[MassHistPres] Interior storms for Tudor house

[Ralph Slate]

I had almost the exact same situation - leaded casements (opening inward) with triple-track storm windows (which looked awful).


I purchased new exterior storms from Allied Storm Windows:


https://www.alliedwindow.com/


The windows are full pane, with removable glass panel which can be replaced with a screen.


This helped a lot, but the leaded glass was still drafty. We lived with it, until a few years ago, I purchased interior storm windows from a company named Indows for another set of windows. I realized that I could put the interior storm windows *between* the exterior storm and the interior casement. 


If you look at Indows, they are basically just a piece of plexiglass with an expandable gasket around the edges, so as long as there is no impediment to maneuvering in the plexiglass panel (like trim), you can fit one into the space. It's not quite what Indows were designed for, but it works really well.


It made a huge difference because now I have aluminum exterior storm -> Indows -> leaded glass casements. It's almost like triple-glazing (the leaded glass barely provides a barrier) 


Ralph Slate
Springfield MA






On Mon, 30 Nov, 2020 at 9:16 AM, Cathy Breitkreutz <breitkreutz7 at fastmail.fm> wrote:
 

To: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
My husband and I just purchased a 1926 Tudor Revival house with diamond leaded casements. Most of the second floor windows have interior triple-track storm frames but they only have screen panels - no storm panels (and the casements are drafty!). Is there a source where we might find storm panels to fit? (Age of frames unknown.) Or is our best choice to buy a new interior storm system - and does anyone have a recommended vendor? We do want both storms and screens.

Thank you!
Cathy Breitkreutz 
Foxboro, MA
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