Scope of Work
Replacement of double-hung windows at a U.S. Post Office building near Webster Hall in Manhattan. The new windows have dark bronze frames and divided lites, six to each sash, and sit in the existing openings of the light brick wall on the stone sills. Each window has a half insect screen.
Divided Lites
Each sash is divided into six lites, three across and two high, by slim bars, so the window keeps the small-pane pattern that suits a building of this kind. The division is carried through to the screen as well: the screen frame has bars on the same lines, so the pattern reads as one grid from top to bottom whether one looks at glass or at mesh. See our muntins and divided lites page for how the bars are made.
Screens
The insect screen covers half the window height. In one photograph it is in front of the lower sash, in the other in front of the upper sash, so either sash can be opened for ventilation behind a screen. The mesh and its frame are dark to match the window. More on window screens.
Replacement in an Occupied Public Building
A post office stays in use while its windows are changed, so the work is done opening by opening: the old window comes out and the new one goes in and is sealed in the same visit, and the room is closed to the weather again before the crew moves on. The exterior joint between the new frame and the brick is finished with matching dark trim and sealant, as the photographs show.
See window replacement and double-hung windows.
Photographs
Photographed from outside after installation.
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Double-hung windows · Window replacement · Window screens · Brighton Beach: double-hung replacement · 99 Claremont Avenue: divided-lite windows · 126 Washington Avenue: double-hung windows
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