“Lexington Wooden Window and Door Restoration (Laryn Karsnitz) repaired and restored eight original windows in the 1870’s house we lease as office space. His goal was always to do the best work for the owner at the most reasonable cost, many times offering alternative products and processes in order to keep the quality high and the cost down. He was considerate of employees’ schedules, and often worked after office hours or on weekends to avoid inconveniencing staff. He puts the time and attention into his work that produces a superior result, in appearance as well as functionality. Mr. Karsnitz also installed a difficult door in my personal residence that we are very pleased with. I would highly recommend him for any restoration or carpentry needs.”

— Terry Bopp,
The Nature Conservancy

Lexington Wooden Window and Door Reconditioning Company

859 - 608 - 6942

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Our Services

When your home becomes drafty, and more difficult to heat, through failure of the existing wooden windows and doors, our company offers an affordable alternative that will completely preserve the look of the original design. Properly installed and maintained, your existing single pane glass wooden windows, along with storm windows, provide a level of energy efficiency equal to the best modern double pane replacement window on the market. Your original wooden door, with properly installed and maintained seals, can look and function better than most replacements. When we're finished, your windows and doors will look and work like new, ready to grace your home for another century. Preserving the beauty and functionality of your old doors and windows is the goal of my company.

The LWWDRC is expert in the repair, restoration and weather-stripping of wooden windows and doors. We are licensed and insured and will gladly provide a list of references for whom we have done work. We offer a range of services from simple maintenance and repair to full reconditioning. If you would like to do the work yourself, we will be glad to train you and provide the parts and pieces you will need to do a proper job. We offer our steam chamber for stripping your sash in our shop.  Our goal is to have your windows and doors operate smoothly, seal tightly and look great.

In addition, we offer options in laminated glass for your consideration. Research will show this option will cut both street noise and ultraviolet radiation intrusion dramatically. To maximize the value of reconditioning your windows, we offer reconditioning of your storm windows as well. Time works relentlessly on old buildings — head flashing over windows wears out, sills tilt backwards, bricks lose mortar, and so on. Often previous repairs were not expertly done, leading to rot and premature deterioration of glazing and paint. We will perform the necessary repairs or advise you of the solutions available for dealing with these problems. We intend for your windows and doors to last into the next century.

Window and door reconditioning

It is entirely possible your wooden windows are in need of only the maintenance of sash cords, track, dust bumpers and seals along with a fitting that will make them operate smoothly and seal tightly. If your windows do not have track, and additionally they are in need of painting and re-glazing here is a list of typical operations performed:

  1. Sash removal and covering opening with plywood, or securing existing storms.
  2. Steam chamber stripping of all old paint and glazing.
  3. Removal and possible reconditioning of hardware.
  4. Two part epoxy repairs to sash, replacement of rotted wood, prepare for new seals.
  5. Two coats primer, sanding between coats.
  6. Bed glass into sash with silicone sealant, glaze with traditional linseed oil glazing.
  7. More coats primer, then two coats of paint.
  8. Reinstall sash with new track, parting bead, seals at sill and meeting rails, and new sash cord.
  9. Recondition and clean storm window.

Wooden doors often require only minor repairs to their bottoms, proper waterproofing, and replacement of silicone or 'hook' type seals at the threshold to give a tight fit. If new weather-strip along the sides and top are necessary, we have a variety of products to select from. If a door has been broken, we generally have great success in making repairs in our shop.

Metal Interlocking Weather-stripping

The US Dept. of Energy rates metal interlocking weather-stripping as having an "Exceptional weather seal" compared to all other methods and materials for your home (see pdf). We use the finest quality weather-stripping manufactured by Accurate Metal Weather-strip Company. We've seen Accurate Weather-strip still operating smoothly more than 60 years after installation. We are expert in applying this material.

These tight sealing weather tracks are hidden out of sight behind rebuilt, original sashes.

See a diagram of weather-stripping as used in a window.

Chemical Free Stripping

We use steam stripping for window restoration, a safer way to work with lead-based paints and asbestos filled glazings. We can strip your sash for you, or instruct you in how to use this new technology.