Window Maintenence

Annually, it seems paint is missing, chipped, peeling or cracked around the frames. Periodically, external maintenance using a heat gun to replace putty and finesse glazing points is required. Beth resolved to keep appearances satisfactory with annual scraping and painting.

Functioning of bedroom windows has evolved to a minimal level, and at best the windows are difficult to open and close. At one time, it may have been quaint to prop windows open with a piece of kindling. Screening became a permanent mesh stapled on the exterior sashes of the upstairs windows to keep insects out. But those screens were laden with spider webs, and everything was difficult to clean from year to year.