Product Highlight: Custom Wood Double Hung Windows

The building owner chose a custom exterior color for this Landmark renovation.

Jeld-Wen’s custom wood double hung windows give building owners a nearly unlimited number of options to choose from. There are nine wood options available in 27 stock exterior colors and 63 stock interior finishes with some reduced VOC options. Custom paint colors can be added in the field.

There are also ten different hardware finishes.

The tilt-sash windows come in high performance, tinted, textured, or protective options and three different options for divided lites.

This homeowner-friendly product has a 20-year warranty and is suitable for both replacements and new construction.

The project to the right utilized 17 custom wood double hungs with high performance glass and simulated divided lights.

Grilles between the glass are a low-maintenance.

Full surround removable grilles gives the look of divided glass.

Simulated divided lites are permanent grilles on both the interior and exterior, for the most authentic look.

Historical Windows Partners with Norwood Windows & Doors

Norwood is a family-owned Canadian window and door manufacturer, specializing in finely crafted and custom wood products. With their commitment to using only the finest materials and building to exacting standards, Historical Windows is excited to add Norwood to our roster of partners.

Norwood’s windows and doors are made of only sustainably harvested lumber and offer many high performance products that meet or exceed Energy Star requirements. They recycle all paper and cardboard waste, and sawdust and wood scraps that cannot be used in their premium products are used to heat their dry lumber kilns and New Brunswick manufacturing facility.

Norwood. Never ordinary.

Case Study: Two Projects, One Block

High performance and high style combine to make this Landmarked brick beauty shine.

We like to think our work speaks for itself— and it does when we get a call to work on a second project on the same block.

In 2015, we replaced 21 windows at a Landmarked home on St. Luke’s Place. Our work included Landmark filing and securing the Landmark Preservation Commission permit to ensure a smooth renovation.

Both the front façade as well as the garden side of this beautiful brick residence received new windows. We utilized LePage Millwork XL double hung windows and their French inswing casements.

The windows are constructed of mahogany and high performance argon-filled and low-e coated glass. We created a custom beaded profile casing for the exterior to finish the look.

This handsome brownstone now boasts architecturally accurate and high performance windows.

A year later, we received a call from a neighbor three doors down to replace 11 of their front façade windows.

A combination of double hung and spiral balance Parrett Windows & Doors, these windows are constructed of mahogany and fitted with individually glazed lites of high performance argon-filled and low-e coating glass. The handsome brownstone also received custom beaded profile casings on the exterior.

The end results?

Two gorgeous installations.

Two different brands.

High style and high performance.

A unified look on a single block.

Case Study: Parrett High Performance Windows & Stained Glass Restoration

The fully restored stained glass windows are the crown jewels on the facade of this Brooklyn Brownstone.

Brooklyn is known for its Brownstones. But it’s also home to the most Landmark districts in New York City. Tree-lined streets are filled with young families taking on the maintenance that comes with a Landmark Brownstone. The owners of this Park Slope Brownstone were drawn to the stained glass windows adorning the signature three-floor 1901 home. But many of the windows were in bad shape, and some were barely or totally non-operational. Worse yet, some of the stained glass windows were missing entirely.  

Details are everything when it comes to Landmark homes.

A Landmark expert, Historical Window’s team assessed the condition of the existing windows along the front façade, with the goal of restoring wherever possible and replacing when necessary. For operational clear-glass windows, Historical Windows installed high performance (argon-filled and low-e coated) Parrett spiral balance wood hung windows on the parlor, second, and third stories. Historical Windows removed the stained glass transoms and panels, including a 72-inch wide arched window, and either completely restored or replaced with salvaged period colored glass, and reinstalled. Additionally, Historical Windows restored or created replicas of original carved mahogany columns and custom mouldings on the parlor and second levels.  

The final result was a full restoration and replacement package that brought back functionality, matched historic profiles, and custom manufactured replica stained glass windows, while improving the energy efficiency and interior comfort for the family. Historical Windows maintained the original architect’s design intent for this home and the neighborhood: from the street it is impossible to tell the difference between the original leaded glass windows and the replicas.

A restored three-panel stained glass transom sits above high performance spiral balance wood hung windows during the re-installation process.

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Grand Opening of Office Showroom

Historical Windows of New York celebrated the grand opening of our newly renovated and expanded Chelsea office expansion. Our first ever Annual Holiday Party brought new energy with our clients, industry friends and colleagues.

Our guests and the HW team got in the holiday spirit with some live music and enjoyed great food and great company – plus some delicious drinks from our custom HW window bar!