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Reddit mentions of The Window Sash Bible: a A Guide to Maintaining and Restoring Old Wood Windows
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Height | 11 Inches |
Length | 8.5 Inches |
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Weight | 1.36 Pounds |
Width | 0.6 Inches |
As an old house lover (and fellow old house owner), I'm begging you to please restore those windows! It can be done!
I'm making this response extra long and detailed since this question comes up from time to time. Hopefully it can be a resource for others.
But I say this as a guy who bought a real wreck of a house where the previous owner had let everything go. We needed to fix all 45 openings at once as part of a major rehab, and after 6 weeks of effort, about $3000 of experimentation (including taking a week off work and hiring two people to help me), I finally gave up and put in vinyl windows. It completely broke my heart, and my house is uglier because of it. But sometimes, an old window is just too far gone to save. But in that process I learned a lot and I'd like to share a few things.
OK, on to your questions.
General resources and tools I found useful:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1505299144
I lucked out with my house and was able to get most windows functional with a paint scraper.
Try to carefully remove the side jam to remove the bottom sash to get a better idea of how they where balanced. It doesn't look to be the standard sash cord with cast iron counter weight.
If you worried about lead paint, try to keep the paint wet and off your skin. https://www.health.ny.gov/publications/2502/