Glazing Old Metal Windows

This hundred year old building on 57th st.

Glazing old metal windows.

Can the glass be removed and install new putty around frame and then reinstall window thanks brian. The basic idea is that you remove the old putty and glazing cleaning the frame back to the metal. This putty often lasts decades but over the years it becomes rock hard cracks and even falls off the window. You push in the aluminum corner beads and you clean up the silicon.

The hinges should then be lubricated with a non greasy lubricant specially formulated for metals and with an anticorrosive agent. You fill in all the gaps with silicon. Make offer 29 x 24 28 antique vintage original window sash old 2 pane from 1913 wavy glass vintage farmhouse old wood frame 9 pane window sash 38 1 2 x 28 wedding 125 00. You sit the double glazing on rubber spacers wedging it in with more rubber at the top.

Note the loft style new windows to the left and the scale of these windows compared with the regular apartments to the right. On older single pane windows the glass is usually surrounded by putty called glazing compound which holds the glass in place and seals out the weather. If the metal window frame had rusted spots sand down the rust. The window sashes and frames need to be primed and painted with special paints for steel.

Can the glaze brake down on the under side where the glass sits against the frame. To clean the hinges generally brass or bronze a cleaning solvent and fine bronze wool should be used. When bedding glass use only glazing compound formulated for metal windows. The next steps are the same as if working with any type of windows.

The process is pretty straight forward and mostly focuses on removing the old glazing and paint down to bare metal before applying fresh coatings. Clean off any remaining window glazing putty dirt or rust that may be on the metal window frame with steel wool or a cleaning cloth. Old glazing putty on steel windows is often much harder than on historic wood windows. However a lot of earlier windows had muntins with ornately curved profiles sometimes called a queen anne section or a lamb s tongue profile.

All glazing putty that is missing or cracked should be replaced. There is also a possibility that it contains asbestos so you should have it tested before large scale removal. A lot of existing metal muntins are a simple t profile that is just a flat bar on one side of the window inside or outside and two glazing rebates recesses on the other side. Step 1 putty removal.

Then you squirt a bead of silicon on the back of the frame against which the glazing will push. In nyc has hundred year old steel windows about 15 high.