Please help me figure out these basement storm windows
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2017 6:26 pm
Hi all,
I'm trying to figure out why my basement storm window appears this way, which seems contrary to what I would have expected from previously working with my double-hung windows. I have a feeling that the basement storms were put in backwards (?), but because saying that will cause a huge discussion with my husband about why the previous owners might have done that, I'm hoping that the wisdom from the forum here will help me avoid having that big discussion.
This project started because I noticed the sill of the basement window looked rotted. So we started scraping the paint to prep to repair the sill, and took out the outer storm (?) window. It is a tri-pane wooden sash that is held in place with two side latches. The putty is falling out from one side.
But here are the things I don't understand when I look at the removed storm sash unit:
- The side where the putty is falling out was towards the interior of the house. Because on my regular double-hungs, the main putty line is towards the exterior, this makes me think this basement storm was put in backwards at some point in time.
- There don't seem to be any glaziers points at all, on any sides of the glass panes.
I know need to replace the putty, but I'm not sure whether to put this basement storm back in place the same way it was when I took it out (putty towards the interior) and whether to put in the glaziers points when the panes didn't have them before:
- For wooden storm sashes like this one, would the main putty line really be towards the interior of the house? And not towards the outside?
- Does it seem logical that there would be no glaziers points holding the panes in? I mean, that someone would have thought just having the putty would be enough?
All of the visible basement windows (4) seem to be the same, in that the main putty line is on the interior side, so I can't tell if this one is just an oddball.
I have attached some pics -- my digital camera is not so good at focusing so if more are needed to help give an idea of what it looks like, please let me know. One pic is of the basement window after the we removed the storm sash, showing the two latches that held it into place. The other pics are of the storm sash, one showing the side that had been facing the exterior and the other two of what I call the putty side (the main line of putty falling out).
Thanks!
Lee
I'm trying to figure out why my basement storm window appears this way, which seems contrary to what I would have expected from previously working with my double-hung windows. I have a feeling that the basement storms were put in backwards (?), but because saying that will cause a huge discussion with my husband about why the previous owners might have done that, I'm hoping that the wisdom from the forum here will help me avoid having that big discussion.
This project started because I noticed the sill of the basement window looked rotted. So we started scraping the paint to prep to repair the sill, and took out the outer storm (?) window. It is a tri-pane wooden sash that is held in place with two side latches. The putty is falling out from one side.
But here are the things I don't understand when I look at the removed storm sash unit:
- The side where the putty is falling out was towards the interior of the house. Because on my regular double-hungs, the main putty line is towards the exterior, this makes me think this basement storm was put in backwards at some point in time.
- There don't seem to be any glaziers points at all, on any sides of the glass panes.
I know need to replace the putty, but I'm not sure whether to put this basement storm back in place the same way it was when I took it out (putty towards the interior) and whether to put in the glaziers points when the panes didn't have them before:
- For wooden storm sashes like this one, would the main putty line really be towards the interior of the house? And not towards the outside?
- Does it seem logical that there would be no glaziers points holding the panes in? I mean, that someone would have thought just having the putty would be enough?
All of the visible basement windows (4) seem to be the same, in that the main putty line is on the interior side, so I can't tell if this one is just an oddball.
I have attached some pics -- my digital camera is not so good at focusing so if more are needed to help give an idea of what it looks like, please let me know. One pic is of the basement window after the we removed the storm sash, showing the two latches that held it into place. The other pics are of the storm sash, one showing the side that had been facing the exterior and the other two of what I call the putty side (the main line of putty falling out).
Thanks!
Lee