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I’m interested in replacing our old, leaky, rotting windows with Kolbe wood windows. (I’ve tried repairing and weatherproofing, as well as exterior storms, to no great effect.)

I’m in a landmark district, so I need to install them to Landmark Commission standards.

I got an estimate from Windows We Are for Kolbe wood “sash replacement kits,” but I’m thinking that is not what I want. Don’t the replacement kits mean that I lose some area of glass, because they are installed on top of the existing frame or something? Should I be looking for a “brick-to-brick” installation? If anyone installed Kolbe windows and can give some guidance I’d be most grateful.