North Side rowhouse front windows: street closeness, locks, and glass

A first-floor sash a few feet from the sidewalk is a comfort issue and a securing issue.

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On the North Side, front rooms often sit close to the sidewalk. A failed lock or a broken pane is not only a draft. It's an opening onto the street. Say the floor when you write.

If the opening is already failed, emergency board-up is the first page. This one is for planned glass, hardware, and weatherstrip.

Original wood can still be serviced. Later replacements can too, with different parts. We'll look at what you actually have.

Tight vestibules and heavy original doors have their own hinge and strike issues. Put the door on the same list if it already sticks or won't latch.

Polish Hill and the Hill District have the same close-to-the-sidewalk first floor; Hill District window and door repair is the sister page for a latch that actually meets.

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