Save Your Wood Windows by John Leeke

Save Your Wood Windows by John Leeke,  Preservation Consultant

Paperback version from 2000-2004. 59 pages.

Save Your Wood Windows, how to repair and maintain older and historic wooden windows. An alternative to vinyl replacement windows. Covers traditional methods and the latest in modern high-tech materials and techniques for wood window repairs and maintenance. Learn how to avoid falling under the spell of the window replacement salesman. This is the alternative to vinyl replacement windows.

Sixteen specific step-by-step treatments to repair weathered sills and deteriorating sash. Window project profiles, how to organize and pay for the work. Includes sources for special materials and tools.

John Leeke is a nationally recognized preservation specialist who helps owners, tradespeople, contractors and architects understand and maintain historic buildings. He has been caring for historic buildings for over four decades and has saved thousands of windows. He has taught window preservation methods for the National Parks Service, Preservation Education Institute, Restoration & Renovation Conference, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Windows Conference and Exposition for Historic Buildings, and many state and local historic preservation organizations. Leeke's past window projects include: -- Preserving wood windows at the Sabbath Day Shaker Community at Sabbath Day Lake, Maine -- Writing the specifications for preservation of the windows at the Maine Collage of Art's Porteous Building in Portland and training work crews in special window preservation techniques -- Contributing to the window specifications for the Philadelphia City Hall restoration project -- Solving window preservation problems at the Library of Congress's Jefferson Building in Washington, DC -- Training carpenters in special window preservation methods at Carnegie Hall in New York City