If you still have wooden windows in your house that you have not yet replaced with plastic for any reason, then it is quite possible that you were already interested in how to repair wooden windows. Such "self-service" will not just come out cheaper than inviting a specialist, a good master glazier, who agrees to tackle your old window, is very difficult to find today.
Problems with wooden windows
The most common problems faced by the owners of wooden windows, this:
In severe cases, the resuscitation window is not subject and it will be much cheaper to replace it with a new plastic window.
The initial phase of the repair
Repair of wooden windows made to perform at the beginning of summer, when the air temperature in the street approaches 20-22 degrees and, by opening the window, you will not wind up your apartment or room in the house.
Usually, repair is more like a complete window restoration, although most of the operations listed below can be performed separately (as the need arises).
Repair begins with the removal of paper, strips of cloth, cotton wool or old rubber (foam rubber) window sealers, due to which cold air did not penetrate into your room in winter through cracks in a wooden window. After that, the window surface should be thoroughly cleaned and let it dry (30-40 minutes).
Painting of windows
Compactor
As an option, the groove for the seal can be cut not in the casement, but in the window box.
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Often window sashes begin to loosen after years of age in the corners where the horizontal and vertical elements are connected. To fix this problem, you will need simple flat metal corners. Using screws, fasten them to the corners of the leaf (from its inside).
After fixing the problem, you must check the evenness of the corners (they should all be at 90 degrees).
If the shutter only touches the window box with its slightly lower part, it will be enough to smear it with wax (a regular candle).
Sometimes “extra” holes appear in the wood of a window box or sash (a knot fell out or an old hardware track left and etc.) To eliminate such a defect, cut a chopik of a suitable size from a piece of wood and carefully drive it into the hole, after having first smeared it with glue. Cover and zashpaklyuyte repair place.