Original Window Sashes & Screens Stripped and Refinished
Seventeen original wood window sashes and their screens from a southwest Minneapolis home, brought to our shop in batches, stripped to bare wood, stained, sealed and varnished, then reinstalled.
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN
- Completed
- September 2021
- Duration
- In batches over about nine months
- Setting
- Occupied home
About this project
This southwest Minneapolis home still has its original wood window sashes, each with a roman numeral cut into the frame to mark its opening. Over about nine months we refinished them in batches — 17 sashes and their screens — taking each batch to our shop and bringing it back finished.
Every sash went through the same sequence: fully strip and sand to bare wood, stain, seal, sand, varnish, sand, and varnish again. Stain only goes on evenly once the failed finish is completely off, and the second varnish coat adds protection against sun and condensation. The roman numerals meant every sash went back into the opening it came from. We also painted the storm door with an exterior trim enamel.
Scope of work
- 17 window sashes and their screens, in batches from December 2020 to September 2021
- Sashes removed and refinished in our shop
- Fully stripped and sanded to bare wood
- Stained and sealed, then two coats of varnish with sanding between coats
- Each sash returned to its own opening by its roman-numeral marking
- Storm door painted with exterior trim enamel
