On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:05:15 +0000 (UTC), "Jack Fate"
wrote:

The cycle I have found is that you srat with a painted shut window which is
also rattle and draught free.
You dismantle, clean, sand, etc . On reassembly you have a nice working
sash window but with terrible rattles and draughts. (and the family say
"what did dad do that for").

stuff snipped

In the US 'bronze weatherstrip' is commonly used for draughtproofing
windows:

http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=bronze+weatherstrip&s ourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

eg:

http://www.kilianhardware.com/kilian/sprinbronwea.html
http://www.randysurleymfg.com/stripping.htm

There's also a roll on Ebay at the moment:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Old-Phosphor-Bronze-Weatherstrip-Boxed_W0QQitemZ6215108589QQcategoryZ67757QQssPageN ameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Someone on the forum at periodproperty.co.uk might know of a UK
supplier.

cheers,
Pete.