waiting for G to come & work on the hot water supply problem...
[post script...who will now be coming on the morrow...]
S arrived to install the sash window glass...
I had a pang, watching him remove what I had installed in the summer...
but when he had a smooth install of the new "rain" glass...
[because I was so anal in glazing removal last summer...]
and then he installed it, almost exactly the same way I did...
[except he used glazing points...he IS a pro...]
I lost that pang, & began to feel pretty good...
et, voila...
symmetry, harmony and shiny things...
[have I mentioned that I have a weakness for "shiny"?]
and it all looks even better than I imagined...
and this glass, including the "free" sash window...
cost less than we first thought the shower door/glass panel would...
it was only $800.00...materials & labor...
COOL...
now, "hot water, please..."
thank you, God, very much...
3 comments:
The window is really nice. I like the obscured glass so you don't have to have curtains in the bath, which get limp with steam and stay musty. I have somewhat obscured glass in my hall bath, but it's from stick-on frosty pattern plastic stuff, which was applied so long ago and has stuck so badly it won't come off. I can't even scrape it off. The plastic just fragmentized and leave the glue film on the glass. I am not sure how to replace a pane in these aluminum frame windows. It isn't put together at all like wood windows, which I have handled before. I thought we would be replacing all the windows and the problem would be solved, but that's on hold, as are other money-spending matters. Sigh...
...I certainly hear that...I don't know about the aluminum frames...all mine are wood...
I'm sure a glass place could tell you about them...if you know the maker, there may be a web page...
the original obscured piece of glass I got last summer was less than $10 for the bottom window...
I had sprayed a coating on the window several years ago, which flaked off...
I have no idea who made these things 40 years ago - no tags. Probably the company doesn't exist anymore. They are rickety and miserable and need to be put out of their misery. I just looked at one again and can't for the life of me figure out how the pane is mounted. The aluminum wraps over the edge of the glass. They also have fake dividers which clip in on the inside and "buzz" whenever there is a loud noise like a plane or a thumpy car stereo. Really trashy windows.
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