My father has indicated that a regular maintenancence chore in his
household, a brownstone in Brooklyn, was replacing sash cords.  Sacrificial
material I suppose, and standard maintenance now something special requiring
the skills of a highly trained preservation craftsman.  Kind of like
painting a picket fence.

-jc

john wrote:

> I worked on windows with the spring loaded rope and weights replacements
> a long time ago.  The fix was to restore the weights and cords.
> On Monday, August 12, 2002, at 04:52 PM, Leland Torrence wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> > I am working on a 1830' wood church with a 1930's addition.  I am
> > looking for two items any thoughts?
> > 1)  I am trying to find/locate some replacement hardware for the lower
> > sash of a double hung window for a 1830's church.  In 1975 the weights
> > and sash cords were replaced with sash balances that are tubular with a
> > twisted metal guide.  They attach to the surface of the sash guides and
> > the bottom of the sash and have a plastic or metal sleeve.
> > 2)  Glass window panes.  They are dimpled and slightly wavy.  They do
> > not look like the basic "restoration" glass.  They just look like old
> > wavy glass.
> > Any help will be much appreciated.
> > Best,
> > Leland
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Darling, all I want is that you should be a pinhead -- Arlene
> > Croce [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> > [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 12:16 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: They shoot horses
> >
> >
> > Normally on summers eve we take to the porch and watch the fireflies;
> > where I  tell Peanut  storys about the Woo-zel that lives  in the woods
> > but the last week or so there has been an outbreak of West Nile  that
> > have taken down a couple of horses...the state labs have confirmed it
> > ....its worse is on the coast  several people have died and its the
> > worst outbreak since the great "Yellow Jack " epidemics of the last
> > century .....so we have been doing less outside
> > signed dreaming of Cape Cod   .....
> >
> > --
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> >
> > --
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> > uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to:
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> >
>
> --
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> uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to:
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