Windows and Window Motives 



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The sash are usually hung on sash cords, the better sort being braided or 

 woven. Metal chains, though they cost more, will last longer and are to be 

 preferred. The common window weight, which is enclosed in the box behind the 

 pulley stiles, is of iron. For heavy windows lead weights are better, as iron, 

 at the weight required, becomes too bulky. Care should be taken to see that 

 the weights properly balance the sash, otherwise there is sure to be trouble with 

 the windows not staying in place. Axle pulleys over which the window cord or 

 chnia plays should be of the best pattern and have ordinarily about ij-inch wheels. 



The window pocket is cut in the lower half of the pulley stile and in the 

 groove of the lower sash. It 

 is used in the hanging of 

 weights and also to repair 

 broken sash cords and for like 

 troubles. As the stop bead 

 has to be removed in order to 

 get at the pocket, it should 

 always be screwed in place. 

 Always fasten a stop bead with 

 round-headed screws. 



Much trouble is occa- 

 sioned by the binding of win- 

 dow sash in damp weather. 

 This in a measure is unavoid- 

 able, owing to the excessive 

 swelling of the white pine. To 

 avoid the excess of it the sash 

 should not be fitted too snugly; 



a little play is necessary. As the dry weather will 

 shrink the sash and perhaps allow it to rattle, it would 

 be well to use a narrow rubber-edged weather strip 

 on the vertical stop beads, to control the lower sash 

 and correspondingly to control the upper sash on the 

 inner edge of the outside casing. It is well to bevel 

 slightly the edge of the top rail of the upper sash (a) 

 and the stop bead which engages it, so that when the 

 window is closed it will be held firm. The bottom 



rail of the lower sash (d) is held in like manner, and a sash-fast is used which 

 will draw the meeting rails together. Thus there should be little trouble with 

 the rattling or leaky window, even when the sash have ample play in the grooves. 



A very necessary adjunct to the above fittings, and one which adds much 

 to the ease of manipulating the window, is the sash lift. Two should always be 

 provided for on the bottom rail of the lower sash; they are preferably of the 

 projecting sort. It is well also to have two mortised lifts set in the top rail of the 

 upper sash, as there is little or nothing to get hold of in case it should bind. 

 With lifts thus adjusted, one has less fear of breaking glass, and possibly receiving 

 an ugly cut. 



