Window Repairs

Window Repairs

Timber widows are always at the front of all the Great British weather. To keep them working to their best regular maintenance is key.

The common issues are loose or missing putty allowing the water to get in between the paint layers which leads to wet rot. Dry rot is also an issues and needs to be completely removed and all of the timber treated to remove off the beetle eggs.

I would recommend decorating your windows using linseed oil paints, these are much less toxic to you and the environment, less maintenance is required. They also move with the timber. As for modern paints these tend to crack when the substructure starts to move.

We use the Repair Care Dry Flex system when we repair windows. This is a two part resin which stays semi flexible. Unlike two part wood filler which cracks and falls out this moves with the timber and doesn’t crack or fall out. This is fully paintable, easy to work with and machines up and sand back to a smooth finish ready for painting. There is also a primer which has to be used in before the resin can be applied, this is also a two part primer which gets mixed together and then is brushed in to the area to be repaired.

We would remove any loose or cracked putty around the glass. This would either be replaced with linseed oil putty or if it's a small area then it can be repaired with the Repair Care putty replacement of which can be painted with in the same day.