Sash Restoration Melbourne is the sister company of Sash Restoration London. We are a family run business and was founded in 1995, in the heart of London. Sash Restoration London has established an excellent reputation for restoring and manufacturing quality, custom-made sash windows across the United Kingdom. For over 20 years, our skilled craftsmen have ensured that unsurpassed quality and detail go into every sash window. We take pride in this tradition and it is our commitment to you.
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Sash Restoration Melbourne is dedicated to offering the highest quality products, services and support across Melbourne, Australia. We handcraft and restore sash windows for private homeowners, architects, builders, renovators and preservationists. We are experts in traditional wooden sash window repairs and replacement and historical replication. We have completed over 15 heritage designated buildings throughout London and across Melbourne.
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Sash Restoration Melbourne will work from either sketches or formal drawing's to design custom-made sash windows and doors for you. We are familiar with the demands of working of specialised projects, often as part of a cross functional, professional team of property owners, architects, designs and local builders. Whatever the goals and constraints, we will integrate the information into the designed CAD shop drawing for approval.
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Contact us today to discuss your requirements with one of our helpful and friendly team. They are always on hand to answer any questions you may have and provide honest and impartial advice. Or for further information please contact us at: info@sashwindowrestorationmelbourne.com.au or call our head office in Melbourne on +610435972542
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Sash Restoration Melbourne Team
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About Us
About Us
About Us
About Us
About Us
Sash Restoration Melbourne is the sister company of Sash Restoration London. We are a family run business and was founded in 1995, in the heart of London. Sash Restoration London has established an excellent reputation for restoring and manufacturing quality, custom-made sash windows across the United Kingdom. For over 20 years, our skilled craftsmen have ensured that unsurpassed quality and detail go into every sash window. We take pride in this tradition and it is our commitment to you.
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Sash Restoration Melbourne is dedicated to offering the highest quality products, services and support across Melbourne, Australia. We handcraft and restore sash windows for private homeowners, architects, builders, renovators and preservationists. We are experts in traditional wooden sash window repairs and replacement and historical replication. We have completed over 15 heritage designated buildings throughout London and across Melbourne.
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Sash Restoration Melbourne will work from either sketches or formal drawing's to design custom-made sash windows and doors for you. We are familiar with the demands of working of specialised projects, often as part of a cross functional, professional team of property owners, architects, designs and local builders. Whatever the goals and constraints, we will integrate the information into the designed CAD shop drawing for approval.
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Contact us today to discuss your requirements with one of our helpful and friendly team. They are always on hand to answer any questions you may have and provide honest and impartial advice. Or for further information please contact us at: info@sashwindowrestorationmelbourne.com.au or call our head office in Melbourne on +610435972542
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Sash Restoration Melbourne Team
Sash Restoration Melbourne is the sister company of Sash Restoration London. We are a family run business and was founded in 1995, in the heart of London. Sash Restoration London has established an excellent reputation for restoring and manufacturing quality, custom-made sash windows across the United Kingdom. For over 20 years, our skilled craftsmen have ensured that unsurpassed quality and detail go into every sash window. We take pride in this tradition and it is our commitment to you.
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Sash Restoration Melbourne is dedicated to offering the highest quality products, services and support across Melbourne, Australia. We handcraft and restore sash windows for private homeowners, architects, builders, renovators and preservationists. We are experts in traditional wooden sash window repairs and replacement and historical replication. We have completed over 15 heritage designated buildings throughout London and across Melbourne.
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Sash Restoration Melbourne will work from either sketches or formal drawing's to design custom-made sash windows and doors for you. We are familiar with the demands of working of specialised projects, often as part of a cross functional, professional team of property owners, architects, designs and local builders. Whatever the goals and constraints, we will integrate the information into the designed CAD shop drawing for approval.
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Contact us today to discuss your requirements with one of our helpful and friendly team. They are always on hand to answer any questions you may have and provide honest and impartial advice. Or for further information please contact us at: info@sashwindowrestorationmelbourne.com.au or call our head office in Melbourne on +610435972542
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Sash Restoration Melbourne Team
Our Timber Sash Window Restoration Process
Step 1: Unscrew any security fittings in front of the lower sash. Remove the staff bead before pulling out the lower sash and taking off the cords or chains on both sides. Remember to knot the cords (including the top sash cord) to keep them from being pulled back into the frame by the attached weights. Remove the parting beads (vertical strips of wood holding the upper sash) Pull out the upper sash and take off cords and chains. Remove the sash hardware and store in a safe place.
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Step 2: Soften any old hardened putty or filler with a heat gun. Scrape the putty away with a putty knife. Remove the glass and label it so you know which pane goes with which frame.
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Step 3: Completely remove and clean out any damaged or rotten joints
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Step 4: To rebuild the cleaned-out joints first brush on Expoxy High Build and let is set for 20 minutes. Then, using the plastic scraper or any tool that will do the job to hand, mix the two parts of the epoxy filler into a mixture. Force it into the joint and spread the mix over the sides to restore the joints original shape. Leave for four hours, then trim any excess with a knife.
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Step 5: Wait twenty four hours, until the epoxy is fully cured and not tacky, then hand-sand the sash with sandpaper, and wipe up all the dust with a damp cloth. Seal the wood with a coat of primer, this must be done before any putty is applied. Without a coat of primer the wood will suck the oils out of the putty and turn brittle.
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Step 6: Lay the sash exterior side up. Roll multi-purpose putty into a long sausage shape between your hands and press into the glazing rebate. Gently press the pane evenly into the putty until its bedded into putty to give a back bedding of 1 – 2mm throughout and secure pane mechanically i.e. with metal sprigs or clips. Apply further fronting putty by rolling into a long sausage shape and applying where the glass meets the glazing rebate and fronting it to create a triangular shaped fillet and knife at an angle finishing about 2 mm below the sightline. Trim off the excess putty on the internal glazing upstand, sloping away from the glass to let the moisture run off it. The maximum fillet size to allow correct setting is 15mm high x 25mm wide. The minimum fillet size is 8mm high x 10mm wide.
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Step 7: If the sash windows have old draught proofing replace it, if there isn’t any, make sure you add some. Our easy to use self-adhesive Reddifin Weatherpile is not only ideal for use on the meeting rail and the top and bottom sashes, it can also be used on the side of the frame to prevent rattle. Clean and reattach the sash furniture/ ironmongery; lubricate the pulley axles with pulley oil. Reattach the cords or chains to the upper sash or replace them with new ones. Re-attach the top sash, then replace parting bead.
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Contact us today to discuss your requirements with one of our helpful and friendly team. They are always on hand to answer any questions you may have and provide honest and impartial advice. Or for further information please contact us at: info@sashwindowrestorationmelbourne.com.au or call our head office in Melbourne on +0435972542
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Sash Restoration Melbourne Team
