Tool Room

Before 

Window Restoration

TOTAL RESORATION TIME FOR A SINGLE WINDOW WITH TWO 6 over 6 SASHES

30.75 hours

Remove both sashes, parting beads, and remove all paint from sills and casings. Clean up and prep time. 

3.5 hours

Place sashes in steam box to soften the putty. Steam for 2 hours and remove putty and points with carving scraper. 

2.5 hours

Heat gun and Bancho 665 carbide scaper to remove all paint from sashes. 

8.25 hours

Sanded sashes and treated all surfaces with a 50:50 mix of balsam/linseed oil. 

1 hour

Primed sashes. Primed sills.  Oil based paint. 

2.5 hours

Painted Interior side of sashes. Oil Based. 

2 hours

Putty. Setting glass in putty and adding points. Tooling putty on mutins. 

4.75 hours

Painting - coats oil based paint

1.75 hours

Cleaning the glass

.5 hours

Install Sashes. Install new ropes, new parting beads, and reinstall integrated weather stripping. 

4 hours. 

Work Bench

New work bench for the garage

Adirondack Chairs

Side Patio

Prep work for a small patio next to the driveway. 

Tamped with a jumping jack and then hand tamped after final grading. 

Screeding the sand

 

Finally cutting in the pavers...way more work than I was expecting.