Iglehart House; Sash Repair, Spindles

Tom was contracted by John Mathern at Equinox Construction LLC to work on an historic house in Meriam Park neighborhood. He was first contracted to repair or replace broken windows and to repair the weighted sash cords that allow the window to stay up when opened. There are not many businesses in Saint Paul that know how to repair broken sash cords. The sash cords often break because the home owners paint the thin ropes that keep the weights attached to the window sash. The paint weakens the rope and it breaks, not allowing the window to stay raised.

Tom and his (almost) grandson-in-law Donald Post did an assessment of all 30 windows in the house. Some of them were in good condition, but some needed some minor repairs. Four of five windows needed cracked glass to be replaced. The windows all needed the weighted sash cords to be repaired. These are some photos of the repair of those sashes.

Here are some "before" photos.

Here is a movie of one of the stained glass windows showing how smoothly it opens and shuts now that the sash cords have been replaced.