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Restore your windows original beauty.

Want to fix your once beautiful but now foggy wood windows while spending only a fraction of the cost of a full replacement? Glass Replacement Northwest specializes in replacing the double pane glass units in your Wood Windows so that your stained or painted window frames and sashes continue to match without costly replacement or significant repainting. Let Glass Replacement Northwest remove the fog from your windows today!

Weathervane Wood Windows and Pozzi Wood Window Company were both established in 1980 and manufactured several styles of wood windows. During the housing boom of the 80’s and 90’s, they were the window of choice of homeowners and builders alike. The original Weathervane company dissolved around 2001 and sold the name to a company who exclusively makes vinyl windows.  Pozzi wood window company was also dissolved after a class action lawsuit.

While Weathervane Wood Windows have a poor reputation, the lifespan of well-maintained Weathervane Wood Windows have averaged around 20 years here in the Northwest. That is nearly double the lifespan we see with the currently popular (and inexpensive) vinyl windows being used in all new construction.

Weathervane Wood Windows are great windows, and with a little care and upkeep can continue to be for up to twenty or thirty years. Full window replacement is very expensive and totally unnecessary unless your frames are rotten or broken. Call Glass Replacement Northwest for a free window assessment today to see if a cost effective glass replacement is the best option for your foggy windows! Let us take the fog from your windows without taking a lot of money out of your pocket.

Potential issues with Wood Windows:

• Internal grids as thick as the inner airspace. This does not allow internal air circulation and actually creates a poorly insulated window as heat loss has a direct line: glass-metal-glass.

• The original square internal grids are difficult for some companies to match

• Lack of maintenance by the homeowner

• Only a few glass replacement companies have the ability or knowledge to replace glass on wood windows

• Frames and sashes made of pine wood which is a soft, wide grained wood that is more prone to rot if not properly maintained

• Improper installation. A common installation mistake by builders was placing window frames directly upon a brick foundation without proper flashing.

Our Solutions

• We can match your original internal grids or upgrade them to a thinner grid that allows inner air circulation (and thus better insulation) while still looking nearly identical to the originals.

• If your frames and sashes are free of rot, we replace only the double pane glass units so you retain the original frames and any painting or staining is very minimal. This is the least expensive, most common option.

• If a sash has dry rot or you want all new wood primed for painting, we can replace just the sash and double pane glass window, leaving the original frames in place. This is still cheaper than full window replacement.

• We can caulk all your external wood-stop windows to prevent early window failure.

• Replace or upgrade the original weather stripping of the opening windows.

Weathervane Wood Window service involves replacing the glass IGU in your existing wood sashes, which requires disassembling and reassembling the sashes. When we're done the fog in your windows is gone.
 

Your Opportunity

While no one wants to have to replace all the windows (even just the glass) in their home, the opportunity available when you’re faced with this situation is a chance to upgrade and change to something better!

• High Performance low-e windows! Advances in technology have produced astonishingly good low-e films that stop 60% of the incoming sun’s heat in the summer and reduce 50% of the heat loss in the winter, all without a loss in the clarity and visibility. Low-e only adds about 15% to the cost of a window.

• For maximum energy efficiency, add argon glass. 

• Reduce glare and increase privacy with tinted glass.

• Keep or remove the internal grids. Some people like the grids, especially for the windows facing the street or neighbors as they increase privacy by stopping the eye from looking “through” the window. However, they can make a room feel smaller and “cut off” from the world outside. 

• Change the color of the internal grids. Bronze instead of white, or vice versa.