Working with windows in old properties can be a long and hard task. This section of the site is all about what you can do to repair, make or design them. Perhaps the single biggest problem with windows is rot – and the cause – Plastic Paint. Gloss Paint… Horrible stuff. It forms a hard coating on timber, which cracks quite quickly, and water builds up behind it and starts the process of rotting.
We use two tricks – one, the Putty Lamp, and two, Linseed Paint. The Putty Lamp is a piece of kit you can hire from us which will soften old putty to allow you to remove ancient glass without breaking it. Linseed paint is great stuff – what the old boys used to use, and once your windows use linseed paint – they wont rot..