Vintage view: Restoring the original walls of glass, the period sash

Kya deLongchamps encourages the restoration of the endangered and highly symmetrical, period sash window. 

I HAVE a preference for solid wood windows and it must be said, attractive aluminium clad frames with timber interiors are seizing a market previously dominated by the no maintenance wonders of UPVC.

Defending the natural beauty, ecological strengths and current affordability of the wooden hearted, the same defence slams the conversation closed like a tightly engineered, five point locking casement — ‘wood doesn’t last’.