The quality hardwood sashes are designed to preserve the historic charm of your window overcoming problems like rattles and jams, draughts etc. making it ideal for period homes. Their aim is to bring life to your boring looking sash windows.
What is a sash?
Wooden sash windows or ‘moving panels’ are a frame to hold glass panes by glazing bars or molded strips of wood. Any window with this style of glazing bars is technically a sash but the term exclusively refers to windows where the glazed panels can be opened by sliding vertically or horizontally in a style known as sash and case or sliding sash. The invention of sash goes back to the 1960s, sometimes credited to ‘Robert Hooke’ while others see it as Dutch invention. It is often seen in the US, Georgian and Victorian houses, and Edwardian suburban houses in England.
The sash can be found in all kinds of properties, from old to brand new ones. Sashes add character and value to a property if the property is restored to a high standard. If a property is purchased with original sash windows, then it’s a practice to maintain it as the years go on.
Traditional sashes look good, but it is difficult to maintain so nowadays companies are renovating the sash but the design is replicated so that it looks identical to Victorian sashes. Sashes are made of high quality hardwood sashes and glazed using energy-efficient soft-coated toughened glass, therefore no further repair or decoration required.
What kinds of hardwood are used for sashes?
- Red Grandis – a high grade naturally durable Hardwood timber.
- European Oak – a naturally very durable timber.
- Sapele – a very hard, dense and stable African Hardwood.
- Accoya – it’s a ‘modified timber’ used for the whole frame construction.
