On Nov 16, 8:58*pm, Peter H wrote:
I hope that someone from the excellent group can help me with this
one.

We've bought a 22 year-old house in the greater Toronto area. The
window frames on the western side of the house are beginning to rot
out. We had a home inspection done and the inspector suggested that
the windows should be replaced next year or the year after at the very
latest.

I'm wondering if there isn't some way to save the windows, or at least
delay the work. The windows are thermapane (sp?) and the seals are all
still good.

Could we not have the frames injected with a resin or something and
then seal them. It seems such a waste to trash the whole set of
windows because of this problem... not to mention the expense.

Thanks for all replies.

Peter H

Why did they rot, the west side has enough sun to dry things out, is
it the whole frame. First dig out whats loose and kill the rot with
bleach. Minwax has a liqued hardener to be used on soft wood, you
drill holes and inject the liqued. I think a syringe would be best.
For holes ive used Bondo as that is the cheapest. A few other products
mentioned might cost you 2-5x as much and do no more. Covering it all
in aluminum will only hide the problem and cure nothing. But a
question remains, what caused them to rot?