weights and stop, and get back to work.
Then it occurred to me that a window is really no different from a picture frame, expect that the stock is thicker and the joinery is probably mortice and tenon. So, my question to you is, why can't I just build a new sash? If I go this route, can't I just mill standard 2x pine to the correct size (eliminating some of the fancy edge millwork) and join it appropriately? I have the exisiting window that I can dismantle to inspect the profile, joinery, etc. Am I missing something?
Thanks in advance!
But I don't want all of this, what I want is just a single new sash that I can drop into the exisiting frame, reattach the weights and stop, and get back to work.
Then it occurred to me that a window is really no different from a picture frame, expect that the stock is thicker and the joinery is probably mortice and tenon. So, my question to you is, why can't I just build a new sash? If I go this route, can't I just mill standard 2x pine to the correct size (eliminating some of the fancy edge millwork) and join it appropriately? I have the exisiting window that I can dismantle to inspect the profile, joinery, etc. Am I missing something?
Thanks in advance!