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Rock Street, Fall River, Massachusetts.

Main Street, Brattleboro, Vermont.

Tiffany studios, window, Dining Room addition by McKim, Mead & white, Kingscote, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island.

Replacement window, Warren, Rhode Island.

Sash hardware, Linden Place, Hope Street, Bristol, Rhode Island.

St. Mary's Parish Hall, Henley-by the-Thames, England.

Attic window, Hearthside, Great Road, Lincoln, Rhode Island.

Windows

• Caring for Your Historic House, Wooden Windows, pp.87-95.
• Myers, John H. The Repair of Historic Wooden Windows, Preservation Briefs 9, TPS, National Park Service, USDI, 1981
• Park, Sharon C. AIA. The Repair and Thermal Upgrading of Historic Steel Windows. Preservation Briefs: 13, TPS, National Park Service, 1984.
• Window Performance and New Technology, Building Science Insight 1988, National Research Council of Canada

Conservation

• Condensation on Inside Window Surfaces, CBD 4, Canadian Building Digests, 1960
• Alderson, Caroline. Upgrading Historic Windows, GSA
• Treatment For Condensation On Historic Glass and Storm Sash (08800-01), Historic Preservation Technical Procedures, U.S. General Services Administration
• Fisher, Chuck. Rehabilitating Windows in Historic Buildings: An Overview (08500-03), U.S. General Services Administration

Woodwork

• Repairing Weather Checks in a Wood Window (08610-05), U.S. General Services Administration
• Replacing a Wood Window Sill (08610-04), Historic Preservation Technical Procedures, U.S. General Services Administration
• Forest Products Laboratory. 1999. Wood Handbook: Wood as an engineering material. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-113. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 463 p.
• Wrightson, David. The Conservation and Renewal of Timber Windows, Public Information Leaflet, Cathedral Communications, Wiltshire, England [PDF file]

Sash, Weights, Cords and Chains

• Unsticking a Wood Double-Hung Window Sash (08610-03), U.S. General Services Administration
• Repairing Double-Hung Window Sash Weights and Cords/Chains (08760-01), U.S. General Services Administration

Energy Conservation

• Efficient Windows Collaborative, College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Twin Cities Campus, University of Minnesota
  • Benefits: Less Condensation, Efficient Windows Collaborative Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. These values are based on center-of-glass temperatures. Condensation may occur at lower humidity levels on the glass edge.
• 3.0 Windows, Design Guidelines for Residential Historic Districts in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City Historic Landmark Commission, Salt Lake City Corporation, 1999. [Download Windows as PDF file.]
• My Home Energy Audit: Windows, Windows, Windows!, NTHP

Weatherstripping

• Sealing Leaky Wood Double-Hung Windows (08611-01) U.S. General Services Administration
• Installing Weatherstripping on Metal Double-Hung Windows, U.S. General Services Administration

Glazing

• Temporary Patching Of Chips And Cracks In Window Glazing (08800-02), Historic Preservation Technical Procedures, U.S. General Services Administration

Secondary Glazing

• Energy-Efficient Interior Storm Windows, Toolbase Services, NAHB Research Center

Finishes

• Park, Sharon C., AIA, and Douglas C. Hicks, Appropriate Methods for Reducing Lead-Paint Hazards in Historic Housing, Preservation Briefs 37, 1995
• Wrightson, David. The Conservation and Renewal of Timber Windows, Public Information Leaflet, Cathedral Communications, Wiltshire, England [Download as PDF file.]

Adding Windows

• 3.0 Windows, Design Guidelines for Residential Historic Districts in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City Historic Landmark Commission, Salt Lake City Corporation, 1999. [Download Windows as PDF file.]