So last fall, I replaced all the windows in the house (Windows We Are did a great job). Massive improvement over the old windows.<\/p>\n
But now, with these gorgeous windows, I still have the surrounding frames to deal with. A lot of the framing is either original, or at least very old. Tons of paint, old caulk, some wood that has seen much better days. Still has a bunch of original detail, and most of the pocket shutters are still around.<\/p>\n
What are people’s experiences with fixing up the framing around the windows? How involved has the work been, did you do it yourself or bring someone else in? What kind of costs were you in for?<\/p>\n %<\/span><\/span> | %<\/span><\/a> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So last fall, I replaced all the windows in the house (Windows We Are did a great job). Massive improvement over the old windows. But now, with these gorgeous windows, I still have the surrounding frames to deal with. A lot of the framing is either original, or at least very old. Tons of paint,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3411,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-45760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/06\/how-to-fix-up-t\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"How to Fix Up These Frames?","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/06\/how-to-fix-up-t\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/06\/how-to-fix-up-t\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Windows","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"swngnmonk"}],"creator":["swngnmonk"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2010-06-28T11:45:15Z","datePublished":"2010-06-28T11:45:15Z","dateModified":"2010-06-28T11:46:42Z"},"rendered":"