On Nov 17, 8:08*am, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:58:48 -0800 (PST), Peter H

wrote:

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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
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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.

first you need to find out why they only lasted 22 years. * Once
that's fixed, I love this stuff;http://www.rotdoctor.com/

It is expensive, and not that easy to use-- but given all the things
that replacing otherwise good windows entails, it is probably a good
idea.

I fixed the bottom of my garage door with it 10[?] years ago & there
is no sign of rot returning. * *

Jim

That stuff is just epoxy thinned and marked up a couple 100%. Get
ordinary epoxy and after mixing it, thin with alcohol. You can add up
to 10% alcohol without affecting the results.

Lowes and Home depot sell brick molding and window sash. It's not
that hard to cut out the bad parts and replace them on most windows.
Unless the rot has gone way in.