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Watch Wadsworth Construction, Inc. owner David Wadsworth discuss preserving your windows in your older home.

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I think this window has earned it's retirement. If

I think this window has earned it's retirement. If you look carefully you can see where the resourceful farmer used a washer & screw to hold the glass in after the muntins became too worn to hold glazing. Imagine all the mornings the rising sun shone in on the cows at their stanchions.

Rick and Roberta were intent on preserving the cha

Rick and Roberta were intent on preserving the charm that their attic windows brought to their Century Farm home. Another example of the attic windows being some of the most ornate in the house. Before and after photos hardly do it justice. The windows were a wreck.

The best windows are usually in the attic! Jackson

The best windows are usually in the attic!
Jackson Park Historic District
#historicarchitecture

Rediscovering some of the details on an otherwise

Rediscovering some of the details on an otherwise understated Victorian. So often details like this are covered over or removed entirely. and on a side note, it's amazing how often we run across evidence of fires. You can see in the one photo that the framing clearly burned at some point in the past. It's remarkable the house is still standing at all.

If your window glazing has begun to support its ow

If your window glazing has begun to support its own ecosystem, it's time to give us a call.

Yes, even the attic windows.

Yes, even the attic windows.

It's a good time for a tune-up. Name that theater.

It's a good time for a tune-up. Name that theater...we have the 1/1 double-hung windows loaded and ready to head to the shop. The 8 lite casements you see in the windows are the interior storms and will be restored once we are finished with the primary double-hung windows.
#englerttheatre #iowacity #iowacityarchitecture

A window (and house) like this is a Rorschach test

A window (and house) like this is a Rorschach test. Do you see blight in the way of progress? A beautiful, if worthless relic? Or an opportunity that's a few hours and a few dollars from reclaiming its former glory? #oldwindows #historicpreservation #architecture #historicarchitecture

When we show up on a commercial job, we never know

When we show up on a commercial job, we never know what we'll find. This building had been pretty thoroughly scorched, and many of the sashes broken out and missing entirely. The remaining sashes however were in really good shape. it's going to be interesting to see what effect the fire had on the interior finish on the sashes.

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Where is Wadsworth?

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