Benefits of repairing your wooden sash window

Sash windows are a great addition to any home not just because of their practicality but also because of how great they look too, but when it comes time to repair them you need to fully understand the benefits that come with choosing to repair rather than outright replace. 

Admittedly if you would be intending to repair them yourself then it wouldn’t be the easiest of tasks unless you know exactly what you are doing. The best option for you to go with if you don’t fully know what you are doing would be to go with a professional such as Wandsworth Sash Windows, so that you can be confident in the knowledge that the job will be done correctly.  There are still many benefits that come with repairing your sash windows regardless of whether or not you do the job yourself or you hire someone to do it for you. 

The main benefit that you will get from repairing over replacing is that it will most likely be significantly cheaper to work with what is already there rather than get new windows installed. It can be easy for people to believe that their sash windows are past the point of no return when it comes to getting them repaired but quite often people are surprised by the fact that more often than not that isn’t the case. However, it is important to know that this of course will vary depending on the windows and the specific condition that they are in. 

Depending on the condition of the sash windows there is also a strong possibility that repairing them is not only cheaper than replacing them but it might also be easier to do so. Replacing sash windows is obviously not an impossible task for a professional, far from it in fact. However, if it is just a quick repair job then you might be more inclined to go with that over the more laborious task of replacing them.

The other significant benefit that you will see when you go with repairing your sash windows is that you will be helping retain much of the original aesthetic of the home. This is an even more significant benefit when the property is much older, but it doesn’t have to be old for this to be a benefit. Since sash windows have been a popular staple in many UK homes for hundreds of years now there is a good potential for them to be really old. 

Being able to maintain the history of the property is a great feeling, but not only that if you get the original sash windows replaced you might actually be decreasing the value of the property. It can be easy for pieces of history such as sash windows to get lost to time, so older pieces become rarer and rarer as time continues to pass. You, of course, don’t want the overall value of your home to decrease so before you replace make sure that by doing so you won’t cause that to happen.

Some older properties might also be in conservation areas where you aren’t actually able to make any significant changes to the property such as replacing the original windows. In those instances, you will most certainly need to go with repairing them. 

The most important thing that you can do in terms of your sash windows is consider all of your options and all of the nuances that affect you specifically so that you are able to come up with the best solution for you and your home.