Windows on Fordham's listed and older houses
Listed buildings in Fordham range from the Grade I church of St Peter to houses such as 15 and 22 Mill Lane, both Grade II. With a conservation area in the village too, outside window colours on some properties may need agreeing with East Cambridgeshire District Council. Inside, colour is rarely an issue unless the building is listed.
Our part is the decorating: scraping, filling, priming and painting. Broken cords, rotten timber and loose beads go to our carpenter, and we schedule him first so the paint only goes on once.
Keeping sashes working
Paint that builds up in the runners is the usual reason a sash sticks. We keep coats thin where the sashes slide, work the windows up and down during the job and leave them eased each evening. A neat bead of paint onto the glass seals the putty. Our sash window restoration page goes into this in more depth.
Lower layers of paint on old windows may contain lead, so preparation is done with Mirka dust-free sanders and the room is sheeted and kept clean.
Fordham at a glance
- 19 milesby road from our Landbeach base, about 24 minutesOSRM routing
- 18%of properties were built before 1919VOA Council Tax stock
- 29listed buildingsHistoric England
- 1conservation arealocal council
- 15%are terracedCensus 2021
- 9%date from 1919 to 1939VOA Council Tax stock
How we approach sash window restoration
Graham assesses each window and lists them separately in the quotation, and we'd usually start on the elevations that take the weather. Exterior faces are done in settled, dry spells. Inside, curtains and blinds come down and are stored, floors are covered, and each window can be shut and fastened before we leave. The full method, products and FAQs are on our sash window restoration page.