We installed a 1.8M high double-glazed window in a lovely 120 year old bluestone villa in Caulfield. The owner liked it so much that she wanted the rest of her windows replaced with our top of the range aluminium double glazed sash windows with a thermal break and low E coated glass.

We think the old sash windows were the originals as when we started to take them apart, we found all sorts of historic items such as the original 3 inch hand-made nails, as well as old newspapers from 1944 which were used as draft excluders!

Unfortunately, the old sills had almost rotted away, so they were replaced with beautiful new hardwood that will hopefully last another 100 years. New frames where custom built around the Aluminium frames and then sealed to ensure there would be no drafts. The plaster was then reinstated.

To ensure that the new units fitted in with the old as much as possible we reused the old architraves, stripping 8 layers of old paint off, gluing and repairing and finally refinishing and installing them back in place. Caulking was finally used to hide any gaps between the windows and the old brickwork and to ensure a draft free seal.

We think they look pretty good, happily so does the owner.