Natural materials have always been considered to be the highest quality. Today they continue to remain no less popular and very expensive.
A variety of furnishings and household items made from a tree today is considered to be simply ecological luxury. After all, no matter how natural wood develops, natural wood remains in a special honor at the fans of a healthy lifestyle. If you have a wooden house or cottage with wooden windows, you need special caring for wood.
Wooden windows, of course, most beneficially affect the overall health of residents. However, years are passing, and they are influenced by precipitation and drops of temperatures come into disrepair, so after another overwhelming, it is necessary to carefully inspect the condition of all windows in the house. If the slit, wood deformation, fungus or is simply lost appearance, should be proceeding to repair and restore.
Advantages of wood frames and causes for their repair
The main positive aspects for the installation of wooden window frames are:
- the ability to change coloring and individual decoration;
- high thermal insulation;
- durability of use with appropriate care;
- sophistication of the appearance;
- excellent air permeability;
- prevention of condensation;
- natural environmentally friendly material manufacturing.
The main prerequisites for the start of repair of wooden window frames can be:
- formation of fungus, decomposing wood, destruction and deformation of the material;
- passage air through the slot and lack of tightness.
If there are at least one of the factors requiring recovery of frames from wood, it is necessary to decide how repair will be carried out and at what time. Repair may be easy, which does not affect the functional quality of the window. Often it is only painting of wooden frames, which does not carry much money and effort.
It is possible to conduct and more complex repairs, which depends on the degree of destruction of wood, metal fittings and glasses. According to the principle of holding such a repair, no particular difficulties are also. However, it should be more thoroughly prepared in terms of procurement of the necessary materials and the presence of a larger free time stock.
Simple repair of wooden windows with their own hands
To eliminate a small area of \u200b\u200ba mushroom affected by fungus, all work should be carried out in stages and for clarity to use a photo example to restore such a wooden window:
- Determination of the place of defeat. We take a screwdriver and press the defeat in places - if the wood under the screwdriver is fragile and fails, then this suggests that the affected area must be replaced.
- Removal of the affected area. Gently cut off all zones of damage.
- Ventilation. The cropped place must be used and well dry, it is possible to use equipment with heat shift.
- Coating. First the hardener, and then a preservative.
- Shpalian. We apply a putty several times, layerly, giving each layer before drying.
- Staining. After the final drying of the materials, we carry out the painting of a wooden frame.
Detailed technology for repairing wooden windows
Basically, old window frames can be determined by such external signs:
- rotten fragments of window frames and framug;
- the presence of cracks between framugs and frames;
- neakkurata view due to many layers of old paint;
- lack of tightness and difficulty closure;
- window bev.
The costs of repairing old wooden windows are mainly from the cost of the tool and the materials used. Although the repair itself is not difficult, but there may be a lot of time. In addition, it is better to start repairing work in warm sunny weather, because for any wood is the optimal mode.
Required materials:
- primer;
- paint or varnish;
- metal fittings;
- olife;
- glass;
- putty.
Required tools:
- painting brushes;
- sandpaper;
- shoe knife;
- chisels;
- construction hairdryer;
- grinder;
- putty knife.
Go directly to restoration:
- First, inspect the windows as a whole and carefully each separately. Far state may be different depending on many factors.
- Separate windows are easier to simply throw away and replace, but there are always those with which you can work.
- Pay special attention to the fact that the glass is fixed: grout or strokes.
- The sash should be removed from the canopies, and the chisel to remove the smelting or carefully remove the strokes so as not to burst the glass.
- It is necessary to remove the glass and remove all the metal fittings, as well as nails and corners.
Cleaning from old paint
There are two most common methods:
- Mechanical cleaning method. After removing the glasses, start cleaning the old wooden windows from the whole paint, which is recommended to be removed completely. The best way to remove old paint - construction hairdryer, which allows you to quickly and thoroughly clean the tree from the old paint:
- heat the device to such an extent until the fuss appears;
- the swollen paint consider the spatula immediately so that she does not have time to cool.
- Chemical cleaning method. Kerosene and polyethylene are used here:
- the disassembled frame wrap in the old fabric, impregnated with kerosene, and put in a plastic bag;
- we leave alone for a couple of days;
- two days later, we take turns each bar and clean from old paint;
- paint will have to soften and is now easily departed from a wooden basis (the procedure must be carried out quickly, because after evaporation of kerosene, the paint will acquire the original appearance, which is the main disadvantage of this method);
- the process of evaporation of kerosene negatively affects the human body and is fire hazardous, so it is necessary to purchase a mask and rubber gloves, and the cleaning process itself is carried out in the fresh air.
- In both cases, small residues of the non-removed paint believes with sandpaper and grinding machine.
Restoration of wooden windows after their deformation
The deformation of wooden window frames is expressed in the form of curvatures of the sash or the entire frame. This is usually noticeable after the installation of the glass: if it becomes in the recess, then hangs in the corners. And, on the contrary, if the corners coincides, the gap is formed in the middle.
To align the sash, you can apply the press if the window is dismantled and disassembled. If the window was not filmed, but it is without glass, the block is inserted on the site with the bend, and the window is tightly closed and fixed with screws or spiveps. Such a design should remain three days in this position, and then the block should be replaced with a thicker to align the bend.
During the leveling, cracks may appear. Cracks are corrected using PVA glue, but first the crack is closed with scotch, and then the glue, which should dry. Scotch is removed, the place of gluing is pretty, and then the frame is sweeping and painted.
Replacing the rotational fragments of the window frame
Spoiled areas should be replaced in this way:
- On the rotational fragment, the frame is considered the old paint and loose wood.
- A spacade is applied to the purified frame so that the cracks and slits are filled with a margin for grinding.
- It is better to leave such a frame at least a day for drying, and then align the side of the frame by grinding.
- In the old frames there are quite often observed damage in the lower corners, which is due to the accumulation of water, and for many years of use of wood becomes completely loose and restore is practically not subject to, so first of all, the frame must be fully disassembled.
- Relicious segments are removed with a hammer with the chisel, so as to make a rectangular shape.
- We harm the insertion of the same sizes and the same form as the excavation. It is advisable that the insert is made from the same material and had a battery. It is needed for connecting during grinding inserts with a frame.
- In the excavation pour glue and put insertion.
- Click a tripod and leave for graze.
- After that, drills a fraamugue with inserting through and insert the trough with glue.
- The Tsazf should be so much to evenly distribute the length of the insertion. Tsazfa can be purchased in a construction store.
- Upon completion of work, gluing the connection site, making the surface of the frame uniform.
- Grind preferably a grinding machine with a circle of large grain, because the circle of shallow grain is rapidly clogged with old paint and oil.
Installation, putty, grinding of wooden windows
Preparation of wood frame before impregnation:
- Upon completion of the repair of spoiled fragments of wooden windows, we proceed with an antiseptic connection site, let dry.
- Lubricate joinery and flushing.
- We check the correctness of the connection with the triangle with the angle of ninety degrees.
- For the reliability and strength of the closure, clamp in the tripod.
- We are waiting for when driving.
- So that our closure does not crumble, for confidence, use the trough by putting them on the glue.
- Sanding paper rubbed fragments under putty.
- To put the putty to align small cracks, before it is required to lift the aligned fragments, dye the primer, dry, and overlapping the putty, rub it into cracks.
- The slots in the end details of the sash can be eliminated, if you fill them with a mixture of joinery glue with sawdust.
- Dry and rub the sandpaper.
- Complete grinding is necessary for a grinding machine to get a smooth surface, but since the grinding procedure of the wooden window is a very dusty process, it is better to spend it in a mask and on the street.
Drying oliff
So that the renovated wooden windows served longer, they need to be proliferated. Modern Olife differs from the one that was used in Soviet times. The real olifa was prepared from high-quality natural oils: hemp and linen.
Wooden window covers the olifa several times. The first layer of impregnating, others - final. Between the application of the layers, it is necessary to dry the frame, and if when touched by hand to the frame of the Olife does not stick, it means that it absorbed.
There is an old year proven method of processing boiling oil. It consists in the fact that the olif is heated to the boiling point and the parts of the disassembled frame are lowered into it for five minutes, and then these parts are removed and dried. Such impregnation of hot olifa gives wood greater strength and durability.
However, this processing method is very fire hazardous, and you can also get burns. Therefore, such a procedure should be carried out with special care and compliance with safety regulations. Also when working with such material it is necessary to acquire special accessories and clothing.
Morilka and varnish coating
When the frames are cleaned from the old paint and the state of the frame in normal condition, then you can leave the natural color of the wood. To do this, it is necessary to cover the frame to cover with a verse to emphasize the naturalness of wooden windows even more. Before covering the frame with a mourn, you need to try to apply the tone on an unnecessary piece of the board to adjust the color.
Depending on the number of layers, it is possible to make a color larger or brighter. Morida gives wood resistance to the appearance of fungus, to the action of ultraviolet radiation and a more presentable appearance. After processing, the verse is carried out with lacquer, when a light varnish is applied to the dried frames, which will not affect the color of the frame with the veil.
Mounting glass
The exact installation of glass assumes that in small gaps between the frame and glass will not be through the wind. Glass "plant" on silicone glue, which is poured over the entire length of the excavation. The glass itself is firmly installed and fastened by the strokes.
The glue that got out of the glass, we remove the cloth with a moistened with vinegar, and if he got on the carnations, it is not necessary to clean it, so it will be better to be insulated with rust and dry himself during the day. The glass can also be installed on putty and without a stroke, which can be purchased ready in the construction store, and you can prepare yourself, mixing the olive with chalk.
Staining and insulation of wooden windows
Before painting windows, you need to decide on their external coating material. If after the repairs produced is visible to the connections, it is better to open the paint. If the color of the frame is homogeneous and adjusts the versa, cover with varnish.
The paint is used acrylic or oily: acrylic paint dries quickly, and the oil will serve longer. If the paint thickened, it is diluted, because the thick creates drums. The layers should be two or three, where the first layer is impregnated and should dry well, and then apply a couple of paint layers.
For sealing and insulation of wooden windows, foam seals and rubber gaskets are used. Poropolone is held on a bilateral scotch, but this is not a very reliable option. The width of any seal is selected at the time of the windows sacking and is adjusted as needed.
Repair of wooden window frames for Swedish technology
The essence of such technology is that the excavation is determined in the sash. It contains a specific silicone tubular seal. Such a seal withstands both high temperatures and low during warranty period of twenty years.
The final stage of the repair of wooden windows is the installation of a tickold and handles. They are fixed in small self-drawing. After that, the new window is mounted on its usual place.
The repair of wooden windows is not so complicated and if you have the skills of handling the tool named above and a great desire to make it with your own hands, then from the old hopeless window you can create a new outreach. If the repair of wooden windows was carried out according to step-by-step instructions and with a soul, then new windows will serve many more years, creating mood, warmth and comfort. The scenery of the frames can be made from additional wooden elements or decorate various patterns.
Video lesson for the repair of wooden windows
Detailed instruction and tips on painting wooden window frames are available in the video material: