Victorian Sash Window Weights

We offer a range of window sash weights that can be installed alone or stacked including add on weights stackable iron weights stackable lead weights and stackable round weights.

Victorian sash window weights.

Antique vintage window sash weight approx 5 7lb ea. Vintage window weights antique architectural salvage cast iron 7 8 lb 18 19 inch. When selecting weights remember although they can allow for smooth operating windows oversize weights can impede sash movement and cause the window to malfunction. Replacement window sash weights cast iron square stackable sash weight 3 lb.

For window sash weighing over 12 lbs the variation should be a pound difference. Sash weights create the proper counterbalance for each window sash allowing for smooth operating double hung windows. I replaced my victorian sash with upvc sash and have to say they ve been superb 15 years old now and still. This is to ensure that the upper sash stays up and the lower sash stays down.

Upper window sash should be hung with two 8 lb. With window sash less than 12 lbs the weight variation from counter weights to window sash weight can be a half pound. To facilitate operation the weight of the glazed panel is usually balanced by a heavy steel lead or cast iron sash weight or counter weight concealed within the window frame. Sash should be hung with two 7 lb.

And a lower 15 lb. Sash window weights worth much at local scrappy.