I have no luck with the plastic strips holding glass in my windows, on the
side of the house that gets the afternoon sun I've had to replace it all due
to the plastic warping and coming out of the slot after 15 years, I've had
to do this to all windows on that side of the house, all in front which gets
the morning and all the other side of the house which doesn't get a lot of
sun, but I guess enough unless they were in bad to begin with.
"Lyndell Thompson" wrote in message
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I am building new window sash (stiles and rails) for an aunt who's house
is
in bad shape. Needless to say this is a "fer" her project. Her in
southern
IN if you do something "for" someone you expect to be paid. :-)
Anyway.........the weather has deteriorated and we (family) have been
meeting in my shop to convert some used-old poplar to window sash. The
frames(in the house) are basically ok. We have the raw matierials made to
create the stiles and rails. This is an old house and the windows may
have
been made on the job. No two are identical according to my tape. I would
like to build and install no more than 4 windows in a given saturday. This
will include a crew at my shop building the four removed windows, a crew
at
my aunts house, scraping and painting the frames, with fast drying paint.
Here is the question: Are there alternatives to glazing compound and
glazing
points. We will be reusing all original glass if we don't break it. I have
seen plastic stripping on all new windows, but cannot find a vendor. Lee
Valley has some but don't say if it is for outdoor us or not. If I could
rout an 1/8 slot in the sash and slap the glass and said rubber strips in
place, then I could get back in town and help with the painting, planing,
nailing ect. to get the new window to fit the 100 year old house frames.
Looking to install first batch of windows this weekend. What say ye! All
thoughts welcome.
Thanks in advance. Lyndell

P.S. I will cross post with. alt.home.repair