We always appreciate an educated customer.  There’s nothing in your historic wooden windows that requires ultra specialized skills or knowledge, but it is A LOT OF WORK.  You will be working with leaded paints, and so you should take basic personal protetective equipment precautions, we recommend this Elipse GVS P100 for lightweight all day wear. Below you can learn what we will be doing for your windows, or how to maximize your home maintenance dollars by learning the process and working alongside us.  You’ll find that hand strength and the general stamina of working all day will be your limits.

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