Basement sash restoration

OK Guys, finally back to blogging and I've got a lot from the past little while that I've been absent.

I've done a couple of basement windows, and I'll be blogging on each of them.

This is one of the basement windows on the east side of the house, one of a few that retains original wood screens. I removed the screen to restore first, that way I could put the screen back on to remove the sash without letting bugs or critters into the basement.

Screen off - the window and frame are in rough shape likely not painted or glazed since the 80s.

Screen restored - didn't have to do much really except paint it.

 Note only 1 of the 4 strips that secures the screen to the frame retains the original cloverleaf molding, the rest were broken and replaced with plain strips of wood.

 The screen secures to the frame with 2 hooks, the eye screws are in the sash frame.

Some close ups of the before

Still before but with screen reinstalled

 I didn't really take much pics while working since I had also taken in progress pics when doing other basement sashes, this isn't the first one I did but it was the first one I decided to post about.

2 pics from "the workshop" excuse the mess.

I deglazed and stripped the paint, the left pane, where the cracked glass is I didn't have much success deglazing so I left it and just glazed around it. I spot glazed the cracks, not really the best option but I didn't want to replace the original wavy pane since it was just for the basement. I put some tape on the back to "stabilize" it - not really the best fix mind you. Also on the muntin, you can see spots where it becomes skinny, that's from a previous glaze job where a router was used to chew away the old putty which messed up the muntin and the glazing rabbet :(

Glazed them with sarco putty like all my other windows.

After the putty dried, I painted the sash and reinstalled it. Since I did this while it was cold I had to wait a few months for the weather to warm up to tackle painting the window frame.

I ended up hosing off the frame to get rid of all the loose paint chips, dust, plants and spider webs. I let it dry sufficiently, sanded it real good and gave the wood an all over with linseed oil-turpentine mix and let dry. Then I primed and painted.

  A world of difference, isn't it?

 Done, screen reinstalled.