Mt. Lebanon basement windows: stuck sashes, wells, and wet sills

A basement window that hasn't opened in a decade is a different job than a cracked pane upstairs.

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Basement windows in Mt. Lebanon often sit in wells that hold leaves and water. A sill that stays wet will fail sooner, and a sash that has been painted shut is a careful opening, not a yank.

If water is coming in only when the well is full, the well and the drain are part of the story, not only the glass. We won't claim a new pane will dry a flooded well.

An active leak from a pipe in the same basement is plumbing — Dormont plumbing repair is the nearby planned version, or emergency leak help if it's still running.

Once the opening is sound, a lock that works is a security item on a first-floor-equivalent window. Mention if the well is reachable from the yard.

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